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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Sustainability decisions will shape the post-pandemic recovery - Sustainability Spotlight
just-drinks.com
Like 2020, the coming year will be overshadowed by the coronavirus. But, while attempts to cope with COVID-related challenges have dominated the ...

Lee and H&M Join Forces for Denim Rooted in Sustainability
WWD
Combining two highly professional teams is always a plus, but doing so during the coronavirus pandemic presented a different paradigm. Unable to ...

Barron's Top-Performing Sustainable Funds
Barron's
... 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, sustainable funds shone. ... The Morningstar sustainability rating is based on the fund's holdings, ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Start-up tackling decarbonization of trucking sector gets funding from Amazon climate fund, Grantham
CNBC
The Sacramento-based company makes electrofuels, aimed at decarbonizing the transportation industry. In addition to Amazon, other backers include ...

Shell decarbonization report: 'Getting into gear'
FreightWaves
The third main hurdle decarbonization faces is limited demand from ... “Leaders throughout the road freight sector are clearly making this a priority and there ... out the complicated operations that state-based regulations often cause.

Global Green Hydrogen Production Set to Reach 5.7 Million Tons by 2030, Powered by ...
PRNewswire
Push to decarbonize industries and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 will create ... their dependency on fossil fuel-based systems and increase investments across alternate low-carbon technologies, including green hydrogen.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global Reporting Initiative releases new SDG reporting tool
Exhibition World
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has made it easier for companies to report on how they are meeting the UN sustainable development goals ...

Can we finally standardize ESG standards?
GreenBiz
As the former chief executive of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), I had a role in the ongoing movement to "standardize the standards" that ...

GRI Updates Disclosure Standards to Align with SDGs
Regulation Asia
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released updated guidelines to help corporates align their sustainability disclosures with the UN Sustainable ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

North Dakota lawmakers hope to spur clean energy investment with $25M fund
INFORUM
BISMARCK — Some North Dakota lawmakers are looking to establish a large investment pool for clean energy projects along with an accompanying ...

Green Stimulus Is Here Already. It Just Wasn't Planned
Bloomberg
But we're already in the middle of an unplanned green investment boom. It will end both badly and usefully. Energy of all varieties is a capital-intensive ...

Oil and gas sector 'to boost clean energy investments'
reNEWS
The oil and gas industry expects to boost investment in renewables and cleaner energy in 2021, as companies seek to transform for the long term, ...

CDP Sustainability:

Amcor recognized by CDP for advancements in sustainability
PRNewswire
David Clark, Vice President for Sustainability at Amcor said: "We're proud that CDP has recognized Amcor's enhanced sustainability efforts and results ...

Hikma's commitment to environmental performance recognised with "A-" rating in 2020 CDP Global ...
PRNewswire
CDP is an independent, not-for-profit organisation aimed at enabling companies to progress towards environmental stewardship through ...

Barratt achieves its highest CDP scores for sustainability
Show House News
Barratt Developments plc has achieved its highest results across three disclosures for the 2020 CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) benchmark. Barratt ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Will California's new climate leaders rise to the challenge?
CALmatters
California's progress on climate change is slipping – and it will take bold leadership and a visionary approach to put the state back on track.

The Biden Administration Brings State Climate Leadership to the White House
Center For American Progress
Now, the lessons of climate leadership must travel from the state house to the ... envoy for climate change; Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council; ... In late 2020, California announced plans to require 100 percent ...

Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle ...
The White House
Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and ... to bolster resilience to the impacts of climate change; to restore and expand our ... in subsections (i) through (iv) of this section, the head of the relevant agency, ... 72963 (November 16, 2020), for California, Connecticut, New York, ...

Impact Investing:

Future Returns: How Impact Investors Balance Objectives
Barron's
But when investors care about creating a positive social or environmental impact, they also weigh traditional investment considerations, such as liquidity ...

TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investment in Latin America
Yahoo Finance
Impact investing is defined as investing with the specific objective of achieving a competitive financial return as well as creating positive, measurable ...

Energy Storage:

Legislation aims to reduce barriers for energy storage projects
Virginia Mercury
Rodney Willett, D-Henrico, a patron of one of the measures. “Battery storage is a key element in the broader clean energy picture.” A rapidly evolving ...

Sungrow Supplies a 100 MW Energy Storage Project in Texas
PRNewswire
The Chisholm Grid Battery Energy Storage Project is owned by Astral Electricity, LLC, a privately-held energy storage power producer, and was ...

Partners Plan 5.1 MWh Energy Storage Project for Kansas
Transmission & Distribution World
FlexGen, an energy storage technology company, is partnering with The Kansas Power Pool, to design, build and operate the Solomon Energy ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Arçelik Once Again Named as One of The Most Sustainable Companies in The World
PRNewswire
The Index assess the companies based on several performance indicators that reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. The list ...

Tesco issues €750m bond linked to science-based climate goals
www.businessgreen.com
Tesco issues €750m bond linked to science-based climate goals ... a bond linked to its sustainability performance, yesterday announcing a green ... be a net zero carbon business in the UK by 2035 and for the entire Group by 2050.

What makes a sustainability leader? Meet CBRE Global Investors
edie.net
... focusing on greater energy efficiency and a reduced carbon footprint. ... developing a science-based target for carbon emissions and participating in ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Reef fish futures foretold
Phys.Org
"Climate change winners and losers will ultimately be determined by their capacity to compensate for thermal stress over both the short term of days, ...

Some losers win a different prize; some are lost forever. What awaits Trump?
Roll Call
Gore turned to his passion: climate change, the environment and the effects of global warming. The film “An Inconvenient Truth” turned his wonky ...

EVs and Prisons Early Winners and Losers in Biden Administration
Yahoo Finance
Green-energy stocks similarly advanced last week when Biden signaled his commitment to combating climate change through his executive orders.

Microgrids:

Solar Microgrids Offer Pathway to Decarbonize Mining
POWER magazine
Operators are now looking at how microgrids can enable them to access renewable energy when operating off grid. Solar Powered Microgrids. Solar PV ...

California opens up opportunities for microgrids to play role in boosting reliability of energy mix
Energy Storage News
Microgrids, which could combine power generation sources like solar PV with battery storage, can be disconnected from the grid to provide an ...

Is a Microgrid Right for You?
POWER magazine
A microgrid is a discrete energy system consisting of distributed energy resources, such as solar panels, wind turbines, backup generators, and battery ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Letter to the Editor: The Rise of Socially Responsible Investing
Daily Cardinal
ESG, also known as socially responsible investing or impact investing, refers to investing strategies which consider the environmental, social, and ...

Faith-based investing a small but growing trend in socially responsible investing
Advisor.ca
Responsible investing represents nearly 62% of Canada's investment industry, up from 50.6% two years ago. Investing based on religious values ...

Environmental, Social And Governance: What Is ESG Investing?
Forbes
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is a strategy you can use to invest in companies that strive to make the world a better place.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Elon Musk is donating a $100 million prize for carbon capture technology — here's what that means
CNBC
Carbon capture, utilization and storage or sequestration is a process of capturing carbon emissions to either store or reuse.

IRS issues final 45Q tax credit rules for carbon capture projects
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Developing the Permian Basin's CO2 capture, utilization and storage capabilities also could help address the issue of emissions along the Gulf Coast, ... 
    
Chevron Invests in Carbon Capture and Utilization Startup
Business Wire
“Carbon capture, utilization, and storage, or CCUS, is viewed to be essential to advancing progress toward the global net zero ambition of the Paris ...

Sustainability Investing:

Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways
GreenBiz
The adoption of sustainable investing strategies by investors is also influencing their engagement with investee companies, and subsequently also ...

Can a Tiny Hedge Fund Push ExxonMobil Towards Sustainability?
Harvard Business Review
Something interesting is happening among shareholders of the energy giant ExxonMobil, which may usher in a new era in activist investing. A new ...

Fitch Affirms JSC Kazakhstan Sustainability Fund at 'BBB'/Stable
Fitch Ratings
Fitch Ratings - Frankfurt am Main - 21 Jan 2021: Fitch Ratings has affirmed JSC Kazakhstan Sustainability Fund's (KSF) Long-Term Foreign and ...

Geoengineering:

In heat of the moment, bid to geoengineer climate crisis away raises questions
The Boston Globe
The saying ”A stitch in time saves nine” came to mind while reading David Abel's article about solar geoengineering (”As earth warms faster, scientists ...

Solar geoengineering is like pulling the goalie in hockey
GuelphMercury.com
Solar geoengineering is like pulling the goalie in hockey. Policies are urgently needed to reduce GHGs by at least 7% each year from now to 2030 and ...

Green Bond Funds:

BIS launches second green bond fund for central banks
bis.org
They are part of the BIS's green bond fund initiative, which helps central banks to incorporate environmental sustainability objectives in the management ...

BIS launches second green bond fund amid rising cenbank support
Yahoo Finance
This follows the launch of a first BIS green bond fund denominated in U.S. dollars in September 2019. Together, the two BIS green bond funds will ...

Conservation Fund's Green Bonds Pay Off: Eight Forests And 220000 Acres
Forbes
The Conservation Fund blended the bond proceeds with other sources of capital to end up with more acres protected and a greater climate impact. Not a ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Commodities Traders, Producers Earn Cheaper Rates From Banks for Lowering Carbon Production
The Wall Street Journal
... to finance reduced-carbon production of everything from oil to aluminum. ... As technology evolves, “low-carbon” aluminum has been flying off the ...

Manitoba maintains glacial pace on accessing low-carbon project funds
Winnipeg Free Press
The Manitoba government continues to dawdle on the prospect of capitalizing on federal funding available for low-carbon projects, lagging behind ...

ECB considers going greener in staff pension fund
Pensions & Investments
The move "significantly reduced the carbon footprint of the equity funds. The ECB is exploring a possible expansion of the use of low-carbon ...