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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

GZERO Summit on sustainability: COVID-19's promise on ESG
GZERO Media
The forced slowdown of global economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic has slashed carbon emissions around the world, opening a unique ...

Food safety more of a focus for consumers than packaging sustainability in COVID-19 affected year
hortidaily.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has temporarily shifted consumers' views when it comes to the priority of sustainability in fruit and vegetable packaging, ...

How Covid turned the spotlight on sustainability
Drapers
The coronavirus pandemic knocked sustainability down fashion retail's list of priorities, but it is rebounding as the crisis aligns consumer, environmental ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

European Commission sees maritime, aviation sector hardest to decarbonize amid fresh targets
S&P Global
It comes amid industry concerns about regional climate regulations. ... at reaching science-based global emission reduction goals consistent with the ...

The US Is Well-Positioned to Decarbonize Its Power Sector
Niskanen Center
So under a rapid decarbonization of the power sector, what will ambitious ... Assuming that the typical lifespan is 50 years for steam-turbine based ...

UK Working on Roadmap to Decarbonize Offshore Wind Vessel Operations
OE Digital
The roadmap will consider key areas such as vessels, ports, and alternative fuels. ... According to ORE Catapult, the program will recommend a set of clear, evidence-based guidelines with an aim to inform industry, investors and ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI calls for mandatory sustainability reporting
Accounting Today
The Global Reporting Initiative is responding to a proposal from the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation to oversee sustainability ...

Sai Life Sciences releases its first Sustainability Report
PR Newswire India
Developed as per the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards. - Highlights the various sustainable choices embraced by the company in steering ...

IFAC endorses international sustainability standard-setting board
Accounting Today
... the Global Reporting Initiative, the International Integrated Reporting Council and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board — agreed to work ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Advocates tout economic benefits of renewable energy investment
Suburban Life Publications
At the time, advocates behind the Path to 100 Act warned of an impending “funding cliff” for renewable energy projects if the General Assembly did not ...

Benefits of Renewable Energy Vary From Place to Place
NC State News
... the renewable energy is offsetting. The researchers hope the work will help target future renewable energy investments in places where they can do ...
Renewable energy benefits vary by place - Futurity: Research News

Investors Turn to SPACs for Clean-Energy Bets
The Wall Street Journal
That investment shift is likely to unleash a torrent of projects in renewables and related technologies, creating big winners and, as in fracking, its share ...

CDP Sustainability:

HanesBrands Recognized for Sustainability Leadership with First 'A List' Score in CDP 2020 ...
Business Wire
HanesBrands Recognized for Sustainability Leadership with First 'A List' Score in CDP 2020 Climate Change Report. Company is one of four apparel ...

Yum! Brands Advances Its Sustainability Journey Through Transparent Reporting to CDP
CSRwire.com
Brands and is reflected in its 11-year history of reporting to CDP, a leader in environmental disclosure. This year, the company achieved both climate ...

T‑Mobile's Sustainability Efforts Make the Grade: Un‑carrier Lands on Prestigious CDP 2020 'A List'
CSRwire.com
CDP's annual scoring process is recognized as the gold standard of corporate environmental transparency. For the last 20 years, CDP (formerly known ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Newsom taps new head of powerful California air board
Martinsville Bulletin
... innovative leader that will lead in our fight against climate change with equity and all California's communities at heart,” Newsom said in a statement.

Meet Biden's Energy and Climate Cabinet Contenders
The New York Times
She also helped craft California's tough regulations on climate-warming ... He has also served as head of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, ...

What the fight over EPA chief says about Democratic divisions
Washington Post
Gladys Limón, executive director of California Environmental Justice Alliance and ... It is difficult to imagine a bigger change in the EPA's leadership.

Impact Investing:

Future Returns: Impact Investing Through Donor Advised Funds
Barron's
Then socially responsible investing came into play, and today's impact opportunities allow for the creation of shared value. “We're already seeing the ...

Impact Investors Issue Policy Agenda for Biden Administration
Barron's
The impact investing community is offering a list of public policy proposals for the incoming presidential administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ...

WES Mariam Assefa Fund Announces First Impact Investments Totaling $750000 to Support the ...
GlobeNewswire
NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The WES Mariam Assefa Fund today announced impact investments of $750,000 to ensure that ...

Energy Storage:

Does low-cost renewable energy, storage mean hydrogen is here to stay?
Utility Dive
Dive Brief: Converting renewable energy to hydrogen as a means of long-term storage in the energy sector could hold the key to helping hydrogen ...

California will need up to 55GW of long-duration energy storage by 2045, study finds
Energy Storage News
California has been the US' most prolific installer and deployer of battery energy storage of up to and including four hours' duration using lithium-ion ...

IDTechEx Highlights 2020: Energy Storage Research
PRNewswire
15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy storage technologies have undergone several years of sustained growth stemming from progress in markets such ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

STMicroelectronics to be Carbon Neutral by 2027
GlobeNewswire
STMicroelectronics to be Carbon Neutral by 2027 ... scenario defined at the Paris COP21, endorsed by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) ... Its direct emissions of greenhouse gases (scope 1), mainly through investment in ...

Canadian companies create climate coalition
Food Business News
Reducing carbon emissions, setting science-based targets, resource stewardship and sustainability reporting are the four strategic actions behind a ...

How supply chain sustainability efforts withstood 2020
Supply Chain Dive
The company intends to meet new emissions-reduction goals by favoring suppliers that have set science-based targets for cutting carbon in line with ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Shark, grasshopper studies point to winners and losers of rising heat
Macquarie University
Climate change isn't just warmer days – it's an adaptation challenge. The hotter 'new normal' may prove too much for species that lack resilience. Hot ...

Cleantech capitalism: Ideas for how a Biden administration can tackle climate change
WRAL Tech Wire
... TRIANGLE PARK – How will a Biden administration combat climate change? ... without government taking on the role of picking winners and losers.

Climate change is flooding the remote north with light – and new species
PBS NewsHour
The effects of global warming are being felt around the world, but nowhere on Earth are ... In the Arctic, as elsewhere, there are winners and losers.

Microgrids:

Xcel Energy proposes microgrids to improve reliability for large customers
Madison.com
The cities of La Crosse and Eau Claire have signaled support for the program and say they hope to use microgrids at their wastewater treatment plants ...

Reviews Mixed on Regulatory Proposal to Advance Microgrids in California
Microgrid Knowledge
What about customer microgrids? Meanwhile, Samantha Reifer, director of special projects at Scale Microgrid Solutions, called the proposed decision “ ...

California Faces Big Challenges to Microgrid Plans for Wildfires and Outages
Greentech Media
California regulators and utilities want to build microgrids for communities most at threat from the state's increasingly deadly wildfires, and the ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Why Socially Responsible Investing Is Likely To Gain Momentum Under Biden
Forbes
BlackRock has been undertaking a multi-year effort to integrate ESG considerations into our investment processes, and we expect companies to have ...

Investors Pile Into ETFs Devoted to Socially Responsible ESG
The Wall Street Journal
Impact Investment Asset managers have launched a record number of socially responsible exchange-traded funds this year. Launches of U.S.-based ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies
GlobeNewswire
New York, Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage ...

Carbon Capture: Silver Bullet or Mirage?
Greentech Media
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) are seen as increasingly vital components of achieving climate ...

Capito, Manchin among bipartisan group of senators pushing legislation to promote carbon capturing
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Va., were among the senators introducing the 45Q Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Tax Credit Amendments Act, which would make ...

Sustainability Investing:

Dalio's Bridgewater Pushes Into Sustainability Investing
Bloomberg
Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund, is starting a sustainability strategy, the latest money manager to tap into surging demand for ...

Dramatic increase in sustainability reporting due to generational attitudes, ESG investing
BenefitsPro
ESG reporting can impact access to capital and the ability to attract new investors, understand risks, build customer loyalty and attract top talent, ...

Technology could help sustainable investing turn the corner, says JPMorgan
CNBC
The bank's global head of sustainable investing, Jennifer Wu, said at Singapore's Fintech Festival that it is becoming easier to state the financial case ...   

Geoengineering:

Laboratory experiments on particles for solar geoengineering demonstrate limits of models
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Injecting light-reflecting aerosols into the stratosphere — known as solar geoengineering —could be used in conjunction with emissions reduction to ...

Geoengineers inch closer to Sun-dimming balloon test
Science Magazine
For years, the controversial idea of solar geoengineering—lofting long-lived reflective particles into the upper atmosphere to block sunlight and ...

Unpacking climate geoengineering
Daily Pioneer
Under climate geoengineering, there are two major groups of proposed approaches; Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide Removal ...

Green Bond Funds:

Nascent Social Bond Fund Sector Faces Implementation Challenges
Fitch Ratings
By way of comparison, as green bond issuance has increased, so too have assets in dedicated green bond funds, with green bond fund assets ...

Greencells places first €15m of green bond, bags Poland EPC deal
PV-Tech
Greencells, which first confirmed plans for the fundraise last month, will use the proceeds from the bond to help fund project rights for solar farms with a ...

What Does a Biden Administration Mean for US Green Bonds?
Nasdaq
Cooperation on global green finance standards—for example, ... VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or ...

Low Carbon Funds:

First Notice: BC funds low-carbon innovation, new Alberta P3 guidelines, November lumber prices ...
Daily Commercial News
B.C. funds low-carbon innovation for buildings. The B.C. government is providing an additional $8 million for building-sector businesses to accelerate ...

Carbon offsets 'do almost nothing': United Airlines will fund plant to clean the air
Chicago Tribune
Traditional offsets cancel out emissions by funding programs that reduce ... 1PointFive will use the carbon dioxide captured in lower-carbon oil ...

New York's $226 Billion Pension Fund Is Dropping Fossil Fuel Stocks
The New York Times
“New York State's pension fund is at the leading edge of investors addressing climate risk, because investing for the low-carbon future is essential to ...

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