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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Sustainability Culture and Rebuilding Consensus on Environmental Policy
State of the Planet
COVID-19, climate, equity, racism and poverty are real and daunting public policy problems. There are crazy people in the world that want to kidnap ...

Ohio Valley Mayors Aim For A Green Recovery Amid Coronavirus And Climate Change
89.3 WFPL News Louisville
Even amid the coronavirus pandemic, these mayors are integrating environmental sustainability into their economic recoveries. Courtesy Climate ...

Fashion and textiles industry keen to go green despite COVID-19 pandemic
The Baytown Sun
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and government regulation were each given equal weight in driving sustainability change, both cited ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

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Global Reporting Initiative:

Crunch Time: Global Standard Setters Set The Scene For Comprehensive Corporate Reporting
Forbes
... Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ... I think this is the most significant step in setting global ESG reporting ...

Greif Awarded Gold Rating in EcoVadis CSR Assessment for Third Consecutive Year
PRNewswire
Its methodology and criteria used are in line with international CSR standards including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), UN Global Compact, and ...

Indonesia banks' first ESG reports suggest need for more guidance, data quality
S&P Global
... submitted sustainability reports, about 24% of their ESG parameters are in line with global standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative, as well ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable-Energy Stocks Are Getting a Biden Bump
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Lee said the changing tide illustrates the interest from both retail and institutional investors in alternative energy. Global investment in new renewable ...

Forget Big Oil, These 3 Stocks Are Better Energy Investments
Motley Fool
This is hardly an investment in a dead industry, given that population growth will most likely mean a need for all types of energy. Yes, clean energy will ...

Engie, Mitsui sell 75 per cent of renewable energy trust to Infrastructure Capital Group
ETEnergyworld.com
The deal comes at a time when infrastructure investors are turning away from airport and road investments which are struggling due to the coronavirus ...

CDP Sustainability:

Firmenich steps up industry-leading sustainability performance achieving 5-year goals
PR Newswire UK
In the independently verified report, Firmenich also outlines its sustainability vision for 2030, with clear and ... The Group received its second consecutive CDP triple "A" rating for climate change, water security, and forests, one of a ...

Fiskars Oyj : Group commits to climate action by joining UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C and ...
marketscreener.com
... one of the three long-term sustainability commitments of the company. ... CDP is a global non-profit climate program for companies, cities, states and ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

A roadmap to a sustainable economy through responsible investment in California
CALmatters
It's time California policymakers, regulators, businesses and investors continue ... for Responsible Investment to develop a roadmap for California leaders to ... Climate change is one example of the many environmental, social and ...

Gov. Newsom announces climate change actions
KMPH Fox 26
“Once again, California is taking on the mantle of global climate leadership and advancing bold strategies to fight climate change,” said Governor ...

Commentary: California's continued leadership on clean vehicles couldn't come at a better time
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Thanks to California's leadership, that all changed. ... Amid the double-whammy of climate change and the cratering economy, California's continued ...

Impact Investing:

Impact investing gains steam as tool for remedying racism in lending
GreenBiz
Impact investing gains steam as tool for remedying racism in lending. By Meg Wilcox. October 12, 2020. Black Belt Community Foundation volunteers.

Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust Seeks to Maximize Returns by Focusing on Impact Investing ...
Business Wire
Impact Investing is one of the fastest growing segments of the $3.2 trillion sustainable investing market. Impact investing is investing with the intention to ...

The Week in impact investing: Reconstruction
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! The reconstruction is on. The period after the Civil War was a time of great ferment, division – and systemic change. Today's ...

Energy Storage:

The global battery energy storage system market size is expected to grow at a CAGR of 32.8% from ...
GlobeNewswire
New York, Oct. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Battery Energy Storage System Market with ...

The perfect angle for e-skin energy storage
Phys.Org
Researchers at DGIST have found an inexpensive way to fabricate tiny energy storage devices that can effectively power flexible and wearable skin ...

Facebook AI researchers push for a breakthrough in renewable energy storage
Fortune
A major drawback of most clean energy sources is that they are only available intermittently—solar power when the sun shines and wind power when it's ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Atos awarded “Platinum” by EcoVadis for its outstanding CSR performance
GlobeNewswire
... goals and commitment to pursue aggressive science-based carbon emission reduction targets and achieve Net-Zero Carbon emissions until 2035.

Firmenich steps up industry-leading sustainability performance achieving 5-year goals
PRNewswire
The Group further improved its industry-leading safety performance, recognized ... Driven by ambitious, science-based targets, Firmenich became the first ... below the 1.5°C threshold, as it advances towards a carbon neutral future.

Where the Fashion Pact Stands, One Year In
WWD
... with buy-in from a number of chief executive officers, The Fashion Pact leans into science-based carbon emissions reduction targets in line with an ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Do sports teams' sustainability efforts matter to fans?
Houston Chronicle
To use a sports analogy, there will be winners and losers as a result of climate change. Certain sports, like outdoor winter sports and even surfing, are ...

Wall Street invests in studio space — Tech disrupting consulting — Winners and losers amongst ...
Business Insider India
Pressure is mounting on Big Law to combat climate change as 600 students pledge to boycott Paul Weiss for defending oil giant Exxon (BI).

Global fuel standards are pushing the dirtiest oil out of the market
Quartz
Most governments concerned about climate change generally aren't ... Even a small change in relative prices could create big winners and losers for ...

Microgrids:

California Town Tests New Model for Microgrids, With Statewide Implications
Greentech Media
California Town Tests New Model for Microgrids, With Statewide Implications. New $70 million microgrid will provide reliable, round-the-clock power at ...

Utilities commission must act to encourage clean energy microgrids
CALmatters
We need the CPUC to formalize a regulatory framework for microgrids and what could be a clean and reliable energy future. Profile Image. By P.J. ...

The innovations and organisations behind two US microgrids
Power Technology
The Chelsea suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, has developed a 'microgrid without borders' for residents and businesses to opt in to. While ... 

Socially Responsible Investing:

Sustainable investing could get a lot harder
Tampa Bay Times
The proposed rule might have made sense 20 years ago, when so-called “socially responsible” investing consisted of a handful of funds that excluded ...

Wealthy Investors Shifting Into Socially Responsible, ESG Investments
ETF Trends
Socially responsible investments and environmental, social and governance funds could sustain their rapid pace of growth as high-net-worth investors ...

Making Money Through Sustainability, Social Justice And ESG Investing
Forbes
For this first article on socially responsible investing, we'll look at two topics related to getting started: advisor selection and investment screening.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Norwegian consortium aims to speed up CCS development
Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine
... institute SINTEF and Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) on further development of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCS) technologies.

Carbon capture technology for NM power plant wins more support
The Durango Herald
“CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) is an incredible example of innovation, one that has the potential to drive emissions down to zero.”.

CARBON CAPTURE, UTILISATION, AND STORAGE: THE KEY TO REVOLUTIONISING GLOBAL ...
Cordis News
Carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) is a set of crucial technologies aimed at capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from point sources ...

Sustainability Investing:

Sustainability Investors Shift Their Focus to Social Issues
Wall Street Journal
“Pre Covid-19, environmental issues garnered much of the attention” of sustainable investors, says Vikram Gandhi, a professor at Harvard Business ...

Making Money Through Sustainability, Social Justice And ESG Investing
Forbes
For this first article on socially responsible investing, we'll look at two topics related to getting started: advisor selection and investment screening. We'll ...

Goldman Sachs expands sustainability efforts with new investing team
American Banker
Goldman Sachs Group is starting a group focused on investment opportunities in clean energy, waste and other sustainability industries, joining ...

Geoengineering:

Rising Seas Aren't Swamping Small Island Nations
The Heartland Institute
CLIMATE ALARMISTS EMBRACE ROCK DUST AS A GEOENGINEERING CLIMATE FIX … CANADIAN COURT BATTLE WILL DEFINE FEDERAL ...
    
The Ethics of "Geoengineering" the Global Climate
Department of Philosophy - University of Washington
Stephen Gardiner, Catriona McKinnon and Augustin Fragniere, eds. The Ethics of "Geoengineering" the Global Climate: Justice, Legitimacy and ...

Increasing Arctic Sea Ice Albedo Using Localized Reversible Geoengineering
DOI.org

Green Bond Funds:

NYC GOs, SF PUC taxable green bonds price while secondary trading shows weakness
Bond Buyer
Municipal bond funds and exchange-traded funds saw combined inflows of $966 million in the week ended Sept. 30, ICI reported. It was the 22nd ...

Municipality Finance issues EUR 500 million green bond under MTN programme
GlobeNewswire
The green bond is issued under MuniFin's EUR 40 billion programme for the issuance of debt instruments. The offering circular and the supplemental ...

AFC issues green bond
ICLG.com
The development finance institution will use the funds raised by the issuance to invest in, finance or refinance green projects across Africa, similar to the ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Zero Carbon Humber files for UK funding to fuel decarbonization efforts
S&P Global
In the first phase, that would reduce emissions by around 900,000 mt a year, Equinor said. The project also involves building a hydrogen and CO2 ...

Another California Executive Order: Conserve Lands, Align Policies to Fight Climate Change
Streetsblog California
... including its pension funds, focusing them on low-carbon investments and ... sectors to “participate in the transition to a carbon neutrality economy.”.

Europe's fossil fuel firms not doing enough on emissions, funds say
JWN
The TPI is a global program based at the London School of Economics, which assesses climate risks and companies' preparedness for a low-carbon ...

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