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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Equality, sustainability should guide COVID-19 recovery, say governments at regional forum
UN News
... and the Caribbean region have called for COVID-19 recovery to be guided by the principles of inclusive development, equality and sustainability.

Compliance and Coronavirus-John Castner on Sustainability During the Era of Covid-19
JD Supra
Welcome to the newest addition to the Compliance Podcast Network, Compliance and Coronavirus. As the Voice of Compliance, I wanted to start a ...

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: COVID-19 impact underscores need, ability for industry to tackle ...
FoodNavigator-USA.com
“Sustainability is a journey and one that we have to accelerate,”​ says Fitzgerald, ... “COVID hit after the two most challenging environmental years.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

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Global Reporting Initiative:

PwC releases ESG reporting app
CFO Dive
Other organizations whose standards touch on ESG values include the International Integrated Reporting Council, the Global Reporting Initiative, the ...

Avient Releases Sustainability Report, Announces Sustainability Goals for 2030
PRNewswire
... Expanded to address the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) frameworks, and commenced ...

Greenwashing leaves a stain the world must not tolerate
Nikkei Asian Review
Even the U.N. Principles for Responsible Investment, the world's leading ... and the Global Reporting Initiative, or GRI, the sustainability reporting ...   

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewables Proven to Be a Smarter, More Efficient Investment Worldwide
Triple Pundit
Recent analysis of the renewables landscape by BloombergNEF has determined that solar and wind power are on the verge of a tipping point: in five ...

Investments in new California projects move UC nearly halfway to its clean energy goals
University of California
The projects will power all of UC's 10 campuses. Solar energy will be used to supplement campus electricity and the biogas will fuel UC's own utility ...

SPACs Will Have a Tough Time Cleaning Up on Renewables
Wall Street Journal
Investor appetite for sustainable investments and yield have both been ... A burgeoning group of clean energy-chasing SPACs is aiming to change ...

CDP Sustainability:

Allstate one of a select few property and casualty insurers to join CDP Supply Chain
PRNewswire
In 2019, more than 8,400 companies disclosed environmental data through CDP at the request of hundreds of investors and purchasers.

Vakrangee Ltd demonstrates Environmental Transparency by disclosing through CDP
Equity Bulls
Vakrangee Ltd demonstrates Environmental Transparency by disclosing through CDP. Posted On: 2020-10-21 01:28:21. Vakrangee Limited today ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Investments in new California projects move UC nearly halfway to its clean energy goals
University of California
The initiative builds on UC's pioneering work on climate change research and furthers its leadership on sustainable business practices. Contact.

Impact Investing:

Layering Evidence for Impact Investing Success
Stanford Social Innovation Review
How investors can gather more context and nuance about the social impact of their investments, and thus bridge the gap between impact investing ...

Impact Investing Takes On New Meaning During the Pandemic
GlobeNewswire
“There is a rising class of impact investors who put society and the environment ahead of pure financial gain. They are looking to support creators who ...

The Ms. Foundation for Women Shifts to Impact Investments
Barron's
After educating the foundation board and investment committee on impact investing strategies, and the potential returns they can generate, Align is now ...

Energy Storage:

So, What Exactly Is Long-Duration Energy Storage?
Greentech Media
A new watchword: Long-duration storage is a critical missing piece of the energy transition. 6. Long-duration ...

Renewables And Energy Storage Are Surging In Red States
Forbes
The nation's two largest coal-producing states, Wyoming and West Virginia, have emerged as leaders in renewable energy and energy storage, ...  
    
New energy storage player: JinkoSolar releases batteries for both resi and large-scale markets
Solar Power World
Both high-power solar panels and energy storage systems are on display for the first time by the world's largest solar panel manufacturer. The Eagle ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Dentsu International to be Net Zero Emissions company by 2030
WebWire
The commitment includes a new science-based target to reduce absolute carbon emissions by 46% and offset all unavoidable emissions through ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Liz Peek: Winners and losers at final presidential debate – What the Trump, Biden scorecard looks ...
Fox News
With those few words, President Trump dismissed former Vice President Joe Biden and his vacuous plans for solving criminal injustice, climate change, ...

Leadership and funding at centre of climate policy study in sub-Saharan Africa
Climate Home
We spoke to Katharine Vincent, co-author of the paper and a climate change adaptation specialist, about what the results might mean for the region ... affect the implementation of those policies, which may lead to winners and losers.

Canadian stock winners and losers ahead of the US election
Financial Post
Canadian stock winners and losers ahead of the U.S. election. Stimulus package, corporate tax rates, climate change rules, trade policy and ...

Microgrids:

Tesla microgrids spread as US grid 'gets worse and worse'
E&E News
Dozens of companies are stampeding into the microgrid space, realizing there is tremendous demand for simpler microgrids to tap clean energy and ...
Global Energy Storage Battery For Microgrids Market to Witness Growth Acceleration During 2020 ... - Eurowire

Tesla is making plug-and-play microgrids with a wide range of applications
Electrek
These microgrid projects range from providing resiliency to businesses in both strong and weak grids, to 80%+ renewable microgrids operating in ...

"We Are Planning to Serve Village-Scale Community Microgrids Across the North"
High North News
A microgrid is a local energy grid that can operate independently from a traditional large scale grid.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Betterment Unveils New Socially Responsible Investment Offerings
PRNewswire
The existing SRI offering, first made available in 2017, is receiving a number of enhancements, and will now be known as the Broad Impact portfolio. The ...

Betterment has added Socially Responsible Investment portfolio offerings
Business Insider
The US-based digital wealth manager has built out its single Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) portfolio offering, first launched in 2017, with two ...

Why millennials will win Trump's war on socially responsible investing
The Hill
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) spent the summer declaring war on socially responsible investing. Under current Labor Secretary ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market worth $3.5 billion by 2025 - Exclusive Report by ...
PRNewswire
Capture holds the major share of the carbon capture, utilization, and storage. Capture is the first stage of the CCUS process and involves capturing CO2 ...

BP Developing North Sea Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Facilities With Peers
Motley Fool
BP quoted its vice president of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), Andy Lane, as saying, "The formation of the Northern Endurance ...

Port: Ignore the politics, carbon capture research is a necessity
INFORUM
... net-zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS,” a recent report from the group concluded, referring to carbon capture, utilization, and storage.

Sustainability Investing:

Election could affect trillions in sustainability investments
Roll Call
Investments based on environmental, social and governance matters — known as ESG, and sometimes labeled generally as “sustainability” — gained ...

Don't call it a fad. Ethical investing is here to stay
CNBC
ESG investing considers a company's environmental, social and governance factors. Passive fund managers have offerings, too. There were 534 ...

Layering Evidence for Impact Investing Success
Stanford Social Innovation Review
How investors can gather more context and nuance about the social impact of their investments, and thus bridge the gap between impact investing ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering could be our last chance to stop an Arctic thaw
Bangor Daily News
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the ...

Holly Buck
UB News Center
Environmental policy, climate change policy, geoengineering, carbon capture, climate adaptation, environmental justice. Portrait of Holly Buck, ...

Some wonder if we could geoengineer our way out of climate crisis
The Boston Globe
Yet but for a pandemic-induced hiatus, global warming emissions have not yet declined. Read full article.

Green Bond Funds:

Star Energy Geothermal Salak & Darajat successfully raise $1.1bn green bond funding
ThinkGeoEnergy
PT Star Energy Geothermal has raised $1.1 billion in green bond financing for its Salak and Darajat II geothermal power plant operations in Indonesia.

Investors eager to see more high-yield green bonds
Pensions & Investments
The remainder will fund capital expenditure on green projects, such as the company's U.K-France power cable Eleclink. Financing linked to ...

Investors probe ESG credentials of bond sellers on 'greenwashing' fears
Financial Times
Mr Chinery gives the example of car companies selling green bonds to fund development of electric vehicles. “To us that's business as usual"   

Low Carbon Funds:

Working on a Project That Can Reduce Greenhouse Gases? Mark Your Calendar
Streetsblog California
... a cap on emissions, brings in money, and the state reinvests the funds into a broad range of programs aimed at lowering emissions in other ways.

ANALYSIS-Green is the color of money for funds betting on a Biden win
Reuters
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Fund managers betting that green-type ... the VanEck Vectors Low Carbon Energy ETF is up 11.3%, and the iShares ...

Green is the colour of money for funds betting on a Biden win
Reuters
The Invesco Solar ETF has risen nearly 20% so far this month, the VanEck Vectors Low Carbon Energy ETF is up 11.3%, and the iShares Global ...

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