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Coronavirus and Sustainability:
Sustainability Of Coronavirus Rescue Financing
Fitch Ratings
Coronavirus rescue financing schemes generally fail to incorporate sustainability or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. In Fitch ...
ESG Objectives Often Absent in Coronavirus Rescue Financing
Fitch Ratings
Most coronavirus rescue financing programmes are not structured for long-term debt sustainability, which means borrowers may face financing ...
Sustainability is a 'top-of-mind' issue for US consumers despite Covid-19 upheaval, new report finds
Bio Market Insights
The coronavirus pandemic has not dampened consumer appetite for sustainability in the US, according to new research conducted by ...
Fitch Ratings
Coronavirus rescue financing schemes generally fail to incorporate sustainability or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives. In Fitch ...
ESG Objectives Often Absent in Coronavirus Rescue Financing
Fitch Ratings
Most coronavirus rescue financing programmes are not structured for long-term debt sustainability, which means borrowers may face financing ...
Sustainability is a 'top-of-mind' issue for US consumers despite Covid-19 upheaval, new report finds
Bio Market Insights
The coronavirus pandemic has not dampened consumer appetite for sustainability in the US, according to new research conducted by ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
Drop-in or drop out?: Considering fuels and energy carriers for a decarbonized economy
Power Engineering Magazine
While today's power generation sector has largely focused around ... Fuels are chemical-based energy carriers with high energy densities that make ...
Decarbonizing the construction sector: The role of certification
Architecture AU
With more opportunities and lower costs than in other sectors, the building and construction sector has the capacity and the ability to decarbonize ...
Power Engineering Magazine
While today's power generation sector has largely focused around ... Fuels are chemical-based energy carriers with high energy densities that make ...
Decarbonizing the construction sector: The role of certification
Architecture AU
With more opportunities and lower costs than in other sectors, the building and construction sector has the capacity and the ability to decarbonize ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
GRI launches forum on circularity
Fruitnet
GRI launches forum on circularity. The Global Reporting Initiative is launching a Business Leadership Forum on the circular economy and waste ...
CNX Releases 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report
PRNewswire
The report details Company execution against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Core Option and outlines activities and initiatives undertaken ...
GUESS?, Inc. Wins Award for "Innovation in Reporting" for FY18-19 Sustainability Report
Valdosta Daily Times
The report is written in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, and presents data spanning three years for ease and ...
Fruitnet
GRI launches forum on circularity. The Global Reporting Initiative is launching a Business Leadership Forum on the circular economy and waste ...
CNX Releases 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report
PRNewswire
The report details Company execution against the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Core Option and outlines activities and initiatives undertaken ...
GUESS?, Inc. Wins Award for "Innovation in Reporting" for FY18-19 Sustainability Report
Valdosta Daily Times
The report is written in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, and presents data spanning three years for ease and ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Clean Energy Investments to Benefit Over 350000 Low-to-Moderate Income Households
HamletHub
"As we continue our fight against climate change, we must ensure that all New Yorkers have access to clean energy and are not left behind in the ...
Rep. Eskamani: Renewable energy crucial to rebuilding America post-coronavirus | Commentary
Orlando Sentinel
In a guest column, Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani says investing in renewable energy can create jobs and save the environment at the same time.
INSIGHT: Are Energy Investments Triggering ESG Restrictions?
Bloomberg Law
Some energy companies are looking to achieve reduced carbon emissions, developing wind and solar power and investing in clean technologies.
HamletHub
"As we continue our fight against climate change, we must ensure that all New Yorkers have access to clean energy and are not left behind in the ...
Rep. Eskamani: Renewable energy crucial to rebuilding America post-coronavirus | Commentary
Orlando Sentinel
In a guest column, Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani says investing in renewable energy can create jobs and save the environment at the same time.
INSIGHT: Are Energy Investments Triggering ESG Restrictions?
Bloomberg Law
Some energy companies are looking to achieve reduced carbon emissions, developing wind and solar power and investing in clean technologies.
CDP Sustainability:
Latin American development banks sharpen their sustainability focus
BNamericas English
In July, Latin American development bank CAF and Italy's Cassa Depositi and Prestiti (CDP) signed a credit line of 100mn euros (US$118mn) to ...
BNamericas English
In July, Latin American development bank CAF and Italy's Cassa Depositi and Prestiti (CDP) signed a credit line of 100mn euros (US$118mn) to ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Strengthening public and private leadership during the climate decade
The Climate Group
During the webinar, we learned about how the governments of Quebec and California are addressing climate change in light of the COVID-19 ...
Newsom's water plan previews a future Calif. that ignores history – at its peril
The San Joaquin Valley Sun
Your property rights and freedom will be trampled in the name of public safety and a changing climate. Current leadership in California claiming an ...
Benjamin Houlton named dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell Chronicle
“Ben's leadership, scholarship and research experience meshes perfectly with ... diminishing climate change, promoting environmental stewardship and ... to the University of California Global Climate Leadership Council, charged ...
The Climate Group
During the webinar, we learned about how the governments of Quebec and California are addressing climate change in light of the COVID-19 ...
Newsom's water plan previews a future Calif. that ignores history – at its peril
The San Joaquin Valley Sun
Your property rights and freedom will be trampled in the name of public safety and a changing climate. Current leadership in California claiming an ...
Benjamin Houlton named dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell Chronicle
“Ben's leadership, scholarship and research experience meshes perfectly with ... diminishing climate change, promoting environmental stewardship and ... to the University of California Global Climate Leadership Council, charged ...
Impact Investing:
Meet the Fund Leading Impact Investing in Mexico and Latin America
Causeartist
He is also a Co-Founder of Adobe Capital, Mexico's first triple bottom line impact investment fund. We speak in length about about his impact investing ...
The Week in impact investing: Purpose-built
ImpactAlpha
Even as impact and sustainable investing largely win debates within a financial world skeptical of the ability to make money investing for social good, ...
'If not now, when?' – Calls for Australian impact investing wholesaler grow louder
Pro Bono Australia
Positive social outcomes achieved by wholesale impact investing funds in the UK underscore the immediate need for the same to happen in Australia, ...
Causeartist
He is also a Co-Founder of Adobe Capital, Mexico's first triple bottom line impact investment fund. We speak in length about about his impact investing ...
The Week in impact investing: Purpose-built
ImpactAlpha
Even as impact and sustainable investing largely win debates within a financial world skeptical of the ability to make money investing for social good, ...
'If not now, when?' – Calls for Australian impact investing wholesaler grow louder
Pro Bono Australia
Positive social outcomes achieved by wholesale impact investing funds in the UK underscore the immediate need for the same to happen in Australia, ...
Energy Storage:
What Is Next For Energy Storage Technology?
Forbes
Energy storage is referred to as the "holy grail" of renewable energy, as it gives solar and wind energy the ability to generate electricity 24/7. The need to ...
Safer, longer-lasting energy storage requires focus on interface of advanced materials
Phys.Org
"If we need better energy storage, we need to better understand what happens at the interface between the electrolyte and the battery or supercapacitor ...
Overcoming Inequity With Energy Storage
Forbes
These issues include equitable access to clean energy and the disproportionate negative effects of climate change on vulnerable communities. The ...
Forbes
Energy storage is referred to as the "holy grail" of renewable energy, as it gives solar and wind energy the ability to generate electricity 24/7. The need to ...
Safer, longer-lasting energy storage requires focus on interface of advanced materials
Phys.Org
"If we need better energy storage, we need to better understand what happens at the interface between the electrolyte and the battery or supercapacitor ...
Overcoming Inequity With Energy Storage
Forbes
These issues include equitable access to clean energy and the disproportionate negative effects of climate change on vulnerable communities. The ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
We're developing an open-source data tool for climate finance, and we need your help
Responsible-Investor.com
Last week, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) released a draft “beta” ... and others to analyse the climate performance of portfolios and companies, ... a powerful means for companies to transition to the low-carbon economy.
Scope 3 and the supply chain: How businesses are taking sustainability leadership to a new frontier
edie.net
Of the 900+ companies to have set or committed to science-based targets, ... To note the launch of the edie Explains: Scope 3 carbon emissions ...
Responsible-Investor.com
Last week, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) released a draft “beta” ... and others to analyse the climate performance of portfolios and companies, ... a powerful means for companies to transition to the low-carbon economy.
Scope 3 and the supply chain: How businesses are taking sustainability leadership to a new frontier
edie.net
Of the 900+ companies to have set or committed to science-based targets, ... To note the launch of the edie Explains: Scope 3 carbon emissions ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
To Climate Change Extremists, Free Speech on Facebook Is Dangerous
RealClearEnergy
As America's political middle ground gives way to sharp left-right divisions and even violence, there are winners and losers in the war on ideas.
Should Plants and Animals That Relocate Because of Climate Change Be Considered Invasive?
EcoWatch
If climate change is driving native species extinct, she says, "you need to allow ... arbitrarily chooses local winners over colonizing losers," he writes.
Advocating for Climate Justice as an Act of Love
YES! Magazine
The truth is that working on climate change is not a fight: It is an act of love. ... lines and battle cries—humans are wired to appreciate drama and story, winners and losers, ... It's just that instead of fighting to win we want to play to win.
RealClearEnergy
As America's political middle ground gives way to sharp left-right divisions and even violence, there are winners and losers in the war on ideas.
Should Plants and Animals That Relocate Because of Climate Change Be Considered Invasive?
EcoWatch
If climate change is driving native species extinct, she says, "you need to allow ... arbitrarily chooses local winners over colonizing losers," he writes.
Advocating for Climate Justice as an Act of Love
YES! Magazine
The truth is that working on climate change is not a fight: It is an act of love. ... lines and battle cries—humans are wired to appreciate drama and story, winners and losers, ... It's just that instead of fighting to win we want to play to win.
Microgrids:
SDG&E to upgrade Borrego Springs electrical microgrid to renewable energy
10News
A microgrid is a mini power grid and may include a power source like solar energy, an energy storage component and controls and switches that allow it ...
Wellesley fantasizes… about microgrids
The Swellesley Report
Creating a microgrid would “mitigate the impact of climate change and prepares us for it,” Azzam says. The concept presented would include solar ...
Hurricane Hanna Demonstrates Value of Microgrids for 30 MW of Texas Load
Microgrid Knowledge
Hurricane Hanna offered a case study in the value of microgrids when it hit the Texas Coast near Corpus Christi on July 25, causing widespread ...
10News
A microgrid is a mini power grid and may include a power source like solar energy, an energy storage component and controls and switches that allow it ...
Wellesley fantasizes… about microgrids
The Swellesley Report
Creating a microgrid would “mitigate the impact of climate change and prepares us for it,” Azzam says. The concept presented would include solar ...
Hurricane Hanna Demonstrates Value of Microgrids for 30 MW of Texas Load
Microgrid Knowledge
Hurricane Hanna offered a case study in the value of microgrids when it hit the Texas Coast near Corpus Christi on July 25, causing widespread ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Socially responsible investing
Mountain Mail Newspaper
There are other types of socially responsible funds. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds, impact funds, green funds and faith-based ...
Why Wall Street struggles to define 'socially' responsible investing
MarketWatch
Why Wall Street struggles to define 'socially' responsible investing. By. Share. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protests against ...
ESG on a Tear, But No Boohoo (Maybe)
National Review
... of the most prominent advocates of “socially responsible” investing (SRI), ... “A wide variety of investors, including BlackRock, have expressed their ...
Mountain Mail Newspaper
There are other types of socially responsible funds. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds, impact funds, green funds and faith-based ...
Why Wall Street struggles to define 'socially' responsible investing
MarketWatch
Why Wall Street struggles to define 'socially' responsible investing. By. Share. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread protests against ...
ESG on a Tear, But No Boohoo (Maybe)
National Review
... of the most prominent advocates of “socially responsible” investing (SRI), ... “A wide variety of investors, including BlackRock, have expressed their ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Wolf responds to Pittman letter
The Wellsboro Gazette
... that Pennsylvania should pursue the federal government's Coal FIRST initiative to support carbon capture utilization and storage research.
Capito proposes bipartisan Carbon Removal Coordination Act
Ripon Advance
“Working in a bipartisan fashion, I have been a champion of policies supporting carbon capture, utilization, and storage, including through direct air ...
Dan Brouillette: WV coal industry has key role in American's energy future
Huntington Herald Dispatch
The second area is the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology, which is proving we can produce reliable energy ...
The Wellsboro Gazette
... that Pennsylvania should pursue the federal government's Coal FIRST initiative to support carbon capture utilization and storage research.
Capito proposes bipartisan Carbon Removal Coordination Act
Ripon Advance
“Working in a bipartisan fashion, I have been a champion of policies supporting carbon capture, utilization, and storage, including through direct air ...
Dan Brouillette: WV coal industry has key role in American's energy future
Huntington Herald Dispatch
The second area is the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology, which is proving we can produce reliable energy ...
Sustainability Investing:
Infusing investment with sustainability
Chinadaily USA
Chinese investors jump on the global ESG bandwagon to rebuild economies with lessons learnt during COVID-19 pandemic. Clouds are said to have ...
Sustainable investing is actually up during the pandemic recession
Marketplace.org
It turns out social impact investing is alive and well. Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell has the story. The following is an edited ...
Credit Suisse combines risk and compliance, adds sustainable investing unit
Compliance Week
The Zurich-based bank and wealth management firm also shifted its chief compliance officer to head up a new division on sustainable investing.
Chinadaily USA
Chinese investors jump on the global ESG bandwagon to rebuild economies with lessons learnt during COVID-19 pandemic. Clouds are said to have ...
Sustainable investing is actually up during the pandemic recession
Marketplace.org
It turns out social impact investing is alive and well. Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell has the story. The following is an edited ...
Credit Suisse combines risk and compliance, adds sustainable investing unit
Compliance Week
The Zurich-based bank and wealth management firm also shifted its chief compliance officer to head up a new division on sustainable investing.
Geoengineering:
Hacking Planet Earth: Lasers, Giant Parasols And More
KJZZ
THOMAS KOSTIGEN: The thing that really awoke me to some of these possibilities in the geoengineering space was, it was the first chapter in the book, ...
Two Arctic ice caps have vanished as NASA reveals shock satellite images of global warming
New York Post
“We are geoengineering our planet, and we don't seem to want to accept that we're headed for a very different world.” Read More. Filed under climate ...
KJZZ
THOMAS KOSTIGEN: The thing that really awoke me to some of these possibilities in the geoengineering space was, it was the first chapter in the book, ...
Two Arctic ice caps have vanished as NASA reveals shock satellite images of global warming
New York Post
“We are geoengineering our planet, and we don't seem to want to accept that we're headed for a very different world.” Read More. Filed under climate ...
Green Bond Funds:
Franklin Templeton Launches Muni Green Bond Fund
Environment + Energy Leader
Franklin Municipal Green Bond Fund is managed by San Mateo, California-based portfolio managers Daniel Workman and Nicholas Bucklin of Franklin ...
The Sustainable Financing Roadmap
CFO Magazine
A universal set of guidelines exists to set C-suite executives on the proper course to capitalize on the opportunity presented by green bonds and loans.
Alphabet Sells Largest Corporate ESG Bond at Record Low Yields
Washington Post
Alphabet sold $10 billion of bonds in total, with other proceeds to fund ... to the sustainability-linked proceeds, the bond sale will also support green ...
Environment + Energy Leader
Franklin Municipal Green Bond Fund is managed by San Mateo, California-based portfolio managers Daniel Workman and Nicholas Bucklin of Franklin ...
The Sustainable Financing Roadmap
CFO Magazine
A universal set of guidelines exists to set C-suite executives on the proper course to capitalize on the opportunity presented by green bonds and loans.
Alphabet Sells Largest Corporate ESG Bond at Record Low Yields
Washington Post
Alphabet sold $10 billion of bonds in total, with other proceeds to fund ... to the sustainability-linked proceeds, the bond sale will also support green ...
Low Carbon Funds:
BP spends 'low carbon' money on finding and using fossil fuels
Unearthed
The oil giant BP has used money from a “low carbon transition” fund to buy ... For these, it is impossible to tell what proportion of the total funds BP ...
Pandemic takes toll on funding for low-carbon innovation
Energy Voice
Whether it is Irena, the International Energy Agency (IEA) or DNV GL, all are broadly saying the same thing — rapid, widespread adoption of low carbon ...
Exclusive: California's clean-air programs take a hit in new funding squeeze
CALmatters
It lost $81 million from the $557 million from cap and trade originally budgeted for its low-carbon transportation program, which includes clean vehicle ...
Unearthed
The oil giant BP has used money from a “low carbon transition” fund to buy ... For these, it is impossible to tell what proportion of the total funds BP ...
Pandemic takes toll on funding for low-carbon innovation
Energy Voice
Whether it is Irena, the International Energy Agency (IEA) or DNV GL, all are broadly saying the same thing — rapid, widespread adoption of low carbon ...
Exclusive: California's clean-air programs take a hit in new funding squeeze
CALmatters
It lost $81 million from the $557 million from cap and trade originally budgeted for its low-carbon transportation program, which includes clean vehicle ...
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