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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Lessons from COVID-19: Promoting Sustainability in Food Production to Limit Zoonotic ...
Observer Research Foundation
Despite agriculture being crucial to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of eradicating hunger and securing food for the rising ...

Covid-19 worsened the single-use plastics problem. Here's why it could also fuel solutions
CNBC
Some retailers, like Giant Eagle, say they want to resume sustainability efforts. Others, including Amazon-owned Whole Foods and Texas grocer ...

Standard Chartered Launches New Proposition to Support Sustainable Supply Chains
Cadillac News
Enabling the import of personal protective equipment via import invoice financing under our COVID-19 USD1 billion financing commitment, launched in ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Opinion remains divided on whether Biden can meet decarbonisation targets for the US power ...
Power Technology
The analysis is based on 239 responses received from the readers of ... Decarbonising the power sector, however, will require several measures to be ...

Collaboration to Decarbonize Heavy Industry
Santa Barbara Independent
These seven industrial sectors are some of the world's largest energy consumers and most polluting industries. For transformation to occur, financial ...

Accelerated roadmap to decarbonization: Deutsche Post DHL Group decides on science based ...
American Journal of Transportation
In addition to its commitment to the environment, the Group also defines clear targets and measures in the areas of social responsibility and governance.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Is harmonization of reporting standards possible or even desirable?
GreenBiz
... such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), CDP and the International Integrated Reporting ...

IFRS Foundation sets up working group to converge sustainability standards
Accounting Today
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation trustees formed a ... The working group will also engage closely with GRI and the CDP.

Global Body Moves Toward Mandatory Green Accounting Rules
Bloomberg Tax
The International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, parent body of the ... the Value Reporting Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Success stories after 5 years of BEV clean energy investments
Power Technology
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the clean-tech fund backed by notable figures such as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, recently raised another $1bn to help ...

Mubadala steps up clean energy investments in UAE and UK
Energy Digital - Energy News, Magazine and Website
MoU signed with Snam set to be followed by "multibillion pound" investment in clean energy and infrastructure in UK. Dominic Ellis. |Mar 24| magazine ...

Global Renewables Investment Return 7 Times Higher Than Fossil Fuels
Forbes
The report, Clean Energy Investing: Global Comparison of Investment Returns said that listed renewable power portfolios have outperformed listed fossil ...

CDP Sustainability:

Is harmonization of reporting standards possible or even desirable?
GreenBiz
... the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), CDP and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), with more being proposed by ...

Essity Recognized For Leadership In Sustainability
CleanLink
Essity was included in the 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index ... CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for ...

Cost of water risks to business five times higher than cost of taking action
PreventionWeb
... of taking action now to address those risks, according to a new report by CDP, a non-profit that runs the world's environmental disclosure platform.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California needs an equitable strategy for transitioning to all-electric buildings
CALmatters
To improve California's indoor air quality and fight climate change, some state and local leaders are now starting to consider ways to transition these ...

SoCalGas aspires to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045
CALmatters
Since the passage of California's landmark California's Global Warming ... A successful transition to a carbon neutral economy requires leadership, ...

Watching, waiting for governor to act on climate change
Capitol Weekly
California currently builds more fossil fuel homes annually than any other state in the nation. That's right, on this, the nation's supposed climate leader ...

Impact Investing:

Believe in New Mexico Symposium tackles Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing
UNM Newsroom
Results of Anderson's latest research on business models for social entrepreneurship and practices for increasing impact investing in New Mexico.

French groups agree 'demanding' definition for impact investing
IPE.com
The framework is the product of a working group convened in 2019 by FIR, the French sustainable investment forum, and France Invest, the industry ...

The Week in Impact Investing: The crowd
ImpactAlpha
The funds range from concessionary, mission-driven funds to private-equity funds that return 12% to 15%. “Impact investors hold the power to provide ...

Energy Storage

Fundamental value of batteries for the grid makes energy storage a 'very exciting market'
Energy Storage News
Inside a large-scale lithium-ion battery storage system. Image: esVolta. Based on the value it provides to grids as shares of renewable energy grow, ...

Texas Winter Storm highlights 'evolving use and evolving importance' of battery energy storage
Energy Storage News
Speaking during the virtual Energy Storage Summit USA 2021 event hosted by our publisher Solar Media on Tuesday (23 March), investors said that ...

Hunt Energy Network Announces New Energy Storage Venture
El Paso Inc.
HEN Infrastructure's energy storage assets will provide ERCOT with a portfolio of distributed, coordinated, fast-responding generation and load ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Has Exxon Mobil turned over a new, green leaf?
Reuters
The Science-based Targets initiative, a partnership between CDP, the United ... have committed to, or set, targets in line with science to cut CO2 emissions, ... This will be a pivotal year on the climate scene, as big carbon is pushed ...

DHL updates Sustainability Roadmap with an $8 billion investment
Logistics Management
DAT Truckload Volume Index turns in strong February performance ... coupled with its Science-based Target initiative of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, ... By 2030, we want to cut our carbon emissions significantly.

Arla ties climate to financial performance
DairyReporter.com
“We have very high ambitions for our ESG performance, such as our science-based climate target of reducing our CO2​e emissions by 30% in 2030 ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Will Chinese funding help strengthen Africa's climate change response? It's complicated.
Washington Post
A number of studies suggest that climate change adaptation in Africa will ... I found that climate change is likely to have a huge impact on almost all ... debate on its global impact as creating winners and losers — or caution that BRI ...

Geoengineering Is Coming, Whether It's Governed or Not
Council on Foreign Relations
Facing runaway global warming, individual nations will surely develop and deploy new technologies to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and the ...

Guest opinion: Utah should lead with carbon dividends
Utah Policy
Put simply, carbon dividends is one of the best solutions to our climate problem. ... pick winners and losers, and impose burdensome restrictions on industry. ... Finally, this plan ensures that real people gain as the economy shifts to ...

Microgrids:

Distributed Hydrogen Systems Begin Driving Clean Energy Microgrids: Guidehouse Insights
Environment + Energy Leader
Most microgrids are retrofits incorporating both fossil and renewable generation technologies and fuels. Increasingly, new microgrids also integrate ...

Microgrids with hydrogen fuel cells installed in rural India
Power Engineering International
These microgrid solutions, installed at remote off-grid sites, consist of two EFOY Pro 12000 Duo fuel cells with a total output power of 1,000 Watts, ...

A remote village on Puerto Rico gains a solar-based microgrid
pv magazine USA
After Hurricane Maria struck, the village of Castañer was without electricity for six months. Now, a solar and battery storage microgrid will support ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Commentary: Interested in sustainable investing? Here's a primer
nwitimes.com
ESG investing is increasingly accessible for individuals. You can choose to identify and invest in individual securities, or you can utilize mutual funds and ...

Valley investors targeting sustainable funds
Your Valley
Socially responsible, green and values-based. In investing, these characteristics are surging. More people are drifting toward sustainable investing ...

With ESG Skyrocketing, Consider These 2 FlexShares ETFs
ETF Trends
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is a top priority for both professional asset allocators and retail investors alike. Assets like the ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Congress Pitches Bipartisan Effort for Carbon Capture, Storage
County 17
Efforts to aid in the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies and infrastructure are underway on both sides of the ...

Aramco seeks Chinese partnership for carbon capture and hydrogen goals
WorldOil
Aramco is looking to work with China on blue hydrogen and ammonia, synthetic fuels and carbon capture utilization and storage, Nasser said at the ...

Lessons Learned From the Closure of Petra Nova, IDTechEx Reports
PRNewswire
BOSTON, March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is generating much enthusiasm across the world, with the ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Ex-Blackrock exec starts row over value of sustainable investing
Reuters
March 22 (Reuters) - A high-profile newspaper op-ed by a former BlackRock Inc executive questioned the value of sustainable investing in solving ...

7 ways for ESG investors to profit from sustainable agriculture
MarketWatch
The original green sector – agriculture — hasn't been on the radar for environmental, social and governance investors, given industrial agriculture's ...

Blackrock's former sustainable investing CIO Tariq Fancy is totally wrong that ESG is spin and ...
Responsible-Investor.com
Fancy said: “In truth, sustainable investing boils down to little more than marketing hype, PR spin and disingenuous promises from the investment ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering Is Coming, Whether It's Governed or Not
World Politics Review
Geoengineering Is Coming, Whether It's Governed or Not ... Humanity's collective failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is driving the world ...

An Internationalism that Protects: Why We Need to Reboot the Baruch Plan for Geoengineering
Council on Foreign Relations
New planet-changing geoengineering technology is available to help humanity combat an existential security threat. However, like atomic fission, this ...

Why cloud seeding won't reverse climate droughts
E&E News
GEOENGINEERING. Why cloud seeding won't reverse climate droughts. Chelsea Harvey, E&E News reporter Published: Wednesday, March 17, 2021.

Green Bond Funds:

Growth of social bonds challenges green bond funds
ImpactAlpha
A new peak assets level was reached by green bond funds last year, with the largest and oldest of the seven funds, the Calvert Green Bond Fund, ...

Russia discusses green bond deal as ESG pressures build
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank and finance ministry have started consultations on a green bond issue, a senior central bank official said ...

3 lessons from the first certified green bond to protect forests for drinking water
GreenBiz
The “green” signifies that the borrowed money will fund projects with environmental and social benefits, such as investments in low-carbon infrastructure ...

Low Carbon Funds:

AllianceBernstein embraces ESG with UK low-carbon fund launch plans
Investment Week
Matthews highlighted low carbon products, fixed income and further equity funds as potential products in the firm's pipeline. "You can expect more ...

Green banks and national climate funds have a key role in mobilizing funds for low-carbon, climate ...
Africanews English
A combination of green grant programs and catalytic climate finance facilities focused on how the low-carbon and sustainable development sectors ...
    
UK to fund hydrogen, CCS projects, outline industrial carbon price plan
S&P Global
London — The UK government has announced funding of GBP171 million ($238 million) for nine projects to reduce emissions and indicated a plan to ...