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Coronavirus and Sustainability:
Covid-hit airlines still seeking the initiative on sustainability
Flightglobal
And it is increasingly evident that while the Covid-19 crisis has often brought airline operations to a virtual standstill, the pre-coronavirus momentum ...
COVID-19 shifted expectations about food sustainability
WATTAgNet Industry News & Trends
COVID-19 shifted expectations about food sustainability. The term now also encompasses animal welfare, social and other issues.
What Covid-19 can teach us about a sustainable future
Siliconrepublic.com
While the climate crisis has taken a back seat to the Covid-19 pandemic, there's much we can learn from the past year's global efforts, writes Elaine ...
Flightglobal
And it is increasingly evident that while the Covid-19 crisis has often brought airline operations to a virtual standstill, the pre-coronavirus momentum ...
COVID-19 shifted expectations about food sustainability
WATTAgNet Industry News & Trends
COVID-19 shifted expectations about food sustainability. The term now also encompasses animal welfare, social and other issues.
What Covid-19 can teach us about a sustainable future
Siliconrepublic.com
While the climate crisis has taken a back seat to the Covid-19 pandemic, there's much we can learn from the past year's global efforts, writes Elaine ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
IDB Invest outlines plans for innovative LatAm decarbonization-financing structure
BNamericas English
IDB Invest officials are already in talks with the private sector and ... “Decarbonization is going to affect all the industries we work with, so we are planning to ... halting deforestation, planting trees and shifting away from animal-based ...
BNamericas English
IDB Invest officials are already in talks with the private sector and ... “Decarbonization is going to affect all the industries we work with, so we are planning to ... halting deforestation, planting trees and shifting away from animal-based ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Conagra Brands Issues 2020 Citizenship Report and Sets New Environmental and Diversity ...
PRNewswire
In addition, the report includes supplementary ESG data addressing elements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Task Force on ...
Why data and measurement are key to a circular economy transition
GreenBiz
Anna Krotova, senior manager for standards at the Global Reporting Initiative, says: "Since its last revision in 2016, we have updated the GRI Waste ...
How Might We?
waste360
... the Sustainable Development goals, and the Global Reporting Initiative. ... it was about systems design, focusing on the “how,” or in the design world ...
PRNewswire
In addition, the report includes supplementary ESG data addressing elements of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Task Force on ...
Why data and measurement are key to a circular economy transition
GreenBiz
Anna Krotova, senior manager for standards at the Global Reporting Initiative, says: "Since its last revision in 2016, we have updated the GRI Waste ...
How Might We?
waste360
... the Sustainable Development goals, and the Global Reporting Initiative. ... it was about systems design, focusing on the “how,” or in the design world ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Capitalizing on Renewable Energy Investments Under the Biden Administration
Bloomberg Tax
Latham & Watkins attorneys explain how investment funds with a firm grasp of key structural considerations for investment choices in the renewables ...
Chevron and BP back renewable start-up focused on geothermal energy
CNBC
BP Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures are among the backers as big oil companies increase investments in renewable energy. Eavor is ...
Chevron and BP back renewable start-up focused on geothermal energy - EnerCom Inc.
5 Renewable Energy Stocks to Consider Buying Right Now
Motley Fool
These clean energy stocks offer an enticing mix of income and growth. · Brookfield Renewable Partners · Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure · Clearway ...
Bloomberg Tax
Latham & Watkins attorneys explain how investment funds with a firm grasp of key structural considerations for investment choices in the renewables ...
Chevron and BP back renewable start-up focused on geothermal energy
CNBC
BP Ventures and Chevron Technology Ventures are among the backers as big oil companies increase investments in renewable energy. Eavor is ...
Chevron and BP back renewable start-up focused on geothermal energy - EnerCom Inc.
5 Renewable Energy Stocks to Consider Buying Right Now
Motley Fool
These clean energy stocks offer an enticing mix of income and growth. · Brookfield Renewable Partners · Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure · Clearway ...
CDP Sustainability:
CDP projects $120B in climate-risks costs, buyers call on suppliers to take action
Supply Chain Dive
Environmental risks to the supply chain put billions of dollars in jeopardy, Bhonsle said. The companies that engage for sustainability will be "competitive ...
Weekly Roundup: Firmenich, Givaudan and Symrise recognized for sustainability, Tech to spot a ...
FoodIngredientsFirst
... environmental sustainability efforts, ranking in CDP's Supplier Engagement ... chains on climate reporting and managing carbon emissions via CDP.
Mitsubishi Electric Named to CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard
Yahoo Finance
... the CDP Supplier Engagement program operated by CDP, an international non-governmental organization that supports environmental disclosure.
Supply Chain Dive
Environmental risks to the supply chain put billions of dollars in jeopardy, Bhonsle said. The companies that engage for sustainability will be "competitive ...
Weekly Roundup: Firmenich, Givaudan and Symrise recognized for sustainability, Tech to spot a ...
FoodIngredientsFirst
... environmental sustainability efforts, ranking in CDP's Supplier Engagement ... chains on climate reporting and managing carbon emissions via CDP.
Mitsubishi Electric Named to CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard
Yahoo Finance
... the CDP Supplier Engagement program operated by CDP, an international non-governmental organization that supports environmental disclosure.
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Texas Republicans' Tweets Mocking California Blackouts Resurface Amid Power Crisis
Forbes
Texas Republicans' Tweets Mocking California Blackouts Resurface Amid ... last summer on the green policies of the states' Democratic leadership have ... Gavin Newsom had pointed to climate change as the culprit behind the ...
Forward Thinker: Ahmad Thomas leads drive to diversify Silicon Valley leadership
California Forward Reporting
Thomas is putting top priority on other issues affecting Californians such as climate change, the wildfires and Silicon Valley's response to the ongoing ...
Column: California Senate Republicans take a step back from Trump with new leader
Los Angeles Times
Here's the pattern: When they've moved too far to the center — voted for tax increases, fought climate change or not shown enough partisanship ...
Forbes
Texas Republicans' Tweets Mocking California Blackouts Resurface Amid ... last summer on the green policies of the states' Democratic leadership have ... Gavin Newsom had pointed to climate change as the culprit behind the ...
Forward Thinker: Ahmad Thomas leads drive to diversify Silicon Valley leadership
California Forward Reporting
Thomas is putting top priority on other issues affecting Californians such as climate change, the wildfires and Silicon Valley's response to the ongoing ...
Column: California Senate Republicans take a step back from Trump with new leader
Los Angeles Times
Here's the pattern: When they've moved too far to the center — voted for tax increases, fought climate change or not shown enough partisanship ...
Impact Investing:
More and more data is accessible which outlines the impact of ESG integration strategies on ...
WealthManagement.com
While the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (adopted in most states) does not speak to sustainable and impact investing directly, it does specifically call for ...
Racial Justice Investing
Investopedia
Impact investing, which aims to generate specific benefits that promote social gains, has grown in prominence over the past several years. The point of ...
Education, healthcare, agriculture got bulk of $2.6 billion impact investments in 2020
Business Today
Despite the global pandemic and its impact on business and economy, there was a rise in investment in impact enterprises that are solving critical social ...
WealthManagement.com
While the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (adopted in most states) does not speak to sustainable and impact investing directly, it does specifically call for ...
Racial Justice Investing
Investopedia
Impact investing, which aims to generate specific benefits that promote social gains, has grown in prominence over the past several years. The point of ...
Education, healthcare, agriculture got bulk of $2.6 billion impact investments in 2020
Business Today
Despite the global pandemic and its impact on business and economy, there was a rise in investment in impact enterprises that are solving critical social ...
Energy Storage:
Colocating energy storage alongside renewables adds to lender appeal
Energy Storage News
Colocating battery energy storage systems alongside renewables projects will be 'critical' to energy networks in the future, and could help level up ...
Jupiter Power says 'innovative new structures' enabling 652MWh of energy storage deployments in ...
Energy Storage News
The company said in a press release yesterday that it will build six standalone battery energy storage projects, including three 200MWh projects and ...
Energy Storage Becomes Hot Topic As Sub-Zero Temperatures Force Utility Conservation
CBS Denver
As power companies try to change over to renewables there remains a question of how to have enough power at peak times. “I think that energy storage ...
Energy Storage News
Colocating battery energy storage systems alongside renewables projects will be 'critical' to energy networks in the future, and could help level up ...
Jupiter Power says 'innovative new structures' enabling 652MWh of energy storage deployments in ...
Energy Storage News
The company said in a press release yesterday that it will build six standalone battery energy storage projects, including three 200MWh projects and ...
Energy Storage Becomes Hot Topic As Sub-Zero Temperatures Force Utility Conservation
CBS Denver
As power companies try to change over to renewables there remains a question of how to have enough power at peak times. “I think that energy storage ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Johnson Controls Joins The Climate Pledge, co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism to ...
PRNewswire
Signatories of the Pledge commit to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, ten ... commitments, science-based targets, and its own net-zero carbon pledge. ... As a leader in the buildings space for 135 years, and a pioneer in ...
BlackRock presses energy companies to set 'rigorous' emissions targets
edie.net
The Science-Based targets initiative (SBTi) notably requires businesses to set ... BlackRock states in the paper that it expects companies in carbon-intensive ... It highlights the SBTi as a way for companies to prove their targets are ...
3M to Invest $1 Billion to Achieve Carbon Neutrality, Reduce Water Use, and Improve Water Quality
PRNewswire
"We are taking action now to bend the curve on carbon emissions and ... targets along their renewable journey, and their science-based approach has ...
PRNewswire
Signatories of the Pledge commit to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, ten ... commitments, science-based targets, and its own net-zero carbon pledge. ... As a leader in the buildings space for 135 years, and a pioneer in ...
BlackRock presses energy companies to set 'rigorous' emissions targets
edie.net
The Science-Based targets initiative (SBTi) notably requires businesses to set ... BlackRock states in the paper that it expects companies in carbon-intensive ... It highlights the SBTi as a way for companies to prove their targets are ...
3M to Invest $1 Billion to Achieve Carbon Neutrality, Reduce Water Use, and Improve Water Quality
PRNewswire
"We are taking action now to bend the curve on carbon emissions and ... targets along their renewable journey, and their science-based approach has ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Climate change is affecting the kind of fish you can catch in Michigan's inland lakes
Michigan Radio
There are going to be winners and losers among the fish in those warmer lakes. “There are fish that prefer warmer waters and they're going to benefit ...
Sports betting winners and losers: Utah Jazz have been a money-making machine for bettors
Yahoo Sports
8 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Jazz have won 19 of 20. ... Here are the winners and losers from the past week in the sports betting world: ... Indian police arrest more climate change protesters after charging Greta Thunberg ...
Taxes, immigration and climate among issues to watch in Biden's first 100 days, panelists say
Lehigh Valley Business
Like with any change, there will be winners and losers. Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business spoke with a panel of legal ...
Michigan Radio
There are going to be winners and losers among the fish in those warmer lakes. “There are fish that prefer warmer waters and they're going to benefit ...
Sports betting winners and losers: Utah Jazz have been a money-making machine for bettors
Yahoo Sports
8 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, the Jazz have won 19 of 20. ... Here are the winners and losers from the past week in the sports betting world: ... Indian police arrest more climate change protesters after charging Greta Thunberg ...
Taxes, immigration and climate among issues to watch in Biden's first 100 days, panelists say
Lehigh Valley Business
Like with any change, there will be winners and losers. Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business spoke with a panel of legal ...
Microgrids:
GreenStruxture Teams with Energy Advisory Company…Beyond the Grid Fund Opens Call for ...
Microgrid Knowledge
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California Considers Lifting Microgrid Standby Charges
Microgrid Knowledge
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will consider lifting or reducing standby charges for microgrids in the third phase of its effort to help ...
Look Who Likes Microgrids Now: Why and How the Market is Opening to Smaller Facilities
Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrids do the thinking for you. smaller businesses. By Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com. While microgrids have become easier for ...
Microgrid Knowledge
Is the Future No-Money Down Microgrids? Sign up for our newsletter and get the latest microgrid news and analysis.
California Considers Lifting Microgrid Standby Charges
Microgrid Knowledge
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will consider lifting or reducing standby charges for microgrids in the third phase of its effort to help ...
Look Who Likes Microgrids Now: Why and How the Market is Opening to Smaller Facilities
Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrids do the thinking for you. smaller businesses. By Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.com. While microgrids have become easier for ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
MSCI ESG Ratings
Investopedia
Scoring companies along ESG dimensions allows socially conscious investors to screen potential investments to fit with their investment goals and ...
Sustainable Investing - How Your Portfolio Can Make An Impact, According to Chartered SRI ...
Yahoo Finance
At the forefront of this wave of socially responsible investing is Egéa SRI. "There are a lot of investors looking for guidance when it comes to SRI ...
Socially Responsible Funds: The rise and importance of ESG investing in India
CNBCTV18
As per the recent data published by EPFR, socially responsible investing (SRI) or ESG investments have seen record inflows of $168.74 billion in 2020 ...
Investopedia
Scoring companies along ESG dimensions allows socially conscious investors to screen potential investments to fit with their investment goals and ...
Sustainable Investing - How Your Portfolio Can Make An Impact, According to Chartered SRI ...
Yahoo Finance
At the forefront of this wave of socially responsible investing is Egéa SRI. "There are a lot of investors looking for guidance when it comes to SRI ...
Socially Responsible Funds: The rise and importance of ESG investing in India
CNBCTV18
As per the recent data published by EPFR, socially responsible investing (SRI) or ESG investments have seen record inflows of $168.74 billion in 2020 ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Broad Federal Support for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage May Lead to Greater Investment
The National Law Review
Section 45Q permits a federal income tax credit of up to $50 per metric ton of carbon oxide captured and stored in secure geological storage. Section ...
Commercial Carbon Capture And Use Takes A Step Forward With Carbon Clean
Forbes
Part of the challenge is the slow pace of development in carbon capture and storage/use. It has played a significant role in decarbonisation pathways ...
From concrete to steel, how construction makes up the 'last mile' of decarbonization
Fortune
As with concrete, the most feasible solutions are carbon capture, utilization, and storage—even if those are not yet commercially mainstream.
The National Law Review
Section 45Q permits a federal income tax credit of up to $50 per metric ton of carbon oxide captured and stored in secure geological storage. Section ...
Commercial Carbon Capture And Use Takes A Step Forward With Carbon Clean
Forbes
Part of the challenge is the slow pace of development in carbon capture and storage/use. It has played a significant role in decarbonisation pathways ...
From concrete to steel, how construction makes up the 'last mile' of decarbonization
Fortune
As with concrete, the most feasible solutions are carbon capture, utilization, and storage—even if those are not yet commercially mainstream.
Sustainability Investing:
Pandemic accelerates sustainability investing, private equity fund manager says
Business Insider
Sustainable investments have gained a lot of weight in the asset management world in recent years. It is a growing dynamic that ranges from ...
Heritage Sustainability Investments, LLC Purchases Stake in ClimeCo
The Wellsboro Gazette
Heritage's investment in ClimeCo supports its commitment to be a leader in environmental sustainability, a core tenant to Heritage's environmental ...
Investors like sustainability. But they forget about nature
Vogue Business
The businesses producing natural fibres and dyes need investment to scale, but traditional financial capital is overlooking the sector.
Business Insider
Sustainable investments have gained a lot of weight in the asset management world in recent years. It is a growing dynamic that ranges from ...
Heritage Sustainability Investments, LLC Purchases Stake in ClimeCo
The Wellsboro Gazette
Heritage's investment in ClimeCo supports its commitment to be a leader in environmental sustainability, a core tenant to Heritage's environmental ...
Investors like sustainability. But they forget about nature
Vogue Business
The businesses producing natural fibres and dyes need investment to scale, but traditional financial capital is overlooking the sector.
Geoengineering:
Geoengineering: What could possibly go wrong? Elizabeth Kolbert's take, in her new book
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Osaka: Under a White Sky is about a lot of things — rivers, solar geoengineering, coral reefs — but it's also about what “nature” means in our current ...
Chris Reed: Greens who object to geoengineering put planet at risk
The San Diego Union-Tribune
For the uninitiated, geoengineering is the deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system to slow or reverse climate change.
Solar geoengineering not a 'sensible rescue plan', say scientists
Imperial College London
Solar geoengineering not a 'sensible rescue plan', say scientists. by Samantha Ibbott 15 February 2021. Hurricane over Yemen, captured by NASA.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Osaka: Under a White Sky is about a lot of things — rivers, solar geoengineering, coral reefs — but it's also about what “nature” means in our current ...
Chris Reed: Greens who object to geoengineering put planet at risk
The San Diego Union-Tribune
For the uninitiated, geoengineering is the deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth's climate system to slow or reverse climate change.
Solar geoengineering not a 'sensible rescue plan', say scientists
Imperial College London
Solar geoengineering not a 'sensible rescue plan', say scientists. by Samantha Ibbott 15 February 2021. Hurricane over Yemen, captured by NASA.
Green Bond Funds:
Opinion/Bendick: Passage of the Green Bond is critical to RI's future
The Providence Journal
The funds would also allow Rhode Island to secure federal matching money, thus making the bond proceeds go that much further. The Green Bond ...
Amundi announces the launch of Amundi Funds Emerging Markets Green Bond
International Investment
This follows the successful launch and close of Amundi Planet Emerging Green One in 2018, the world's largest targeted green bond fund dedicated ...
The Boom in ESG Shows No Signs of Slowing
Bloomberg
“We expect green bond issuance to jump by 39% this year as the economy continues to rebound and issuers increasingly pursue debt financing for ...
The Providence Journal
The funds would also allow Rhode Island to secure federal matching money, thus making the bond proceeds go that much further. The Green Bond ...
Amundi announces the launch of Amundi Funds Emerging Markets Green Bond
International Investment
This follows the successful launch and close of Amundi Planet Emerging Green One in 2018, the world's largest targeted green bond fund dedicated ...
The Boom in ESG Shows No Signs of Slowing
Bloomberg
“We expect green bond issuance to jump by 39% this year as the economy continues to rebound and issuers increasingly pursue debt financing for ...
Low Carbon Funds:
ESG Funds Need to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint Faster
Bloomberg
Credit Suisse Group has pointed out an awkward irony: Reducing a portfolio's carbon footprint doesn't necessarily lead to lower greenhouse-gas ...
EU sidelines fossil-fueled cars, power projects from pandemic recovery funds
S&P Global
Boosted by low-carbon mandates, green recovery funds, and new models, Europe superseded China as the global driver of electric car sales in 2020 ...
Macquarie raises €1.6bn for clean energy fund as investors flock to low-carbon assets
www.businessgreen.com
The fund's contribution to the low carbon transition was a "key driver of investor interest", MIRA said, noting the largest portion of capital raised came ...
Bloomberg
Credit Suisse Group has pointed out an awkward irony: Reducing a portfolio's carbon footprint doesn't necessarily lead to lower greenhouse-gas ...
EU sidelines fossil-fueled cars, power projects from pandemic recovery funds
S&P Global
Boosted by low-carbon mandates, green recovery funds, and new models, Europe superseded China as the global driver of electric car sales in 2020 ...
Macquarie raises €1.6bn for clean energy fund as investors flock to low-carbon assets
www.businessgreen.com
The fund's contribution to the low carbon transition was a "key driver of investor interest", MIRA said, noting the largest portion of capital raised came ...
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