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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

How the pandemic changed sustainability goals for Uber and Lyft
Fortune
Months after the coronavirus pandemic had shut down cities across the world, something ... said Adam Gromis, Uber's global head of sustainability.

Promega 2021 Corporate Responsibility Report Sets 2030 Sustainability Targets, Spotlights ...
News-Press Now
An estimated 725 clinical labs worldwide were using Promega products to process patient samples for COVID-19 testing, and Promega provided ...

Make trade more sustainable and inclusive, leaders say
UNCTAD
The forum discussed pathways towards a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, while tackling the climate emergency. “Climate ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

These Decarbonization Technologies Are Especially Ripe For Innovation And Investment
Forbes Innovation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, a Japan-based leader in decarbonization technology, has identified three areas that are primed for ...

China a crucial player in logistics industry's decarbonization: Maersk
Macau Business
For both the logistics industry and the company, decarbonization is a ... busy setting ambitious science-based or zero-carbon targets for their supply ...

'Yes to Nuclear' for heavy decarbonization
News Nation USA
This month's instalment enlightens readers as to how nuclear energy can hasten climate action and accelerate the decarbonisation of heavy industry.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global Green Reporting Rules Emerging From the Chaos
Bloomberg Law
The initiatives are moving quickly enough that companies could use them in their 2023 financial year reporting. The IFRS Foundation has agreed that ...

Vow ASA : Vow releases Sustainability Report, showing important progress in key areas
GlobeNewswire
The report (attached) is prepared in accordance with GRI, the respected Global Reporting Initiative. It highlights and provides insight into the group's ...

Great Panther Mining Publishes 2020 Sustainability Report
MarketWatch
Great Panther's 2020 Sustainability Report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative ("GRI") Standards Core option and the GRI ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Multi-Sector Coalition Forms to Unleash Full Potential of Energy Transition
PRNewswire
The Partnership for Clean Energy Investment (PCEI) represents stakeholders committed to investing in a cleaner future. To deliver the promise of U.S. ...

3 Ways to Invest in Renewable Energy Right Now
Nasdaq
Renewable energy is a massive, multi-decade megatrend. Current estimates suggest that the global economy will require $100 trillion of investments ...

Nelnet Renewable Energy and Six Co-Investors Complete $11.9 Million Solar Tax Equity ...
PRNewswire
Nelnet Renewable Energy's solar tax equity co-investment platform provides accredited investors with the opportunity to invest in solar projects across ...

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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

The Institute of the Americas Announces Merger of UC's Gulf of California Marine Program Into Its ...
PRNewswire
... of California Marine Program Into Its Environment & Climate Change Program. The merger of the University of California's Gulf of California Marine ... expand its sustainability leadership in the Western Hemisphere, the Institute of ...

Resources From the State House to the White House: Progress on Climate, Justice, and Jobs
Center For American Progress
Now, the lessons of climate leadership must travel from the state house to the White ... This report analyzes California's environmental justice screening tool, ... The secret weapon in Biden's fight against climate change, The Hill, ...

Grounded leadership needed in region brimming with water tensions
Las Vegas Sun
Grounded leadership needed in region brimming with water tensions ... Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and California — and could embroil Mexico as well. ... brought on by climate change that has disrupted weather patterns and this ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing: Proven Financial Instruments And Strategies Beyond ESG
Forbes
To help the transition of capital into Sustainable & Impact Investing, there is a real need to learn more about such best practices, so on Wednesday June ...

Impact Investing: The truly sustainable investment
MoreThanDigital
This is where impact investing comes in, creating a measurable set of values for investors as well as the financed companies. Impact is the effect ...

Eyes on the ball: Managers should not compromise quality impact investments for short-term rewards
Investment Week
Deep Dive into impact investing · Share · The emergence of the EU Sustainable Finance

Energy Storage

Manufacturer reveals involvement in world's biggest battery energy storage system so far
Energy Storage News
LG Energy Solution has said that it was the supplier of battery storage systems and equipment to Vistra Energy's recently commissioned ...

Ignoring energy storage in Europe's recovery and resilience funding would be big mistake, EC ...
Energy Storage News
Concern has been expressed about the lack of attention and funding for energy storage in plans for economic recovery and post-pandemic resilience ...

Inside Europe's newest frequency response opportunity for energy storage, aFRR
Energy Storage News
Tanguy Poirot, analyst, and Corentin Baschet, head of market analysis at energy storage specialist consultancy Clean Horizon take a deep dive into how ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

How Salesforce wants to make its supply chain more sustainable
Fortune
... to set carbon-reduction goals and deliver products and services on a ... suppliers set science-based targets for reducing carbon emissions to align ...

BCE Commits to Reduce Absolute GHG Emissions in 28th Year of ESG Reporting
CSRwire.com
Bell commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and the Science Based Targets initiative ...

Autoliv leading the way and sets ambitious climate targets
Yahoo Finance
Autoliv is also committing to the Science Based Targets initiative. ... low carbon logistics, energy- and materials efficiency, and low carbon materials.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Global Britain's winners and losers take shape
Reuters
That could be about to change. Britain's trade deal with its fellow Commonwealth member, announced in outline on Tuesday, is its first new accord since ...

Young Republican voters support action on climate change
Bangor Daily News
Rather than letting government bureaucrats pick winners and losers, the plan utilizes market incentives and gives businesses, big and small, the ...

'A win for the entire country': Louisiana oil advocates celebrate decision on moratorium
Houma Courier
... zero emissions by 2050 to combat the effects of climate change on our state and to explore alternative energy solutions like wind energy," Edwards ...

Microgrids:

Georgia Power, Georgia Tech dedicate microgrid project
News-Daily.com
“The Tech Square Microgrid … will help us better understand microgrids to help service our customers,” said Chris Womack, chairman, president and ...

Global Market Insights: Microgrid sector could top $33B by 2027
Power Engineering Magazine
Rolls-Royce has commissioned a Microgrid Validation Center for its MTU product and solution brand. Some 5 million euros have been invested in the ...

Microgrids: possible solution to overloaded Texas power grid
WOAI
One possible solution being looked at is increasing the number of microgrids. A microgrid can be a natural gas generator or other power source that ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Underdog activist Engine No. 1 is launching an ETF after big Exxon win
CNBC
The firm said it will hold companies accountable on environmental, social ... "Too many sustainable investing strategies shift an investor's exposure ...

Chris Farrell's 'The Greener Good' series: Ethical investing
Minnesota Public Radio News
A warming planet changes everything, including how businesses think about investing. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) data can be used ...

5 ways to make a difference by investing with social justice in mind
BenefitsPro
Institutional investors are also joining in: A study by MSCI found that these investors are beginning to prioritize the “social” elements of ESG funds – 36% ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

MOL Joins International Think Tank and accelerate development for Carbon Capture, Utilization ...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Lines, Ltd. announced that it joined the Australia-based Global CCS Institute (GCCSI), an international think tank on carbon capture and storage (CCS), ...

to Collaborate to Develop Carbon Capture & Storage Hub for Industrial Cluster in Norway
Business Wire
Meaningful decarbonization is not possible without carbon capture, utilization and storage, and this collaboration demonstrates how CCUS technology ...

Subsurface Geophysics is Key to Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage
University of Houston
With Houston already the energy capital of the world, it is no surprise that the city is positioning itself as the up-and-coming carbon capture, utilization ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable Investment: A Bubble Or A Sea-Change?
Forbes
The three strands of ESG investing are based on the following criteria: Environmental: the impact a company has on the environment, from its carbon ...

Sustainability: Investing in the long game
kbbreview
Sustainability: Investing in the long game ... avoid sending anything to landfill and generally play his part in a more sustainable, circular economy.

CEO of major Asian bank says a 'tsunami of money' is rushing into sustainable investments
CNBC
Sustainable investments can have good returns as a "tsunami of money" is flowing into such assets, said Piyush Gupta, group chief executive of ...

Geoengineering:

Cloud spraying and hurricane slaying: could geoengineering fix the climate crisis?
The Guardian
They all qualify as geoengineering – a dirty word for some environmentalists. Human intervention in the natural world has often gone awry: cane toads ...

Reader response: Opponents of geoengineering misunderstand humanity's choices
Environmental Health News
Most informed advocates for geoengineering research agree that ending fossil fuel use and associated emissions before 2050 is an urgent necessity to ...

A dangerous distraction: Increasing climate risk with solar geoengineering
The Hill
The risk of the geoengineering Band-Aid falling off would grow each year, as emissions continue and masking the effects grows more difficult. Fear of “ ...

Green Bond Funds:

EU Green Bond Rules Will Be Voluntary, Draft Shows
Bloomberg
Green debt issuance has emerged as one of the fastest-growing corners of finance, with Europe taking a lead as nearly a quarter of its bond sales this ...

Genus launches global impact bond fund
Wealth Professional
Powered by leading green bond management firm, new fund gives Canadian investors fixed-income exposure to impactful sectors. Genus launches ...

Factbox: How central banks are responding to climate change
Reuters
BANK OF JAPAN - While Japan's central bank remains reticent about buying green bonds it has announced it will provide funds to financial institutions ...

Low Carbon Funds:

The Little Hedge Fund Taking Down Big Oil
The New York Times
In response, Exxon Mobil expanded its board to 12 directors from 10 and announced a $3 billion investment in a new initiative it called Low Carbon ...

Europe's steel buyers ready to buy low-emissions steel at higher prices: Austria industry group
S&P Global
New low-emissions steel plants and investments will require breakthrough technologies, finance and competitive energy prices, as well as supportive ...

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