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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Driving packaging sustainability during COVID-19
Candy Industry
The coronavirus (COVID-19) may still be consumers' top concern today, but the pandemic hasn't erased concern over environmental issues and ...

Why COVID has brought sustainability front of mind for US consumers - analysis - 
just-drinks.com
Sustainable production methods also grew in relevance, with 27% of consumers considering this more important than they did before COVID broke.

Will Covid-19 force sustainability to take a back seat within marketing and live experience?
The Drum
Pre-Covid, sustainability was a core focus for the marketing events industries, with brands making a clear effort to address the impact humans are ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

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Global Reporting Initiative:

2020: The Year The Narrative Changed For Sustainability Reporting
Forbes
Subsequent years have seen the formation of the Global Reporting Initiative ... We also suggest that the GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board ...

UNFI sets 10-year sustainability plan
Produce Blue Book
... is guided by leading frameworks, including GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and ... The report also includes the Company's first disclosure aligned to ...

Amcor recognized by CDP for advancements in sustainability
PRNewswire
In addition to CDP scorecards, Amcor has reported annually on its sustainability metrics in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Total to keep up renewables energy investments in 2021, says CEO
Reuters
It aims to have 35 gigawatts (GW) of gross renewable energy generation capacity by 2025 from around 9 GW now. Pouyanne said the investment ...

Renewables stocks soar as Democrat-led Congress improves environment for green investments
Utility Dive
The administration's priorities on green infrastructure will lead to greater opportunities for clean energy investments, analysts say. In response ...

Ann Arbor must look beyond city borders to meet 100% renewable energy goal
mlive.com
As city leaders look to move forward, they're now forming key criteria and guiding principles for investments in energy efficiency and generating and ...   

CDP Sustainability:

Tata Communications gets recognised by CDP with 'A-' score for leadership in sustainability
Indiainfoline
... Disclosure Project (CDP) with the distinguished 'A-' leadership score for implementing current best practices in sustainability for climate change.

Signature Aviation Recognized with a Prestigious 'A' Score for its Efforts to Combat Climate Change
AviationPros.com
CDP's annual environmental survey and scoring process is widely recognized as an authentic indicator of corporate commitments to stemming climate ...

APS scores among top utilities worldwide for climate, water stewardship
AZ Big Media
CDP's annual environmental disclosure and scoring process. CDP, which recently celebrated its 20th year, created the global disclosure and scoring ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

COMMUNITY OPINION: Business climate must change in 2021
Benitolink: San Benito County News
Pinnacle Strategy President Victor Gomez writes that as coronavirus cases surge, California leaders are failing small businesses and local job ...

Impact Investing:

Investment churn never stopped at Western New York Impact Investment Fund
Buffalo Business First
Impact fund looks forward. Tom Quinn can vividly remember the March board meeting with his founding investors as the public markets tanked and ...

Impact Investors Could Be Credit Unions' Path to Long-Term Resilience
Credit Union Times
Impact investing, driven by personal values as well as financial returns, has experienced phenomenal growth in the past few years. According to US ...

Fortis Lux Announces New Impact Investment Initiative
PRNewswire
The Impact Investment initiative will develop investment vehicles to support publicly traded companies that emphasize racial and ethnic diversity policies ...

Energy Storage:

2021 Energy Predictions: US Clean Energy Standard, Tripling Energy Storage, State Shift From ...
Forbes Innovation
From unprecedented federal climate policy to surging energy storage installations and a shift away from gas toward sustainable investment and just ...

Q&A: What might Biden do for energy storage in the US?
Power Technology
Kelly Speakes-Backman (KS-B): It's an exciting time to be working with energy storage these days. In 2020, we shattered deployment records for battery ...

California Energy Commission Awards $5 Million for Energy Storage Solutions
Environment + Energy Leader
In addition, energy storage enables better integration and a more dynamic use of California's growing renewable energy resources. The HMSS project ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Pentair Advances Commitment to Further Environmental, Social and Governance Stewardship
ReportAlert.info
In the upcoming year we look forward to identifying and communicating specific goals and targets, including science-based environmental initiatives.”.

Huhtamaki signed a EUR 400 million sustainability-linked syndicated revolving credit facility
StreetInsider.com
Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for ... to set science-based targets through the Science Based Targets initiative. ... been awarded the Silver medal by EcoVadis for performance in sustainability.

2020 PRELIMINARY RESULTS EXCEED GUIDANCE
StreetInsider.com
On 30 December 2020, Pandora announced that the results for 2020 were ... of COVID-19 creates elevated uncertainty about 2021 financial performance. ... carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Commentary: Fed's mandate doesn't include climate change
CNBC
This effort is less about predicting financial stress from climate change and more ... risk to financial stability is not an insufficient focus on climate change. ... resist calls from the far left to pick winners and losers in the capital markets to ...

Disasters caused $210 billion in damage in 2020, showing growing cost of climate change
CNBC
A record number of hurricanes, wildfires and floods exacerbated by climate change cost the world $210 billion in damage last year, a top insurer said.

Bill Gates-Backed Climate Solution Gains Traction, But Concerns Linger
Forbes
Proponents of geoengineering have cited the global cooling effects of ... A report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested the ... will be required to assess the risks, winners, and losers of any such experiment, ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids are coming — will they increase inequities?
Utility Dive
Microgrids are sections of the larger electric grid that can operate as a single controllable unit or network that can keep the lights on for more people ...

New method to build microgrids based on solar, hydrogen
pv magazine International
The use of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells as backup power generation in solar microgrids could drive down costs and improve efficiency, ...

California Tribe Explores What Some See as the Future: Networked Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
The project would network, behind the meter, a number of small microgrids located in critical buildings on tribal property, including the fire station, police ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Biodiversity, Supply Chain Rank Among Biggest ESG Themes in 2021
Bloomberg
Domini Impact Investments, one of the pioneers in socially responsible investing, plans to press renewable companies on worker protections and ...

ESG Investing and Retirement Plans
The National Law Review
ESG investing focuses on such concerns in an effort to bring positive outcomes in the areas sought to be addressed in a manner intended to provide a ...

Walmart Is Adopting Socially Responsible Policies. ESG Funds Are Taking Notice.
Barron's
What's more, a growing niche on Wall Street has also taken notice: Many fund managers who incorporate sustainable factors into their process have not ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Solidia Technologies Named a Global Cleantech 100 Company for Fourth Year
ReportAlert.info
... carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies. Solidia's solution for ready-mix offers the potential to turn concrete carbon negative.

Sustainability Investing:

Cardano Group chooses group head of sustainability
Pensions & Investments
His expertise in sustainability and responsible investing will strengthen our ability to meet our ambitious environment and societal commitments.

TPG's Rise Fund invests in renewable natural gas marketer Element
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The impact investing arm of TPG Capital has ... helps corporations achieve sustainability goals through securing renewable ...

Creighton Furthers Commitment to Sustainability with Modified Investment Policy
Ignatian Solidarity Network
“This modified policy signifies our strong commitment to sustainable investing—and sustainability in general across the University—and, according to ...

Geoengineering:

Why Are Our Skies Getting Darker?
Foreign Policy
One episode discusses the implications of solar geoengineering, a newly proposed solution to try to slow down climate change. Our host, Foreign ...

More Reflectivity Can Cool the World
The Good Men Project
Think of reflectivity as down-to-earth geoengineering. Some simple actions could make a big difference to city life in the long hot summer. January 10 ...

Green Bond Funds:

Asteria IM launches planet impact and climate bonds funds
citywireselector.com
Focus on climate. The second new strategy, called Asteria Funds - Climate Bonds, will select green bonds with the most impactful use of proceeds and ...

UPDATE 2-Telecom Italia to issue 8-year green bond for up to 1 bln euros - source
Reuters
Green bonds allow borrowers to raise funds for projects that benefit the environment. The source said the bond had an eight-year maturity and would ...

REFILE-UPDATE 4-Telecom Italia debuts on green bond market with 1-bln-euro sale
Reuters
Green bonds allow borrowers to raise funds for projects that benefit the environment. Final guidance on price was set on a yield of 1.75%, according to ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Climate, Energy 'Singles,' Not Home Runs, Seen in New Landscape
Bloomberg Law
... passage given a narrowly divided Congress: clean-energy tax incentives; funding of low-carbon technologies; and new incentives for tree planting, ...

Fortistar Joins Equity Investment Led by Newlight Partners to Accelerate Strategic Growth for ...

Valdosta Daily Times
The financing round includes existing investors Cottonwood Technology ... The funds will be used to accelerate BayoTech's strategic growth through ... the global need for a consistent, cost-effective, low carbon supply of hydrogen.

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