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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

The Zayed Sustainability Prizes Announces Postponement of 2021 Awards Ceremony
The Baytown Sun
The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in ... of the unprecedented global challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite Unprecedented Challenges, Fashion Leans Into Sustainability
Sourcing Journal
What we know so far is that Covid-19 has disrupted global supply chains, closed retail stores, furloughed our colleagues and kept consumers at home.

COVID-19 Recovery Analysis: Paraffin Inhibitors Market 2020-2024 | Sustainability of ...
The Baytown Sun
COVID-19 Recovery Analysis: Paraffin Inhibitors Market 2020-2024 | Sustainability of Environmental and Safety Regulations to boost Market Growth | ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Biden presidency could decarbonize US power sector by 2035, Trump win would delay past 2050 ...
Utility Dive
... trillion climate plan could help the U.S. achieve complete power sector decarbonization by 2035, 15 years ahead of Woodmac's base case scenario.

Global Reporting Initiative:

AICPA teams with GRI, SASB on sustainability assurance
Accounting Today
Standard-setters like GRI and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board have been coming up with frameworks that companies can use for ...

National Fuel Gas Company Releases Initial Corporate Responsibility Report
GlobeNewswire
... (SASB) and Global Reporting Initiative frameworks. The Report is a supplement to the Company's existing corporate responsibility website launched ...

ESG at a Crossroads
Traders Magazine
In July the the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and the Global Reporting Initiative announced a collaboration as they said the reporting ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Trump Administration invests in renewable energy for rural Nebraska
NTV
“The investments announced today will help many rural businesses and agricultural producers to save on energy costs which will allow them to ...

Apple expands renewable energy footprint in Europe
Apple Newsroom
Today Apple announced it will invest in the construction of two of the world's largest onshore wind turbines, a source of clean, renewable energy that ... 
    
Nationwide invests $200 million in North Carolina solar energy
The Columbus Dispatch
The relationship between Nationwide and Sol dates to 2012 when the two companies began making investments in renewable energy tax credits.

CDP Sustainability:

GCX index acknowledges EDP Renewables among the 50 global companies most committed to ...
REVE
... FTSE4Good, Dow Jones Sustainability, CDP and Forum Ethibel indexes. ... Rui Antunes, Director of Investor Relations and Sustainability for EDP ...

Delivering a Green, Clean and Inclusive Rebuild Post Covid-19
CSRwire.com
Delivering a Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chain: Implementing ... the President, CDP North America and Chief Sustainability Officer, LA County.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

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Impact Investing:

Meet CoPeace, The First-of-its-Kind Holding Company Dedicated To Impact Investing
Causeartist
In episode 8 of the Investing in Impact podcast, I speak with Craig Jonas Ph.D., CEO and Founder of CoPeace on using the holding company model to ...

The Week in impact investing: Prototype
ImpactAlpha
ImpactAssets, which has prototyped donor-advised funds for impact investing in communities, food security, racial justice and other areas, has seen a ...

CBRE Global Investors launches 'Impact Investing in a Pandemic' white paper
Property Funds World
Led by Andrew Angeli, Head of European Real Assets Research and Paul Oremus, residential Fund Manager for Europe, 'Impact Investing in a ...

Energy Storage:

US energy storage posts second-largest quarter, with more growth expected as COVID-19 recedes
Utility Dive
Dive Brief: The U.S. saw 168 MW of energy storage deployed in Q2 2020, the industry's second-largest deployment behind Q4 2019, according to a joint ...

Global Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Industry
GlobeNewswire
In the post COVID-19 period, demand for efficient, reliable, and economical energy storage technologies; and continued shift towards renewable energy ...

Sungrow's Q2 sales rebound included 50% rise in energy storage revenues
Energy Storage News
Sungrow storage systems at a solar-plus-battery project in Florida. While the picture project was completed in 2019, the company said the quarter just ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

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Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Early Winners and Losers From BlackRock's Shift on Climate Change
Greentech Media
Early Winners and Losers From BlackRock's Shift on Climate Change. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink told companies to expect extra scrutiny on carbon ...

Pink salmon could prosper in warmer Arctic, new study finds
Alaska Public Media News
Scientists like to say that climate change is creating winners and losers in Alaska: Some species will struggle, while others could benefit from warmer ...

This week's biggest Winners & Losers
City & State
He believes climate change is an important issue, yet he hosted a big Hamptons fundraiser for his pal President Donald Trump last summer, who has ...

Microgrids:

COVID-19 And Microgrids: Boon Or Bust?
Forbes
How has the coronavirus outbreak affected adoption rates, future growth potential, and the pace of development for microgrids in 2020 and beyond?

Can community microgrids fill the gap in California's plans for 100% renewable energy?
pv magazine USA
A 10 MW, 40 MWh storage project on the Southern California coastline could provide the first link for a string of community microgrids that, according ...

Financial models that will get you that on-site microgrid
GreenBiz
Increasingly, financers are investing in small-scale microgrids that are less than 5 megawatts, a size better suited for on-site power generation for, say, ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Research: ESG preferences probed in majority of adviser fact-finds
Portfolio Adviser
Around 60% of UK investment advisers are now factoring in ESG-related ... “While awareness and appetite for socially responsible investing are ...

Investment guide for Christians offers valuable information, not advice
Catholic Sentinel
In addition to socially responsible investing, the book also provides a chapter on investing one's assets for the benefit of others and not specifically for ...

Kim Y. Lew named Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Investment Management Company
CU Columbia Spectator
Currently, the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, an advisory group to the managers of Columbia's endowment, is reviewing a ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Federal and State Energy Leaders Discuss Potential of Carbon Capture at Wyoming Coal-Fired ...
SweetwaterNOW.com
The U.S. Department of Energy has recently completed a carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) study for several Wyoming coal-fueled power ...

Officials tout results of carbon capture study, others skeptical
Gillette News Record
Officials tout results of carbon capture study, others skeptical ... focuses on the feasibility of carbon-capture utilization and storage at nine coal-fired ...

Gov, EPA outline plans to boost carbon capture, delay plant closures
WyoFile
“This delegation is part of our strategy to use today's technology, such as carbon capture, utilization and storage to keep coal burning, reduce CO2 ...

Sustainability Investing:

Why Corporate Engagement On Sustainability Is Critical And How Investors Can Help Before ...
Forbes
Strategic engagement is also a key tenet for other sustainable investing organizations, like the 300 Club and the Impact Management Project. It is ...

35 Per Cent of UK Real Estate Businesses Plan to Increase Sustainability Investment
ThisWeekinFM
... investment in sustainability as we emerge out of the crisis. This suggests that business commitments to sustainability remain strong and a priority.

Why Does Trump Want To Regulate Sustainable Investing?
OilPrice.com
While asset managers and investors increasingly emphasize sustainable investment in their criteria for investing in funds and equities, the Trump ...

Geoengineering:

There's a way to weaken hurricanes, but scientists say it's too crazy to try
Digital Trends
Scientists have for some time been coming up with ideas for how we could geoengineer the planet to fight climate change and the effects of climate ...

A Rights-Based Approach to Governance of Climate Geoengineering
Environmental Law Reporter
However, many environmentalists and human rights advocates are wary of the risks related to geoengineering. At present, there is no international ...

New frontiers in geoengineering research
LaCRIS - Lapin yliopisto
New frontiers in geoengineering research. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review. Ben Kravitz; Alan Robock; John ...

Green Bond Funds:

WSJ Wealth Adviser Briefing: Emerging Bond Funds Reckoning, Pandemic Shifts, Olive Groves of ...
Wall Street Journal
Not only the EUR6.5 billion issue size of Germany's inaugural green bond was remarkable, but Germany also put to a test the existence of the ...

The Brief: Centering equity in school innovation, Europe's green bond parade, tracking agricultural ...
ImpactAlpha
Finland's Evli Bank launched a dedicated fund to invest in European corporate green bonds. Says Evli's Juhamatti Pukka, “Success in environmental ...

Low Carbon Funds:

ETF FYI: High yield and low carbon funds get green light
Citywire USA
ETF FYI: High yield and low carbon funds get green light. Photograph: Unsplash - NASA. Bailey McCann 04 September 2020, 11:09 ...

Norway's wealth fund wants more detail on firms' low-carbon strategies
Pensions & Investments
The in-house manager of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund wants companies to show their business models can survive in a low-carbon ...

Citi Announces $250 Billion Commitment To Finance Climate Solutions And Reduce Climate Risk ...
Forbes
The new $250 billion effort focuses on low-carbon transition through renewable energy, limiting and reducing climate risk, and expanding sustainable ...

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