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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

The New Normal: Six Steps to a Sustainable Post-COVID Fashion Industry
Sourcing Journal
But for those working both within the industry and behind the scenes, Covid-19 has exposed a much larger problem—the real inequities and ...

UK companies seen missing sustainability targets due to COVID-19
Reuters
While seven in 10 said their firms had put climate or sustainability initiatives on hold, many thought a green recovery was vital for the nation's businesses ...

COVID-19 positivity rate drops, but officials worry about sustainability
khqa.com
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — After COVID-19 positivity rates throughout the state of Illinois jumped to new heights after Halloween, the numbers ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Snam taking 33% stake in De Nora to strengthen position in hydrogen technologies
Green Car Congress
Italy-based global energy infrastructure operator Snam signed an ... from the rapidly growing sector expectations and contribute to decarbonization, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Association sets out 2021 sustainability road map for accountants
Financial Management magazine
Partnered with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to develop assurance FAQs that help organisations that report in accordance with GRI Standards ...
    
United Therapeutics Releases Its First Corporate Responsibility Report
PRNewswire
United Therapeutics is using applicable GRI and SASB metrics to measure its performance. United Therapeutics plans to continue to report on its ...

Investors need to get behind materiality
Top1000funds.com
This is the domain of CDP, the GRI, and IBC/WEF. ... impractical since it would greatly delay the needed global standards for sustainability reporting. 

Renewable Energy Investments:

Investors plan major move into renewable energy infrastructure
The Guardian
Global investors managing nearly $7tn (£5.2bn) of assets plan to almost double their spending on renewable energy infrastructure over the next five ...

Renewable energy investments to double as assets prove their resilience
Citywire Financial Publishers
Renewable energy assets are set to experience a spike in demand from investors, driven by both a desire to make more sustainable investments and ...

Vestas launch sustainable energy investment programme
Energy Global
As the corporate venture capital arm of the company, Vestas Ventures will invest in early-stage start-ups within sustainable energy. The programme ...

CDP Sustainability:

Denver One Of 88 Global Cities Named As Climate Leader On CDP 2020 A List
Patch.com
Denver is named one of 88 cities to score top grade on climate action by environmental impact non-profit CDP. This year's A List shows major ...

Town of Vail earns 'climate leader' certification
Vail Daily News
Vail's A list rating for 2020 has been awarded by CDP, a global environmental impact nonprofit based in London, with offices around the world. This is ...

Philadelphia Named As A Global Climate Leader On CDP 2020 "A List" For Cities
Patch.com
Haley Jordan Office of Sustainability ... of nearly 125 million, the 2020 CDP "A List" cities continue to ramp up environmental action and ambition, build ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Trump environmental war against California ran deep. Here's how Biden changes everything
Sacramento Bee
“California has been in this leadership role for decades and we really can't do it alone,” said Jared Blumenfeld, secretary of the California EPA. The ...

Governor releases Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery report
Lake County News
With cases on the rise globally, nationally and in California, the report reaffirms ... Newsom for his bold leadership, my co-chair Ann O'Leary and all the ... and advocated for the urgent need to take action on climate change and the ...

ACWA Virtual Fall Conference Features California Water Leaders
Escalon Times
Fall conference keynote speakers will include Daniel Swain, who will discuss climate change and a recent analysis released by the Union of Concerned ...

Impact Investing:

Grunin Prize Recognizes That, In Impact Investing, Lawyers Are Innovative, Too
Forbes
In the world of impact enterprise and investing, lawyers don't get a lot of love. But, in fact, they're important behind-the-scenes players, building crucial ...
    
Bain Capital Raises $800 Million for Second Impact Investing Fund
Wall Street Journal
Impact Fundraising Slows Capital raised for global impact investment strategies has declined significantly so far in 2020. Money raised globally for ...

Latin America and impact investing: The future is right now
Pioneers Post
Impact investment in Latin America should accelerate with speed and forcefulness, says Mexico's Rodrigo Villar. The region's social entrepreneurs ...

Energy Storage:

Pilot program to offer incentives for residents to buy energy storage devices
Chamber Business News
Energy storage currently a luxury item. So far, energy storage battery systems are considered luxury items because of their high cost. A typical energy ...

Software 'crucial to the bankability of energy storage'
Energy Storage News
Within the Assessing the Battery Market: Opportunities and Challenges in 2021 panel at the Solar & Storage Finance USA event, organised by Energy- ...   
    
Broad Reach buys battery storage project in California
Houston Chronicle
Broad Reach Power, a Houston-based energy storage company that owns 5 gigawatts of utility scale solar and energy storage projects in five states ...  

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Carbon Care Asia Partners With Solactive To Launch The First Asia-Pacific Green REIT Index
Exchange News Direct
The Solactive CarbonCare Asia Pacific Green REIT Index is a rules-based index and includes Asia-Pacific REITs ... owned; or a commitment to a Net Zero Emissions (NZE) target no later than 2050 or a Science-Based Target (SBT).

Arcadis creates growth through acceleration of sustainable solutions
StreetInsider.com
Maximizing impact for all stakeholders is key objective in 2021-2023 strategy; Expecting ... 38%); Reduced emissions aligned with 1.5C science-based target initiative before 2030; Carbon neutral operations: investing in high quality, ...

Burberry gets highest ever score in 2020 DJSI
Fibre2fashion.com
In addition, Burberry holds targets to procure 100 per cent of cotton more ... During 2019/20, Burberry reduced its market-based emissions by 86 per cent ... Burberry is now carbon neutral across 85 per cent of its site globally, ... goals approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) for Burberry's ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

As bee population numbers plummet with climate change, 'winners' and 'losers' emerge
Massive Science
... to climate and land-use changes. There are “winners” and “losers”: southern bees adapt more readily to warmer temperatures, and bees with bigger ...

The Countries With the Most to Gain—and Lose—Under a Biden Administration
TIME
... back up rather than undermining them from within… particularly on critical issues like climate change. ... Trump's departure on that front alone would be considered a significant win for Paris, but you better ... THE CLEAR LOSERS:.

Why we should be funding more Solyndras
MIT Technology Review
Over a billion people could be displaced by climate change. Entire cities and ... Winners, like Tesla, and losers, like Solyndra, inevitably emerge. In the ...

Microgrids:

Microgrid Leaders Issue Call to Action: Time to Level the Playing Field
Microgrid Knowledge
Opportunities abound for microgrids in the US. But development lags frustrate microgrid adoption. As a result, too many businesses and communities ...

Cummins announces new line of PowerCommand microgrid controllers
Solar Power World
This launch marks a critical milestone for the company's existing supervisory system-level control capabilities and microgrid solutions, which offers a ...

Nokia, A1 provide private wireless connectivity for Siemens renewable energy microgrid
GlobeNewswire
Renewable energy sources, storage and microgrids are being adopted by industries worldwide to help enterprises minimize their environmental ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Telus launches $100-million fund for 'socially responsible' investing
The Globe and Mail
Jill Schnarr, Telus's chief social innovation officer, said in an interview that the social impact fund is an extension of the telecom's long-standing ...

Here's what you need to know about impact investing, where returns are not the only reward
CNBC
Impact investments generate specific, positive and measurable environmental, social and/or good governance outcomes, oftentimes with market-rate ...

Is Socially Responsible Investing Costing You In Hidden Ways?
Investor's Business Daily
Investors are rushing into cyclical stocks, which tend to rally along with an economic recovery. Many ESG funds aren't positioned to capture this shift, if it ...  

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Energy and Environmental Legislation in the 117th Congress
The National Law Review
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) – CCUS is a key mechanism to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In September, International Energy ...

CO2 Conference plans hybrid in-person-virtual conference
Midland Reporter-Telegram
... on what has been called carbon management, but in reality, focuses on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage and Carbon Capture and Storage.

Can Big Oil Make Carbon Capture Mainstream?
OilPrice.com
The growing global drive to curb emissions has called attention to the processes of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), heralded as an ...

Sustainability Investing:

Stanley Black & Decker Recognized as Global Sustainability Leader on the 2020 Dow Jones ...
PRNewswire
To form the index, RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing, assesses more than 3,500 of the world's largest ...

The Future of Sustainable Infrastructure Investing
WebWire
The pandemic has focused our attention on issues such as ESG, sustainability and the social impact of infrastructure investments. Recent events have ...

Green investors are embracing litigation
The Economist
In 2018 Mark McVeigh, another young Australian, sued his pension fund, the Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (Rest), for allegedly failing to ...  

Geoengineering:

What are the promises and perils of geoengineering?
UB News Center
What are the promises and perils of geoengineering? UB researcher Holly Buck is co-editor of a new book in which scholars explore the social and ...

Solar Geoengineering May Cause More Damage to the Climate Than Good
Science Times
According to Professor Tapio Schneider from Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, solar geoengineering received attention because of ...

Increasing Greenhouse Gases Could Overwhelm Any Geoengineering
IFLScience
Efforts to cool the planet, known as geoengineering, won't work if carbon dioxide levels keep rising, a new study claims. Although such projects may ...

Green Bond Funds:

Hong Kong can become green bond financing hub for Greater Bay Area, monetary authority says
South China Morning Post
“Hong Kong's green bond market is quite mature in terms of its facilities and supporting measures, and follows international standards,” said Edmond ...

Utility Bonds: High Yields In A Zero Rate Environment
Forbes
And unlike a bond or bond fund, the company will actually grow its dividend going forward as it invests $58 billion over the next five years, in large part ...

Ontario Teachers' Finance Trust Issues First Green Bond

Chief Investment Officer
Ontario Teachers' Finance Trust Issues First Green Bond. Canadian pension fund issues €750 million 10-year bond earmarked for sustainable ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Scotia launches low-carbon funds
Advisor.ca
There are three funds in the suite — the Scotia Low Carbon Canadian Fixed Income Fund, Scotia Low Carbon Global Balanced Fund and Scotia Low ...

2 college endowments seed Amundi low-carbon equity fund
Pensions & Investments
Both colleges partnered with Amundi to develop a customized low-carbon ESG index fund that will be open to other charities and endowment funds.

Cambridge and Oxford universities select Amundi to manage low-carbon ESG index fund
ETF Stream
The index fund will also look to improve green revenues by 50% and reduce carbon emission intensity by 30% while removing the risk of exposure to ...

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