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This week's post features new items from Forbes, The New York Times, Marketwatch, Automotive World, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, FreightWaves, The Daily Californian, Yahoo Finance, StreetInsider.com, Los Angeles Blade, Recharge, Microgrid Knowledge, Green Car Congress, Foreign Policy, Science Magazine, Pensions and Investments, Whitehouse.gov, Argus Media, New Scientist, Reuters, WCAX, Transport Topics Online and many many more...We scour the web so you don't have to!
Coronavirus and Sustainability:
Health and Wellness Strategies Soar to Combat Coronavirus
FacilitiesNet
Three leading organizations add a coronavirus mitigation layer to health/wellness and sustainability architecture. By Greg Zimmerman, Executive ...
The coronavirus 'white swan': Companies and investors ramping up sustainability commitments
edie.net
The coronavirus pandemic is acting as a "white swan" moment that is accelerating corporate focus on long-term sustainability strategies, but better ...
Positive publicity from COVID can lift air cargo, trade group says
FreightWaves
... such as digitization and sustainability. “Prior to COVID, we were mostly focused on moving the boxes, but we often overlooked the value to society.
FacilitiesNet
Three leading organizations add a coronavirus mitigation layer to health/wellness and sustainability architecture. By Greg Zimmerman, Executive ...
The coronavirus 'white swan': Companies and investors ramping up sustainability commitments
edie.net
The coronavirus pandemic is acting as a "white swan" moment that is accelerating corporate focus on long-term sustainability strategies, but better ...
Positive publicity from COVID can lift air cargo, trade group says
FreightWaves
... such as digitization and sustainability. “Prior to COVID, we were mostly focused on moving the boxes, but we often overlooked the value to society.
Sector Based Decarbonization:
A Decarbonization Roadmap
Project Syndicate
Achieving collective climate ambitions requires rapid and deep transitions in each of the sectors that contribute to global energy demand, including ...
State of the Electric Utility 2021: Accommodating state policies is top priority for FERC, utilities say
Utility Dive
... which they characterize as more market-based decarbonization solutions. ... drivers would better and more efficiently decarbonize the power sector.
Sarah Raskin discusses economics of decarbonization, climate change
Daily Californian
For instance, firms investing in high-carbon emitting sectors can worsen the climate crisis, which can eventually end up harming the firms. Raskin ...
Project Syndicate
Achieving collective climate ambitions requires rapid and deep transitions in each of the sectors that contribute to global energy demand, including ...
State of the Electric Utility 2021: Accommodating state policies is top priority for FERC, utilities say
Utility Dive
... which they characterize as more market-based decarbonization solutions. ... drivers would better and more efficiently decarbonize the power sector.
Sarah Raskin discusses economics of decarbonization, climate change
Daily Californian
For instance, firms investing in high-carbon emitting sectors can worsen the climate crisis, which can eventually end up harming the firms. Raskin ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Zep Takes a Stand for Sustainability with New Stewardship Focus
Rome News-Tribune
In 2020, Zep conducted an extensive ESG materiality assessment based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Standards to ...
Spin Master Issues Second Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report
PRNewswire
... Goods Sustainability Accounting Standard and material indicators from the Global Reporting Initiative Standards. Highlights from the report include:.
Tyler Technologies Releases 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report
Yahoo Finance
This year's report covers updates and achievements related to Tyler's ... (SASB) Standards and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards.
Rome News-Tribune
In 2020, Zep conducted an extensive ESG materiality assessment based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Standards to ...
Spin Master Issues Second Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report
PRNewswire
... Goods Sustainability Accounting Standard and material indicators from the Global Reporting Initiative Standards. Highlights from the report include:.
Tyler Technologies Releases 2020 Corporate Responsibility Report
Yahoo Finance
This year's report covers updates and achievements related to Tyler's ... (SASB) Standards and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting standards.
Renewable Energy Investments:
Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund Makes First Investment In Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Forbes
Topline. Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world – announced its first investment in renewable energy infrastructure ...
Portland City Council approves $8.6M for clean energy investments
KATU
— Portland City Council unanimously voted Thursday to approve $8.6 million in grants to fund improvements to energy efficiency, invest in renewable ...
Will Direct Pay Change The Renewable Energy Investment Landscape?
JD Supra
Key Takeaways: In an effort to spur investment in renewable energy projects, Congress and the Biden Administration are considering “direct pay” ...
Forbes
Topline. Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund – the largest in the world – announced its first investment in renewable energy infrastructure ...
Portland City Council approves $8.6M for clean energy investments
KATU
— Portland City Council unanimously voted Thursday to approve $8.6 million in grants to fund improvements to energy efficiency, invest in renewable ...
Will Direct Pay Change The Renewable Energy Investment Landscape?
JD Supra
Key Takeaways: In an effort to spur investment in renewable energy projects, Congress and the Biden Administration are considering “direct pay” ...
CDP Sustainability:
SSR Mining Publishes ESG and Sustainability Report
Yahoo Finance
Improved disclosures on climate and water management by responding to Carbon Disclosure Project ("CDP"), and by aligning our reporting with the ...
Gecina Targets Net Zero Carbon for Its Operational Portfolio by 2030 With its “CAN0P-2030” Plan
StreetInsider.com
... for CSR by the leading sustainability rating agencies. Its ambitious low-carbon strategy was recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), ...
Gerresheimer Sets Itself Ambitious Sustainability Targets as Part of its Corporate Strategy
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Gerresheimer has been participating in the CDP, the non-profit Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), since 2008 and publishes the successes of its ...
Yahoo Finance
Improved disclosures on climate and water management by responding to Carbon Disclosure Project ("CDP"), and by aligning our reporting with the ...
Gecina Targets Net Zero Carbon for Its Operational Portfolio by 2030 With its “CAN0P-2030” Plan
StreetInsider.com
... for CSR by the leading sustainability rating agencies. Its ambitious low-carbon strategy was recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), ...
Gerresheimer Sets Itself Ambitious Sustainability Targets as Part of its Corporate Strategy
Pharmaceutical Business Review
Gerresheimer has been participating in the CDP, the non-profit Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), since 2008 and publishes the successes of its ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
Equality California's Zbur announces run for the Assembly
Los Angeles Blade
Working closely with the legislative leadership, and in close consultation ... sustainable housing and green job programs to address climate change.
Q+A with CDFA Secretary Karen Ross
Agri-Pulse
He learned this from our work early on in climate change, going back to ... I see the cattle sector really providing strong leadership from California.
Los Angeles Blade
Working closely with the legislative leadership, and in close consultation ... sustainable housing and green job programs to address climate change.
Q+A with CDFA Secretary Karen Ross
Agri-Pulse
He learned this from our work early on in climate change, going back to ... I see the cattle sector really providing strong leadership from California.
Impact Investing:
Wayfair Commits $30 Million to Social Impact Investing, Including $20 Million in LISC's Black ...
Galveston County Daily News
The Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF) is an impact investment fund built to address economic challenges in Black communities and to help ...
An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change
The New York Times
It has been the third rail of socially responsible investing, though, mainly because impact investors fear that such an approach could embolden critics ...
Ethic Raises $29M To Amplify Social Impact Investment Strategies
Forbes
Since the beginning, Ethic's goal has been to power sustainable investing at scale by enabling investors to personalize their portfolios. So, what's next ...
Galveston County Daily News
The Black Economic Development Fund (BEDF) is an impact investment fund built to address economic challenges in Black communities and to help ...
An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change
The New York Times
It has been the third rail of socially responsible investing, though, mainly because impact investors fear that such an approach could embolden critics ...
Ethic Raises $29M To Amplify Social Impact Investment Strategies
Forbes
Since the beginning, Ethic's goal has been to power sustainable investing at scale by enabling investors to personalize their portfolios. So, what's next ...
Energy Storage
Making the numbers work for a residential energy storage system
pv magazine USA
Hawaii practically requires energy storage, because residents there may not export excess solar power to the grid. Most residential solar+energy storage ...
Lithuania sets up grid-linked energy storage pilot with Siemens in 'post-Soviet' move
Recharge
Project near capital Vilnius to underpin potential for rapid expansion of renewable energies and increase independence from Russian power imports.
Apple to use Tesla battery packs for solar-energy storage facility: report
MarketWatch
Apple Inc. will use Tesla Inc. battery packs to store energy from a solar farm in ... hours and supplies all of Apple's renewable energy in California.
pv magazine USA
Hawaii practically requires energy storage, because residents there may not export excess solar power to the grid. Most residential solar+energy storage ...
Lithuania sets up grid-linked energy storage pilot with Siemens in 'post-Soviet' move
Recharge
Project near capital Vilnius to underpin potential for rapid expansion of renewable energies and increase independence from Russian power imports.
Apple to use Tesla battery packs for solar-energy storage facility: report
MarketWatch
Apple Inc. will use Tesla Inc. battery packs to store energy from a solar farm in ... hours and supplies all of Apple's renewable energy in California.
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
Ford's new science-based, interim carbon-neutral targets highlight first integrated sustainability ...
Automotive World
Reducing emissions has favorable implications for a range of sustainability issues that Ford stakeholders have said matter most – all of which get ...
Johnson Controls' Science-based Emission Reduction Targets Approved
PRNewswire
The SBTi validation further proves the strength of our core strategy – to reduce carbon emissions and support a healthy, more sustainable planet. This is ...
EPA's New Chief Gets to Work on Climate Goals—and Hiring Scientists
Bloomberg
And what about a carbon tax? By. Jennifer A Dlouhy. and. Stephen Lee. April 7, 2021, 1:00 AM PDT ...
Automotive World
Reducing emissions has favorable implications for a range of sustainability issues that Ford stakeholders have said matter most – all of which get ...
Johnson Controls' Science-based Emission Reduction Targets Approved
PRNewswire
The SBTi validation further proves the strength of our core strategy – to reduce carbon emissions and support a healthy, more sustainable planet. This is ...
EPA's New Chief Gets to Work on Climate Goals—and Hiring Scientists
Bloomberg
And what about a carbon tax? By. Jennifer A Dlouhy. and. Stephen Lee. April 7, 2021, 1:00 AM PDT ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish under climate change, which could be good news for ...
UW News
... get harder, and there will be species winners and losers. The resulting shifts in vegetation will help determine the future direction of climate change.
White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant battle over size and ...
Washington Post
White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant ... It cites the threat posed by climate change, the deterioration of America's ... create winners and losers by underfunding the need,” said Paul Williams, ...
Biden's Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
The New York Times
And Republicans are ready to try to win back the union votes that Mr. Trump won, then lost. “Rather than picking winners and losers with pie-the-sky ...
UW News
... get harder, and there will be species winners and losers. The resulting shifts in vegetation will help determine the future direction of climate change.
White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant battle over size and ...
Washington Post
White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant ... It cites the threat posed by climate change, the deterioration of America's ... create winners and losers by underfunding the need,” said Paul Williams, ...
Biden's Big Bet: Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs, Not Kill Them
The New York Times
And Republicans are ready to try to win back the union votes that Mr. Trump won, then lost. “Rather than picking winners and losers with pie-the-sky ...
Microgrids:
Houston Considers Microgrids after Winter Outages
Microgrid Knowledge
In the wake of the devastation Texas experienced during Winter Storm Uri , the city of Houston is considering setting up microgrids for critical ...
How Microgrids Fare in the Biden Infrastructure Plan
Microgrid Knowledge
Money for microgrids in resilience spending? In an area that could directly affect microgrid development, the plan would spend $50 billion to improve ...
CleanSpark Energy CEO Discusses Residential Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Zachary Bradford, CEO and president of CleanSpark Energy, sat down with Microgrid Knowledge to talk about the growth of residential microgrids and ...
Microgrid Knowledge
In the wake of the devastation Texas experienced during Winter Storm Uri , the city of Houston is considering setting up microgrids for critical ...
How Microgrids Fare in the Biden Infrastructure Plan
Microgrid Knowledge
Money for microgrids in resilience spending? In an area that could directly affect microgrid development, the plan would spend $50 billion to improve ...
CleanSpark Energy CEO Discusses Residential Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Zachary Bradford, CEO and president of CleanSpark Energy, sat down with Microgrid Knowledge to talk about the growth of residential microgrids and ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Capitalism for a cause: Symposium speakers explore 'socially responsible' investing
Albuquerque Journal
Economist Milton Friedman famously wrote in a 1970 essay that “the social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits.” But a recent ...
Stephen Hamway: Capitalism for a cause: Symposium speakers explore 'socially responsible ...
Yahoo News
Impact investing, a discipline where investors seek a measurable beneficial social or environmental impact alongside traditional financial returns, ...
An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change
The New York Times
It has been the third rail of socially responsible investing, though, mainly because impact investors fear that such an approach could embolden critics ...
Albuquerque Journal
Economist Milton Friedman famously wrote in a 1970 essay that “the social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits.” But a recent ...
Stephen Hamway: Capitalism for a cause: Symposium speakers explore 'socially responsible ...
Yahoo News
Impact investing, a discipline where investors seek a measurable beneficial social or environmental impact alongside traditional financial returns, ...
An Argument for Investing Where the Return Is Social Change
The New York Times
It has been the third rail of socially responsible investing, though, mainly because impact investors fear that such an approach could embolden critics ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
US Senators Introduce Carbon Capture, Sequestration Bill
Transport Topics Online
Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) rolled out the “Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act,” which ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Long Road Ahead
IDTechEx.com
Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Long Road Ahead ... Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a set of technologies for stripping ...
Baker Hughes acquires exclusive license from SRI International for mixed salt process technology ...
Green Car Congress
... complements its CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) for applications such as the treatment of flue gases from fossil-fueled power plants, ...
Transport Topics Online
Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) rolled out the “Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act,” which ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Long Road Ahead
IDTechEx.com
Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: A Long Road Ahead ... Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a set of technologies for stripping ...
Baker Hughes acquires exclusive license from SRI International for mixed salt process technology ...
Green Car Congress
... complements its CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) for applications such as the treatment of flue gases from fossil-fueled power plants, ...
Sustainability Investing:
Change to endowment investment policy key to NU sustainability vision
UNK News
... endowment investment decisions, a step NU President Ted Carter said is key to the university's vision for sustainability and responsible stewardship ...
UVM sustainability fund helps create change on campus
WCAX
“This fund increases agency for the students,” said Elizabeth Palchak, the sustainable funds coordinator. Advertisement. When it comes to sustainability ...
COVID-19 Made Sustainable Investments Go Viral
Foreign Policy
Global finance's emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria as a means of valuing companies, real estate, and investment ...
UNK News
... endowment investment decisions, a step NU President Ted Carter said is key to the university's vision for sustainability and responsible stewardship ...
UVM sustainability fund helps create change on campus
WCAX
“This fund increases agency for the students,” said Elizabeth Palchak, the sustainable funds coordinator. Advertisement. When it comes to sustainability ...
COVID-19 Made Sustainable Investments Go Viral
Foreign Policy
Global finance's emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria as a means of valuing companies, real estate, and investment ...
Geoengineering:
US needs solar geoengineering research program, report says
Science Magazine
Solar geoengineering—deliberately altering the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight—might forestall some of the worst effects of global warming, but ...
Sweden rejects pioneering solar geoengineering test
Reuters
The study emphasised, however, that geoengineering techniques were not a substitute for emissions cuts to stem climate change. Johanna Sandahl, ...
A solar geoengineering test has been delayed until 2022
New Scientist
A trailblazing experiment to launch a balloon into the stratosphere from Sweden for a solar geoengineering experiment has been suspended and ...
Science Magazine
Solar geoengineering—deliberately altering the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight—might forestall some of the worst effects of global warming, but ...
Sweden rejects pioneering solar geoengineering test
Reuters
The study emphasised, however, that geoengineering techniques were not a substitute for emissions cuts to stem climate change. Johanna Sandahl, ...
A solar geoengineering test has been delayed until 2022
New Scientist
A trailblazing experiment to launch a balloon into the stratosphere from Sweden for a solar geoengineering experiment has been suspended and ...
Green Bond Funds:
Emerging countries need debt markets overhaul to attract green investors – report
Pensions & Investments
... dedicated to climate-change issues, very few green bond funds exist in emerging markets, meaning there is little natural demand for green bonds.
Successful inaugural green bond issue for Wereldhave Belgium
Yahoo Finance
Investors thought they were getting short-term debt, the people said.Many of the loans were made through supply-chain funds at Credit Suisse Group ...
Bond Vigilante Calls Out 'Dead Fish' Credit Investors on Climate
Bloomberg
He pushed Amundi SA, Europe's largest asset manager, into divesting bonds in an Indian bank that was financing a coal mine, shamed HSBC Holdings ...
Pensions & Investments
... dedicated to climate-change issues, very few green bond funds exist in emerging markets, meaning there is little natural demand for green bonds.
Successful inaugural green bond issue for Wereldhave Belgium
Yahoo Finance
Investors thought they were getting short-term debt, the people said.Many of the loans were made through supply-chain funds at Credit Suisse Group ...
Bond Vigilante Calls Out 'Dead Fish' Credit Investors on Climate
Bloomberg
He pushed Amundi SA, Europe's largest asset manager, into divesting bonds in an Indian bank that was financing a coal mine, shamed HSBC Holdings ...
Low Carbon Funds:
FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan
Whitehouse.gov
This includes funding to improve air quality, limit greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce congestion. His plan will modernize 20,000 miles of ...
Japan to speed up investment in energy transition
Argus Media
... upon the completion of its clear guideline on transition financing. Meti plans to back exports of Japan's low-carbon technology in the power sector, ...
Whitehouse.gov
This includes funding to improve air quality, limit greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce congestion. His plan will modernize 20,000 miles of ...
Japan to speed up investment in energy transition
Argus Media
... upon the completion of its clear guideline on transition financing. Meti plans to back exports of Japan's low-carbon technology in the power sector, ...
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