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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

What does the vaccine mean for cold chain sustainability?
GreenBiz
... the cold chain spurred by the coronavirus vaccine might be a once-in-a-century chance to make serious changes to the sustainability of this system.

After massive COVID-19 spending, how large is Japan's debt?
The Japan Times
... to the country's fiscal sustainability somewhere down the line depending on ... But this time, the spending spree over the coronavirus measures is ...

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers
GreenBiz
... to stories about COVID-19's positive impact on air pollution and what the sustainability field can do to be more actively anti-racist and pro-diversity.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

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Global Reporting Initiative:

Conagra Brands Issues Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Disclosure for Fiscal ...
PRNewswire
... annual Citizenship Report in early calendar year 2021, with supplementary ESG data addressing elements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...

MetLife Investment Management Partnerships With Norges Bank Investment Management and ...
Argus Press
These ESG indicators are aligned with international reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Paris Climate ...

You're probably emitting an astonishing amount of carbon dioxide in your daily routine
Phys.Org
... professional sports club to publish a sustainability report approved by the Global Reporting Initiative, a leading sustainability standards organization.

Renewable Energy Investments:

India to get innovative for drawing renewable energy investments worth 1.75 lakh crore
Deccan Herald
Talking about the challenge of bringing required investment next year to achieve the 175 GW target, Union Power and New & Renewable Energy ...

Global Infrastructure Partners Announces Acquisition Of MAP® Energy's Renewable Energy ...
PRNewswire
GIP's fourth flagship fund, GIP IV, will acquire 100% of the MAP® RE/ES investment platform, team, and renewable energy assets under management ...

CDP Sustainability:

For the first time, Quezon City, Philippines among 88 cities recognised for climate leadership by CDP
Eco-Business
Global environmental non-profit CDP announces the 88 global cities*[1] that continue to lead on environmental action and transparency during 2020, ...

Tetra Pak Earns 'AA' Score for Global Climate, Forests Stewardship
Ink World Magazine
Tetra Pak was recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its A-List for tackling ...
 
California Resources Garners Climate Accolades; CEO Departing at Year-End
Natural Gas Intelligence
Under the global environmental disclosure system administered by the non-profit Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), California Resources Corp.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Santa Monica College Joins Over 1500 Leaders & Organizations in Keeping America's Promise to ...
Santa Monica Daily Press
Through the “We Are Still In” campaign, launched in 2017 to maintain America's promise to tackle climate change, leaders across many sectors are ...

California Resources Garners Climate Accolades; CEO Departing at Year-End
Natural Gas Intelligence
Login chevron_right · My Profile chevron_right · Change Password ... California Resources Garners Climate Accolades; CEO Departing at Year-End ... California's largest oil producer, which cleared Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... spokesperson Richard Venn described as a “top score at CDP's leadership ...

Solar Water Heating Needs to Be Part of the Climate Solution
Santa Barbara Independent
A big gap in California's efforts to address climate change is in water heating. In the 1930s, California was a leader in domestic solar hot water systems ...

Impact Investing:

6 Trends In Social Enterprise And Impact Investing In 2020
Forbes
Here are six trends of note that occurred in the world of impact entrepreneurship and investing during 2020. Social Entrepreneurs Rise to the Occasion.

How the Gender Balance of Investment Teams Shapes the Risks They Take
Harvard Business Review
In order to test this thinking, we observed a setting that involved both financial investments and social implications: impact investing. Venture ...

Heritas Capital to launch US$30m 'impact investing' venture fund by H12021
The Business Times
Impact investing aims to look beyond only financial metrics when assessing a company. Besides commercial growth, these funds tend to focus on ...   

Energy Storage:

Greentech Media's Must-Read Energy Storage Stories of 2020
Greentech Media
The coronavirus pandemic brought the broader economy to a halt, but the energy storage industry didn't get the memo. Instead, developers made this ...

Fluence, the energy storage systems developer, is now worth over $1 billion after QIA investment
TechCrunch
“We see energy storage as the linchpin of a decarbonized grid and adding QIA to our international shareholder base will allow Fluence to innovate even ...

VIDEO: Energy-Storage.news' 2020 picks from our YouTube channel
Energy Storage News
In this Energy-Storage.news webinar, EIT InnoEnergy and its ecosystem partners shed new light on the case for ultra-capacitors, the latest ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Konecranes : signs Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) commitment to mitigate climate change
marketscreener.com
... new climate targets for its operations in the coming months, reinforcing its commitment to cut emissions, further develop its low-carbon portfolio and ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate extremes result in wildlife winners and losers in 2020
NewsChain
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'Granddad's Arctic isn't coming back': Northern Alaska is transitioning to a biologically changed ...
Anchorage Daily News
“You hear the term winners and losers with climate warming. I don't really care for those terms, but I think they do capture, in a very general sense, ...

Arctic Report Card: 'Granddad's Arctic isn't coming back'
Arctic Sounder
Rick Thoman, climate specialist at University of Alaska Fairbanks who served as the ... "You hear the term winners and losers with climate warming.   

Microgrids:

Top 10 Microgrid White Papers of 2020 — Expert Energy Strategies Amid a Turbulent Year
Microgrid Knowledge
Explore why microgrid use is on the rise and how microgrids improve resiliency, uptime and a data center's environmental profile. solar nanogrids. A ...

Microgrid Knowledge Person of the Year 2020: The Home Microgrid
Microgrid Knowledge
John Westerman, then with Dynamic Energy Networks and now with Schneider Electric, gave a presentation on how he built his own home microgrid, ...

Global Energy Storage Battery For Microgrids Market Proceeds To Witness Huge Upswing Over ...
The Courier
The present scenario of Energy Storage Battery For Microgrids market, along with its previous performance as well as future scope are covered in the ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Here's Everything You Need to Know About Sustainable Investing
Green Matters
... funds are being invested a socially responsible and eco-conscious manner. ... Sometimes sustainable investors discover potential investments by ...

Investors are starting to demand better of the companies they own
Fortune
Commentary-Shareholders-Company Accountability Shareholders can demand more of companies and utilize ESG funds to ensure their investments ...

How Did Business's Role in Society Change in 2020?
Harvard Business Review
Like Suncorp, a growing number of banks are getting out of fossil fuels and investing in environmental, social, and governance (ESG). The year began ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

UW researchers produce study on carbon storage with US Energy Association
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Scientists are working to find commercial ways to capture and store carbon dioxide deep ... Federal incentives adopted in recent years could accelerate the advancement of CO2 storage and utilization across the 12 states studied.

The Sun Also Rises: Congress Votes to Stimulate the Renewable Energy, Efficiency, Carbon ...
JD Supra
It includes a Carbon Management title containing several provisions to advance carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technologies.

Equinor Energy & Mitsubishi Heavy to collaborate on low-carbon technology to reduce carbon ...
Green Car Congress
In particular, the companies will look at further developing the hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCS/CCUS) value chains.

Sustainability Investing:

Your ESG fund may not be as green as you think
MarketWatch
Environmental, social and governance investing resonates with people who want their investments to align with their values, and the boom in this ...
    
Wabash National Releases First Sustainability Report on New Investor Website
GlobeNewswire
29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) today published its first Sustainability Report on its new investor ...

Russian Sustainability Scores Rise, But Climate Goal Still Lags
Bloomberg
Ekaterina Iliouchenko, a money manager at Union Investment Privatfond, said her Frankfurt-based fund is gradually switching to in-house ESG ratings ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering must stay peaceful
The Hill
Climate change has been recognized as a national security threat multiplier. To offset its damage, scientists in the United States and other countries ...

Why geoengineering is still a dangerous, techno-utopian dream
Down To Earth Magazine
Geoengineering is a deliberate, large-scale intervention carried out in the Earth's natural systems to reverse the impacts of climate change.

Laurence Delina Authors Two New Papers on Southeast Asia Climate Policy
BU Today
In the first paper, published in the journal Climatic Change, he explores the potential for future geoengineering research in Southeast Asia.

Green Bond Funds:

Social bond market, healing COVID-19 divisions, set to continue growing
S&P Global
The issuance of green bonds — whose proceeds fund environmentally friendly projects — also accelerated amid the pandemic, with the amount ...

Best of Landscape News 2020: Finance
Landscape News
Green bonds are debt mechanisms whose proceeds go to fund projects that further sustainable development and environmental betterment, such as ...

PV trends of 2020: Part 2
pv magazine International
Today, we're talking about auctions and green bonds. December 25, 2020 pv magazine · Finance · Highlights · Markets & Policy · Policy · Sustainability ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Nasdaq
The iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) was launched on 12/08/2014, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer ...

Your ESG investment may be a 'light-touch' fund and not be as green as you think
MarketWatch
As a result, there is a small exposure to firms that may interact with carbon, but do not have proven reserves – consistent with the intended investment ...

EU to help Moldova boost low-carbon economy
New Europe
The loan to Moldova Agroindbank (MAIB) under the EBRD's Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) combines €3.75 million of EBRD finance and € ...

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