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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Video: Navigating beyond coronavirus – how could sustainability evolve?
IGD
Video: Navigating beyond coronavirus – how could sustainability evolve? Date : 14 August 2020. In these unprecedented circumstances, a sustainable ...

The coronavirus has proven ESG to be an essential discipline
GreenBiz
Sustainability is the key to operational resilience. At Rubicon, our mission is to end waste, in all of its forms. The COVID-19 public health emergency has ...

Don't forget about sustainability during COVID-19
WATTAgNet Industry News & Trends
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we look at the world, but it shouldn't overshadow the critical importance of sustainability to our collective ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

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Global Reporting Initiative:

Ingevity continues to purify, protect and enhance the world through sustainability initiatives ...
Business Wire
Ingevity's 2019 sustainability report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, core option. The company ...

CP releases 2019 corporate sustainability data supplement, highlighting strong performance in ...
PRNewswire
The information in the report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards and aligns closely with the Sustainability ...

Flex Releases 2020 Sustainability Report
Business Wire
Prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards: Core Option, the Flex 2020 sustainability report can be viewed at ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Large-scale renewable energy investment in Australia falls to lowest level since 2017
The Guardian
Clean Energy Council says $600m was invested in large-scale renewable projects in the second quarter, a drop of almost half from the first quarter.

Large-scale renewable energy investment in Australia hits three-year low
PV-Tech
“The obstacles around grid connection are creating substantial challenges for renewable energy developers, and in turn, spooking clean energy ...

Green Gains: Top Picks In Renewable Energy
Forbes
With the rise in ESG investing and a growing public awareness of environmental issues, the financial community, investors and corporations ...

CDP Sustainability:

ICL Publishes its 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report
PRNewswire
Raviv Zoller, ICL's President and CEO stated, "As part of our sustainability vision ... FTSE Russell, CDP, Ecovadis, Maala (Israel's leading sustainability ranking ... In addition to setting forth ICL's sustainability vision for 2030, the CSR ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Kamala Harris might help 'night and day' shift for US on global climate diplomacy
Climate Home
Kamala Harris might help 'night and day' shift for US on global climate ... they can cut emissions at home to rebuild US global leadership on climate change. ... California Senator Harris, 55 and the first black woman chosen to run for ...

Impact Investing:

Two Sigma Starts Impact-Investing Business Focusing on Workers
Bloomberg
The new unit will make private “workforce impact” investments, with a goal to find consumer, business-services, education and health-care companies ...

The Week in impact investing: New norms
ImpactAlpha
Corporations are collaborating to invest in solutions they all need to transition to a low-carbon economy (No. 4). Investors in tropical forests are looking ...

W&D Webcast: Bobby Turner Calls Impact Investing “A Force for Good”
ConnectCRE
Social impact investing, Turner said, is “a force for good.” For investors who approach it properly, it's also a way of realizing a profit. “Investing in hope ...

Energy Storage:

Regular bricks can be transformed into energy storage devices
CNN
Here, a conventional brick has been transformed into an energy storage device that can power an LED light. (CNN) Whether humans were erecting ...
   
Assessing the value of battery energy storage in future power grids
MIT News
Storage value increases as variable renewable energy supplies an increasing share of electricity, but storage cost declines are needed to realize full ...
   
Upcycling plastic waste toward sustainable energy storage
Science Daily
Now they have turned plastic soda bottles into a nanomaterial for use in batteries. Though they don't store as much energy as lithium-ion batteries, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

SAS Commits to Gaining Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
CIOReview
SAS uses its software to manage and report environmental performance. The company is determined to establish science-based targets, align with the ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

What Will Separate the Fast Casual Winners and Losers Post Pandemic
QSR magazine
What Will Separate the Fast Casual Winners and Losers Post Pandemic ... as well as other health crises and the adverse effects of climate change.

This is climate change leadership?
OCRegister
But this hasn't stopped some from ignoring devastating impacts when government picks energy winners and losers in a march toward statewide ...

Does COVID-19 Change Everything? Building our New Normal (Virtual)
wgbh.org
Political strategist Roger Fisk leads a discussion with climate change expert Mark Boyer, economist Daron Acemoglu, human rights advocate Shareen ...

Microgrids:

So far, this year is a microgrid letdown. Here is what's next
GreenBiz
By Sarah Golden. August 14, 2020. Gridscape microgrid. Equipment from Gridscape, one of several companies developing modular microgrids.

Schneider Electric, Investors Push to Speed Up US Microgrids

Bloomberg
... SE said on Friday that it was partnering with investors to launch a new company focused on microgrids for small and medium-sized U.S. businesses.

Ways2H and Local Power Partner To Develop Hydrogen-Fueled Community Microgrids
PRNewswire
Adding Hydrogen From Local Waste to Microgrids Provides Community Choice Aggregators and Municipalities Resiliency, Energy Independence and ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially responsible investing picks up steam
Rochester Business Journal
... the wake of George Floyd's death, some local investment advisors say they are seeing an increased interest in socially responsible investing (SRI).

Investment preferences under stress: Mutual fund flows during COVID-19
voxeu.org
Socially responsible investing has been at the centre of recent regulatory scrutiny and academic debate. This column explores how retail investors' ...

SRI vs. ESG vs. Impact Investing: What's the Difference?
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
According to US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, socially responsible investing (SRI); environment, social and corporate ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Brouillette: DOE investments, like those in carbon capture, could save the Colorado oil and gas ...
The Denver Post
Colorado's oil and gas industry will likewise benefit from DOE's work on improving capabilities in carbon capture, utilization, and storage — CCUS.

Power and Gas Research Giants EPRI and GTI Join Forces to Explore Hydrogen Pathways
POWER magazine
However, LCRI may also look into carbon mitigation technologies, including carbon capture, utilization, storage, and direct air capture. LCRI's efforts to ...

Report finds hydrogen could be worth up to £18b to UK economy by 2035
Energy Voice
... the superfuel could generate through the supply chain and end usage. ... 80% by blue hydrogen, including carbon capture utilization and storage.

Sustainability Investing:

Dispelling The 5 Myths Of Sustainable Investing
Forbes
But despite the surge of interest in sustainable investing, many financial advisors and individual investors are still slow to embrace the strategy, in part ...

Sustainable Investing: Overcoming The Advisor-Investor Disconnect
Forbes
It's no surprise that many investors want to invest sustainably. It's a win-win opportunity to make a positive impact on society and the environment, while ...

SRI vs. ESG vs. Impact Investing: What's the Difference?
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
How do values-based investors decide among SRI, ESG and impact ... Socially responsible investing (SRI) entails screening investments to exclude ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering & Its Gendered Effects: A Case For Feminist Scientific Leadership
Feminism in India
Scientists and engineers to this day believe that geoengineering is a much needed technofix solution essential to mend broken biophysical systems and ...

Green Bond Funds:

Evli launches its first green corporate bond fund
GlobeNewswire
The fund invests in green and sustainable bonds. Introduced by Evli's distinguished fixed income team, with its successful track record of over 20 years ...

Boutique hands fixed income chief new green corporate bonds fund
citywireselector.com
Evli Fund Management has launched a new green corporate bond fund to be overseen by its head of fixed income, Juhamatti Pukka (pictured), the ...

Hong Kong MTR sells US$1.2 billion green bond, largest issued in the city, after Covid-19 crisis ...
South China Morning Post
Sale of the 10-year green bond is likely driven by the need to raise funds to plug the hole in finances caused by the health crisis, analysts say ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Yahoo Finance
If you're the kind of investor who would rather try and beat the market through good stock selection, then smart beta funds are your best choice; this fund ...

Visa prices $500m green bond to assist with low-carbon transition
edie.net
It will be used to finance an array of projects designed to reduce Visa's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including building upgrades, energy ...

YOLO. So Give That ETF a Snappy Ticker
Bloomberg
In April 2008, two funds launched within days of each other on the same ... For instance, a low carbon fund from State Street (LOWC) and a similar ...

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