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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Shipping Goals Switched From Sustainability to Survival During Coronavirus Pandemic
Cheddar
It's a trend many Americans have become familiar with this year, as people avoided shops in an effort to avoid catching COVID-19. Amid persistent ...

Coronavirus sparks shift towards sustainable Christmas shopping
Yahoo Sports
While a third of shoppers (29%) said the COVID-19 had made them more conscious of sustainable fashion, the pandemic has impacted clothing ...

Covid-19 can reinforce the green business case
edie.net
Reconomy's head of sustainability Nathan Gray reflects on the appetite for businesses to drive a green recovery as a response to the coronavirus ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Researchers Model Decarbonization of Sector-Coupled European Energy System
AZoCleantech
Moreover, the model consists of hydropower and—to consider so-called “nightmare weeks”—a small amount of gas-based electricity and heating ...

Yara to align emission reduction goals with Paris Agreement targets
Potato News Today
Being an energy-intensive, largely fossil-based industry, the nitrogen ... and this Sectoral Decarbonization Approach will guide company strategies for ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

The Future of ESG Is … Accounting?
Harvard Business Review
In contrast, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is focused on the entire range of sustainability issues that matter to society as a whole. That said, an ...

Sustainability reporting is growing, finds KPMG study
Smart Energy
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has welcomed research that shows a record number of companies, spanning sectors and geographic regions, are ...

JBG SMITH Earns 5-Stars – Highest Rating from the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark
Business Wire
These goals are aligned with international reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Advocates tout economic benefits of renewable energy investment
Quad City Times
“Beyond that we do not have any revenue sources coming in from renewable energy,” Heid said. The fund overseen by the Illinois Power Agency is ...

India Calls for Increased Clean Energy Investment

Natural Resources Defense Council
As the world nears five years of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, India has called for greater global investment in the country's clean energy future.

Timken is investing $75 million in renewables
Crain's Cleveland Business
8, that it's making more than $75 million in capital investments to increase its renewable energy capabilities, especially in China. Wind and solar have ...

CDP Sustainability:

Food industry failing to address supply chain emissions: 'Engagement is relatively shallow'
FoodNavigator.com
CDP - which assessed 504 large corporations involved in food production, processing and retail – found a 'failure' to address climate and environmental ...

GIC joins CDP signatories in sustainable investing programme
Singapore Business Review
GIC joins CDP signatories in sustainable investing programme. GIC joins 560 investors in requesting companies to disclose their environmental data.

GIC partners three organisations and initiatives on climate change management
The Straits Times
... of its sustainability strategy to increase engagement and disclosures on climate risks and opportunities. The organisations and initiatives are CDP, ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Op-Ed: It Is Time to Appoint Real Climate Leaders Who Understand Equity and Justice in California
Streetsblog California
The impacts of climate change are already visible. With emissions from the transportation sector still growing despite years of policymaking, real action is ...

The California Air Quality Guru Who Taught Business to Love the Environment
POLITICO Magazine
For the previous four years, she'd been working as head of the California ... in forging a bipartisan consensus on climate change action in California.

Newsom's Top Five Candidates for Kamala Harris's Senate Seat All Have Climate in Their Bios
InsideClimate News
At the same time, California Latino elected officials and supporters rallied in ... Ron Dellums, where she rose from intern to become his chief of staff. ... In 2018, she introduced the Women and Climate Change Act, which aims to ...

Impact Investing:

The unglamorous approach to impact investing in energy
pv magazine USA
Impact investments: Investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.

Biden's presidency could be a game changer for impact investing. Here's what experts are watching
CNBC
... Woll, CEO at the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, or US SIF, which advocates for sustainable investing across all asset classes.

Impact Investing Is Ubiquitous, but Where's the Impact?
Nonprofit Quarterly
The authors enthuse that “investors are considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across $17 trillion of professionally managed ...

Energy Storage:

Southern California Edison Signs Contracts for 590 MW of Battery Energy Storage
Environment + Energy Leader
These contracts increase SCE's total amount of installed and procured battery storage capacity to approximately 2,050 MWs. SCE hopes this will help ...

Europe's energy storage transformation
PV-Tech
The multiple applications for large-scale energy storage are beginning to be tapped in European countries Credit: NEC Energy Solutions.

AI energy storage pioneer Stem Inc to go publicly-listed
Energy Storage News
The US-headquartered provider of battery energy storage systems driven by artificial intelligence (AI) which optimises their ability to capture market ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Report: US States with Climate Commitments Off Track to Reach Science-based Emissions Goals
Environmental Defense Fund
For example, 10 states in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic have been successfully reducing carbon emissions from the power sector through the ...

US health care emissions continue to rise
Yale News
“We must lead by example. That includes setting ambitious, science-based carbon reduction targets to achieve net zero emissions before 2050.

ROCKWOOL announces ambitious global decarbonization goals
PRNewswire
Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Director, Science Based Targets at CDP, one of the Science Based Targets initiative partners, comments, ... Recycling stone wool at our factories contributes to reducing production-related carbon emissions.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics — Week of November 29, 2020
Florida Politics
He didn't believe in climate change. That's why hurricane season lasts 11 months and Orlando is beachfront property today.” “Well, as best we can figure ...

Atlas reveals birds pushed further north amid climate crisis
The Guardian
Atlas reveals birds pushed further north amid climate crisis ... “The results are confirmation that the major driving forces are climate change and land-use change. ... Generally, farmland birds are big losers, suffering overall declines in ...

In the future, a simple blood test could identify who will develop pre-eclampsia
Massive Science
We can avert this and other effects of climate change by decreasing global ... numbers plummet with climate change, 'winners' and 'losers' emerge.

Microgrids:

Microgrids Might Make Sense For 'Everyday' Enterprises
Forbes
The end benefit is that recipients that will get the microgrids at a lower cost and lower complexity.” Haines splits the microgrid market into two segments: ...

Importance of Microgrids
Newport This Week
Importance of Microgrids. Guest View. By ohtadmin | on December 03, 2020. By Ross Sinclair Cann.

Bright Lights And Greener Pastures Ahead For Puerto Rico If Microgrids Keep Popping Up
Forbes
Microgrids are especially valuable in regions that get hurricanes — events that can wipe out a whole island. They typically use on-site wind and solar ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Taylor: Trump's assault on socially responsible investing
San Antonio Express-News
If you've spent any time reading about investment management this past year (and I have!), you've noticed that socially responsible investing ...

Socially responsible investing is more important than ever
Toronto Star
Ninety-five per cent of Canadian investors have temporarily deprioritized ESG factors due to COVID-19 pressures on the companies they invest in. That's ...

Socially Responsible Investing - Visceral Impact And Consequences
Seeking Alpha
Addressing how ESG, Impact, sustainable investing trends can practically affect investment performance and potentially "future-proof" your portfolio.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Leveraging the Latest Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies to Transform ...
POWER magazine
There is significant governmental support for the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies. Understanding options and ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Size Is Expected To Grow From USD 1.6 Billion In ...
MENAFN.COM
Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration is extensively used in oil & gas, power generation, fertilizer, and various other sectors. Increasing usage of ...

Proposed Carbon Capture Projects Run The Gamut From All-Natural To Heavy Industrial
Forbes
Proposed projects involving carbon capture and storage (CCS) and its close cousin technology, carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), cover ...

Sustainability Investing:

CFAs Going Harder on Sustainable Investing
ThinkAdvisor
Increased demand for sustainable investing expertise. At present, there is a relative scarcity of sustainability talent in the investment industry. Using ...

The unglamorous approach to impact investing in energy
pv magazine USA
Impact investments: Investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.

There's a New Apparel Sustainability Framework — and Eileen Fisher, Reformation, REI Are on ...
WWD
Key strategies outlined include: reducing chemical impact, improving water management, improving energy management, investing in the reduction of ...

Geoengineering:

Experiment To Help Researchers Understand Risk, Efficacy Of Solar Geoengineering
Here And Now
Scientists at Harvard are planning a first-of-its-kind field experiment to help researchers understand the efficacy and risks of solar geoengineering.

Harvard team thinks putting sunglasses on the Earth might buy time to solve global warming
CNET
That's the basic idea behind a solar geoengineering project at Harvard that is progressing toward an important trial. "Geoengineering is the concept of ...

Dimming the sun could reduce future drought risk in Cape Town – but there's a catch
The Conversation Africa
But solar geoengineering only offsets warming; it doesn't reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. Therefore any approach that ...   

Green Bond Funds:

Green bond issuances set to hit new record this year
台北時報
HSBC Taiwan, which has been focusing on financing offshore wind projects, would use the proceeds to finance the projects and other green loans, the ...

Asia's Climate Ambitions Set to Push Green Bond Sales Higher
Bloomberg
Covid Funding. Green issuance in Asia has been overshadowed by social bonds this year. Green Bonds ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Capital Power accelerating plans towards a low carbon future
GlobeNewswire
The webcast will be archived and accessible for replay. Non-GAAP Financial Measures The Company uses (i) earnings before net finance expense, ...

California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Accelerating Transportation Electrification
Union of Concerned Scientists
LCFS EV credits fund the Clean Fuel Rewards rebates and targeted programs for disadvantaged communities and support transit fleets, electric trucks ...

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Nasdaq
The iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) made its debut on 12/08/2014, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides ...

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