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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

How sustainability has become the buzz word during Covid-19
Hindustan Times
India's Covid-19 concerns also pushed the fashion industry to accelerate their drive towards sustainability. During the pandemic, popular fashion ...

Coronavirus: Government makes changes to environmental assessment reporting
ENDS Report
... to the way strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) are now communicated to the public due to Covid-19, including an emphasis on digital first.

The 'black swan' Covid catastrophe shows us just how fragile our world is
The Guardian
It is clear now that there is a big downside to an economic model that pays little heed to sustainability. Coronavirus – latest updates · See all our ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Shipping industry reports it's on track for sector's decarbonization goals
GreenBiz
Shipping industry reports it's on track for sector's decarbonization goals ... include a sustainability-linked pricing mechanism based on Poseidon.

Decarbonization will make US-Japan alliance stronger, Koizumi says
Nikkei Asia
We will create primary areas [for decarbonization], based not only on programs by such local governments but also areas within them and remote ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Energy Transition Is Leading To Industrial Transition: Are You Ready?
Forbes
Former chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), he recently joined carbon footprint management software company Persefoni, as its ...

GRI CEO Tim Mohin shifts to carbon accounting startup Persefoni
Eco-Business
The chief executive of sustainability standards body Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Tim Mohin, has left the organisation after three years at the helm ...

PrairieSky Recognized as a Global Sustainability Leader in Newly Released ESG Rankings
GlobeNewswire
This includes our Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Reference Index, our Task Force on ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable energy investors seek returns in project development
Private Equity News
Private equity firms that invest in the renewable energy sector increasingly are turning to project development as they seek to generate returns more in ...

3 Top Renewable Energy Stocks to Buy for 2021
Motley Fool
Renewable energy stocks have had a great year in 2020, not because they've had outstanding growth or earnings, but because investors are ...

CDP Sustainability:

Delta Honored for its Substantial Contribution to Climate Change and Water Security Issues
Robotics and Automation News
CDP's annual environmental information disclosure and scoring process are recognized as a key standard for corporate environmental information ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Covid-19 and Climate Change Will Remain Inextricably Linked, Thanks to the Parallels (and the ...
InsideClimate News
“I think that leadership that follows experts will result in better policy, and leadership that endorses experts will have a positive impact on public attitudes ...

California Eyes 2021 for Advancing Electrification; Changes in Gas Use
Natural Gas Intelligence
leadership is also important for showing the world that most Americans remain committed to climate solutions, and it is demonstrating that bold climate ...

Enjoying New Clout, Environmental Justice Groups May Press Biden
KQED
Enjoying New Clout, Environmental Justice Groups May Press Biden ... of California's well-regarded environmental official Mary Nichols as head of ... to California's cap-and-trade program, which aims to fight climate change by ...

Impact Investing:

Why Impact Investing and Crypto Are Mutually Beneficial
Coindesk
After a year of living with COVID-19, consumer and investor behavior has taken on new characteristics as digital and sustainable business and finance ...

Deep Dive: Impact Investing
Hawaii Business Magazine
This distinguishes impact investments from philanthropy. Investments can be made across a variety of asset classes, including cash equivalents, fixed ...

How to navigate the world of sustainable investing ratings
CNBC
More from Impact Investing: ... “A typical sustainable fund may avoid investing in companies that don't rate highly on their handling of ESG issues, but ...

Energy Storage:

Gravity Energy Storage Will Show Its Potential in 2021
IEEE Spectrum
Instead of storing energy using reservoirs at different elevations, they pump water underground to lift an extremely heavy piston. Allowing the piston to ...

PG&E Proposes Expanding Battery Energy Storage Portfolio
Transmission & Distribution World
(PG&E) has requested California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval of six additional battery energy storage projects totaling 387 MW of ...

Israel could arrive at 8GWh of energy storage 'well before 2030 goal'
Energy Storage News
An auction for solar-plus-storage held in Israel by the country's Electricity Authority (PUA) awarded 609MW of solar PV alongside 2.4GWh of energy ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

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Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Here's a look at the winners and losers in the state's far-reaching climate bill
BetaBoston
The primary goal is environmental: slowing the rate of climate change with a road map to position the state as a “net zero” producer of carbon ...

The Trump Denouement: Georgia, Hawley, Pardons, Pence at the Biden-Harris Inauguration, and ...
InsiderNJ
Some potential Jersey winners and losers ... Enactment and full funding of the Biden climate change program will greatly enhance both shore ...

What I am Reading December 31st
American Council on Science and Health
Can there be winners as well as losers as our climate changes? ... Its crop production is expected to be boosted by warming temperatures over the ...

Microgrids:

A Look at the Year Ahead and How Microgrids Are Shaping the Power Industry
POWER magazine
Less-Complex and More-Repeatable Solutions Will Expand the Pool of Microgrid Candidates. As we experienced over time the first-hand benefits ...

Global Remote Microgrid Industry
GlobeNewswire
2 Billion by the Year 2027. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the global market for Remote Microgrid estimated at US$7 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to ...

21 Microgrid Projects to Watch in 2021
Microgrid Knowledge
We confined the list to projects proposed or under development that Microgrid Knowledge reported on in 2020. All of the excerpts below are linked to ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially Responsible Investing in 2021: How Can You Invest Responsibly?
Yahoo Finance
Socially responsible investing is an approach to investing that takes into consideration your personal views about how a company's business practices ...

Your retirement account can also help protect the planet
Popular Science
ESG is a label that the managers of a fund can apply to indicate they are picking more environmentally and socially responsible investments.

Will 2021 Be the Year Advisors Embrace Sustainable Investing?
ThinkAdvisor
Beyond such ESG integration strategies are funds that exclude certain companies and sectors to align with investors' values — often called socially ...   

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

New law should help advance carbon capture, utilization
Midland Reporter-Telegram
The LEADING Act, designed to promote development of carbon capture, utilization and storage, is now law and could benefit companies using carbon ...

USE IT carbon capture bill becomes law, incentivizing development and deployment
Daily Energy Insider
Along the way, it also clarifies that carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects (CCUS) and CO2 pipelines are now eligible for the streamlined ...

Funding Package Provides Opportunities for Clean Energy Industries
JD Supra
... the law contains funding for DOE programs related to carbon capture, storage and utilization. It includes $910 million for a carbon capture research ...

Sustainability Investing:

Sustainability investing: what does the future look like?
City A.M.
The future of sustainable investing is in the balance. It involves balancing financial and extra-financial considerations, short-term and long-term goals, ...

How to Navigate the World of Sustainable Investing Ratings
NBC10 Boston
Sustainability ratings are useful tools for assessing the environmental, sustainability and corporate governance-worthiness of mutual funds and ...

Sustainability-focused investing had a record year — here are some of the most popular funds
CNBC
“The average outperformance of sustainable funds in the first quarter globally has also helped alleviate some investors' concerns about a potential ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering As A Global Security Risk
OOSKA News
As countries face climate security threats beyond anything seen before, they might consider geoengineering as the new form of defensive technology ...

Is Bill Gates Funding Efforts To Block The Sun?
Snopes.com
It is not a test of solar geoengineering per se. Instead, it will observe how particles interact with one another, with the background stratospheric air, and ...

Green Bond Funds:

Illinois EPA State Revolving Fund – Clean Water Initiative Series 2020 Green Bonds Maintain ...
RiverBender.com
The Series 2020 Green Bonds obtained the lowest cost of funds in the history of the Illinois state revolving fund leveraged bond program with an all-in ...

Analysts expect as much as $500bn of green bonds in bumper 2021
Financial Times
Unlike green bonds, which are used to fund specific climate-related projects, there are no restrictions on how an issuer uses the money they raise from ...

4 ETFs To Watch In 2021
MarketWatch
The smallest of the funds highlighted here, the VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF ... Specifically, the “E” because green bonds are debt issued to fund ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Region's low-carbon cluster secures Govt funds
Place North West
Sarah Townsend. A plan to establish the UK's first low-carbon industrial hub, encompassing the existing energy cluster at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, ...

Mining Billionaire's SPAC Readies Funds for Clean-Power Push
Bloomberg
The pursuit reflects a broad move among energy and raw-materials producers toward low-carbon power sources, with customers demanding ...

Which Emerging Markets Could Outperform in 2021?
ThinkAdvisor
... a low-carbon world could mean a reduction in economic growth by 6.5% over ... markets debt, could become more attractive,” says American Funds.