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Coronavirus and Sustainability:
How the Tourism Industry Can Help Fight the Plastic Pandemic - Sustainable Brands
SB News
When COVID hit in 2020, tourism frantically tried to carry on, with hygiene at the crux — often by wrapping everything in plastic.
SU's switch to single-use tableware during COVID led to more dining hall waste - The Daily Orange
The Daily Orange
These plastics sit in landfills, in the environment and even in people's local waterways, negatively affecting human and environmental health, Markley said. - ...
Long commutes, home crowding tied to COVID transmission | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Chronicle
“We are trying to determine how the built environment influences coronavirus propagation,” said senior author Timur Dogan, assistant professor of ...
SB News
When COVID hit in 2020, tourism frantically tried to carry on, with hygiene at the crux — often by wrapping everything in plastic.
SU's switch to single-use tableware during COVID led to more dining hall waste - The Daily Orange
The Daily Orange
These plastics sit in landfills, in the environment and even in people's local waterways, negatively affecting human and environmental health, Markley said. - ...
Long commutes, home crowding tied to COVID transmission | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Chronicle
“We are trying to determine how the built environment influences coronavirus propagation,” said senior author Timur Dogan, assistant professor of ...
Sector Based Decarbonization:
EPRI, NREL, and the University of Washington to Advance Electric Grid Decarbonization
Yahoo Finance
... the public-private consortium aims to enable power-sector decarbonization ... experts to research how to enable inverter-based resources to help shape a ...
ABS and Vanderbilt put spotlight on waterways decarbonization - Marine Log
Marine Log
Called “Decarbonization of the Inland Waterway Sector in the United States,” ... For example, we are hopeful that a pilot project based on river fleet boat ...
Boral on ambitious pathway to decarbonization | Agg-Net
Agg-Net
BORAL have set the most ambitious emissions reduction targets in the global construction materials industry and have joined the Science Based Targets ...
Yahoo Finance
... the public-private consortium aims to enable power-sector decarbonization ... experts to research how to enable inverter-based resources to help shape a ...
ABS and Vanderbilt put spotlight on waterways decarbonization - Marine Log
Marine Log
Called “Decarbonization of the Inland Waterway Sector in the United States,” ... For example, we are hopeful that a pilot project based on river fleet boat ...
Boral on ambitious pathway to decarbonization | Agg-Net
Agg-Net
BORAL have set the most ambitious emissions reduction targets in the global construction materials industry and have joined the Science Based Targets ...
Global Reporting Initiative:
Sustainability reporting: Getting clarity on materiality - FM - Financial Management magazine
Financial Management magazine
Reporting standards that adopt a stakeholder approach to accountability, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), typically use a form of external ...
Putting the 'T' in ESG - Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
As is the number of voluntary sustainability reporting boards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Business ...
Voya Financial releases 2020-2021 Impact Report: "Together in Action" - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Themed "Together in Action," the report speaks to how Voya is ... The report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...
Financial Management magazine
Reporting standards that adopt a stakeholder approach to accountability, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), typically use a form of external ...
Putting the 'T' in ESG - Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
As is the number of voluntary sustainability reporting boards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the International Business ...
Voya Financial releases 2020-2021 Impact Report: "Together in Action" - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Themed "Together in Action," the report speaks to how Voya is ... The report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...
Renewable Energy Investments:
Total is spending $27 billion in Iraq. This time it's about solar energy, too - CNN
CNN
London (CNN Business) TotalEnergies is investing in oil, gas and solar energy ... Instead, TotalEnergies will invest in a solar energy plant and projects to ...
Biden wants nearly half the nation's energy to come from solar by 2050 - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Biden administration announced a plan Wednesday to use solar energy to ... assumes that Congress would fund several of the clean energy investments and ...
UK Partners with India to Invest in Green Projects, Renewable Energy to Tackle Climate Change
The Weather Channel
With the UK announcing a $1.2 billion package of public and private investment in green projects and renewable energy in India to tackle climate change.
CNN
London (CNN Business) TotalEnergies is investing in oil, gas and solar energy ... Instead, TotalEnergies will invest in a solar energy plant and projects to ...
Biden wants nearly half the nation's energy to come from solar by 2050 - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Biden administration announced a plan Wednesday to use solar energy to ... assumes that Congress would fund several of the clean energy investments and ...
UK Partners with India to Invest in Green Projects, Renewable Energy to Tackle Climate Change
The Weather Channel
With the UK announcing a $1.2 billion package of public and private investment in green projects and renewable energy in India to tackle climate change.
CDP Sustainability:
Tetra Pak Releases Its 22nd Annual Sustainability Report - Ink World Magazine
Ink World Magazine
Company exceeds its climate goals and was recognized as a leader by CDP for the fifth year running for environmental transparency and action.
PPL releases performance metrics with a goal of net-zero carbon emissions - NorthcentralPa.com
NorthcentralPa.com
"PPL is pursuing clear goals to advance a sustainable energy future for the ... report and the CDP Climate Survey, PPL publishes an annual sustainability ...
City Of Tampa Joins Global Carbon Disclosure Project - Patch
Patch.com
... 85 countries disclosed their climate and environmental data through the CDP. ... the City of Tampa's Sustainability & Resiliency officer worked with the ...
Ink World Magazine
Company exceeds its climate goals and was recognized as a leader by CDP for the fifth year running for environmental transparency and action.
PPL releases performance metrics with a goal of net-zero carbon emissions - NorthcentralPa.com
NorthcentralPa.com
"PPL is pursuing clear goals to advance a sustainable energy future for the ... report and the CDP Climate Survey, PPL publishes an annual sustainability ...
City Of Tampa Joins Global Carbon Disclosure Project - Patch
Patch.com
... 85 countries disclosed their climate and environmental data through the CDP. ... the City of Tampa's Sustainability & Resiliency officer worked with the ...
California's Leadership in Climate Change:
When Climate Change Comes to Your Doorstep - The New York Times
The New York Times
The leaders — from low-income, Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities from South Carolina to California — have been meeting throughout 2021 to discuss how ...
Rome: Newsom recall would signal a retreat on climate - San José Spotlight
San José Spotlight
California can't stop climate change all on its own—but that's precisely why our leadership matters. Gov. Newsom issued a bold executive order to protect ...
Diverse Coalition of 347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect Rooftop Solar in California
PRNewswire
"With so much at stake, California gutting net metering would reverse our trajectory as a leader in solving global warming right when our leadership is ...
The New York Times
The leaders — from low-income, Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities from South Carolina to California — have been meeting throughout 2021 to discuss how ...
Rome: Newsom recall would signal a retreat on climate - San José Spotlight
San José Spotlight
California can't stop climate change all on its own—but that's precisely why our leadership matters. Gov. Newsom issued a bold executive order to protect ...
Diverse Coalition of 347 Organizations Sign Letter to Protect Rooftop Solar in California
PRNewswire
"With so much at stake, California gutting net metering would reverse our trajectory as a leader in solving global warming right when our leadership is ...
Impact Investing:
Five Myths Surrounding Impact Investing, Debunked - Forbes
Forbes
'Impact investors reflect the diversity of the founders they support.' A year-long study by Confluence Philanthropy found that only a small percentage of ...
Impact investing at the forefront of fixed income - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
When Domini Impact Investments first began its impact work in the 1990s, Wall Street cast doubt on the concept of impact investing. Carole Laible, CEO of ...
RSF Is Leading The Way In Moving From Impact Investing To Regenerative Finance - Forbes
Forbes
Over the last decade and a half, the idea of “impact investing” – where funds are directed to generate not just financial return but also social and ...
Forbes
'Impact investors reflect the diversity of the founders they support.' A year-long study by Confluence Philanthropy found that only a small percentage of ...
Impact investing at the forefront of fixed income - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
When Domini Impact Investments first began its impact work in the 1990s, Wall Street cast doubt on the concept of impact investing. Carole Laible, CEO of ...
RSF Is Leading The Way In Moving From Impact Investing To Regenerative Finance - Forbes
Forbes
Over the last decade and a half, the idea of “impact investing” – where funds are directed to generate not just financial return but also social and ...
Energy Storage
Stiesdal 'hot rocks' energy storage flagship to power up on Danish island of Lolland - Recharge News
Recharge
The flagship of an innovative 'hot rocks' energy storage system concept being developed by Stiesdal Storage Technologies (SST) is to be set up with power ...
Vestas veteran Katzew to take helm at liquid air energy storage pioneer Highview Power | Recharge
Recharge
Long-duration energy storage outfit Highview Power has named Adrian Katzew as its next CEO. The founder of Mexican renewables developer Zuma EnergÃa, ...
Energy storage is seen as crucial to meeting renewable energy goals | City & State PA
cityandstatepa.com
Pennsylvania should expand its energy storage capacity to help the state transition to a “cleaner, more resilient electric grid,” according to a Department ...
Recharge
The flagship of an innovative 'hot rocks' energy storage system concept being developed by Stiesdal Storage Technologies (SST) is to be set up with power ...
Vestas veteran Katzew to take helm at liquid air energy storage pioneer Highview Power | Recharge
Recharge
Long-duration energy storage outfit Highview Power has named Adrian Katzew as its next CEO. The founder of Mexican renewables developer Zuma EnergÃa, ...
Energy storage is seen as crucial to meeting renewable energy goals | City & State PA
cityandstatepa.com
Pennsylvania should expand its energy storage capacity to help the state transition to a “cleaner, more resilient electric grid,” according to a Department ...
Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:
BMW Group's Neue Klasse lineup to focus on circular economy to achieve reduction in CO2 ...
TechCrunch
This is why we are setting ourselves transparent and ambitious goals for the substantial reduction of CO2 emissions; these are validated by the Science ...
CEMEX Reinforces Leadership in Green Financing, Presenting Sustainability-Linked ...
Yahoo Finance
CEMEX's 2030 target of reaching below 475 kg CO2 per ton of cementitious product is aligned with the Science-Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) "Well ...
Provinces with transitions in industrial structure and energy mix performed best in climate ... - Nature
Nature.com
This study aims to evaluate regional performance in climate-change ... For example, the carbon emissions of Shanxi Province in 2017 rose to the same level ...
TechCrunch
This is why we are setting ourselves transparent and ambitious goals for the substantial reduction of CO2 emissions; these are validated by the Science ...
CEMEX Reinforces Leadership in Green Financing, Presenting Sustainability-Linked ...
Yahoo Finance
CEMEX's 2030 target of reaching below 475 kg CO2 per ton of cementitious product is aligned with the Science-Based Targets initiative's (SBTi) "Well ...
Provinces with transitions in industrial structure and energy mix performed best in climate ... - Nature
Nature.com
This study aims to evaluate regional performance in climate-change ... For example, the carbon emissions of Shanxi Province in 2017 rose to the same level ...
Climate Change Winners and Losers:
Hedge Fund Veteran to Bet on Climate Change's Winners and Losers - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Carrasquillo and Chet didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. 1.5 Degrees aims to make high single digit returns by focusing on climate change ...
This week's biggest Winners & Losers | City & State PA
cityandstatepa.com
Thanks to that approval, Wolf's most aggressive plan to combat climate change is on its way to becoming a reality. Sean Parnell. GOP U.S. Senate candidate Sean ...
What the 'death knell' of fossil fuels means for Pennsylvania | Editorial - Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The solutions to climate change are often framed as divisive, picking winners and losers: rural vs. urban, environment vs. economy, the current generation ...
Bloomberg
Carrasquillo and Chet didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. 1.5 Degrees aims to make high single digit returns by focusing on climate change ...
This week's biggest Winners & Losers | City & State PA
cityandstatepa.com
Thanks to that approval, Wolf's most aggressive plan to combat climate change is on its way to becoming a reality. Sean Parnell. GOP U.S. Senate candidate Sean ...
What the 'death knell' of fossil fuels means for Pennsylvania | Editorial - Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The solutions to climate change are often framed as divisive, picking winners and losers: rural vs. urban, environment vs. economy, the current generation ...
Microgrids:
Opinion: Microgrids can reduce fires and blackouts in California. Why aren't we using them ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
At the start of the year, the Public Utilities Commission authorized the Microgrid Incentive Program, which includes $200 million for clean energy microgrids to ...
Microgrid Advocates Push Back as Utility Challenges Standby Rate Change
Microgrid Knowledge
Responding to a utility rehearing request, microgrid advocates are urging California regulators to uphold their decision to slash a major part of standby ...
How Many Hurricanes Must Slam the Grid Before We Get the Message? - Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrid Knowledge
“Investment in more transmission alone — and not more microgrids — is far, far from the right answer. It's like saying if only we had more buggy whips we'd ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
At the start of the year, the Public Utilities Commission authorized the Microgrid Incentive Program, which includes $200 million for clean energy microgrids to ...
Microgrid Advocates Push Back as Utility Challenges Standby Rate Change
Microgrid Knowledge
Responding to a utility rehearing request, microgrid advocates are urging California regulators to uphold their decision to slash a major part of standby ...
How Many Hurricanes Must Slam the Grid Before We Get the Message? - Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrid Knowledge
“Investment in more transmission alone — and not more microgrids — is far, far from the right answer. It's like saying if only we had more buggy whips we'd ...
Socially Responsible Investing:
Op-ed: The measure of socially responsible investments - ESI Africa
ESI Africa
While socially responsible investments now account for a good chunk of the global mainstream of investment strategies. Also, investors are increasingly applying ...
From fad to force, sustainable investing sweeps Wall Street | The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Over the two years through July, month in and month out investors sent at least $1.5 billion into funds that call themselves socially responsible or that use ...
Conservatives Waking Up: 'Responsible Investing' Could Mean Left-Wing Control | National Review
National Review
For the past two decades, those labels have been informed by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) theory — a view of corporate conduct driven by left- ...
ESI Africa
While socially responsible investments now account for a good chunk of the global mainstream of investment strategies. Also, investors are increasingly applying ...
From fad to force, sustainable investing sweeps Wall Street | The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Over the two years through July, month in and month out investors sent at least $1.5 billion into funds that call themselves socially responsible or that use ...
Conservatives Waking Up: 'Responsible Investing' Could Mean Left-Wing Control | National Review
National Review
For the past two decades, those labels have been informed by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) theory — a view of corporate conduct driven by left- ...
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:
Saskatchewan government lays out carbon capture utilization, storage priorities | Globalnews.ca
Globalnews.ca
The Saskatchewan government outlined its key priorities to advance private sector investment in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) in ...
EXCLUSIVE Canada pushes to build 2 new carbon capture hubs - gov't document | Reuters
Reuters
The global oil industry is betting heavily that carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) can become a multi-billion-dollar global business with ...
Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Bill Promotes Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
JD Supra
Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (“CIFIA Program”). · Carbon Storage Validation and Testing. · Secure Geologic Storage ...
Globalnews.ca
The Saskatchewan government outlined its key priorities to advance private sector investment in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) in ...
EXCLUSIVE Canada pushes to build 2 new carbon capture hubs - gov't document | Reuters
Reuters
The global oil industry is betting heavily that carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) can become a multi-billion-dollar global business with ...
Bipartisan Senate Infrastructure Bill Promotes Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
JD Supra
Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (“CIFIA Program”). · Carbon Storage Validation and Testing. · Secure Geologic Storage ...
Sustainability Investing:
Five Paths To A Sustainable Finance Career - Forbes
Forbes
Director of Responsible Investing at Federated Hermes, leading ESG integration and engagement across $645 billion in global assets.
Investors care more about fair wages for workers than environmental issues, ESG survey shows
MarketWatch
Environmental issues often grab the headlines when it comes to sustainable investing. Now, in a new survey, a large number of investors say they put a ...
Buttonwood Sustainable investing faces the beginnings of a backlash - The Economist
The Economist
“Sustainable” investment funds in the broadest sense managed $35trn of assets in 2020, reckons the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, an industry group ...
Forbes
Director of Responsible Investing at Federated Hermes, leading ESG integration and engagement across $645 billion in global assets.
Investors care more about fair wages for workers than environmental issues, ESG survey shows
MarketWatch
Environmental issues often grab the headlines when it comes to sustainable investing. Now, in a new survey, a large number of investors say they put a ...
Buttonwood Sustainable investing faces the beginnings of a backlash - The Economist
The Economist
“Sustainable” investment funds in the broadest sense managed $35trn of assets in 2020, reckons the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, an industry group ...
Geoengineering:
The perils of regulating geoengineering - Politico.EU
POLITICO.eu
Many ideas for technologies to combat global warming by intervening in planetary systems — sometimes called geoengineering — are still in the research phase ...
The problem with playing God to fix the climate: It might not work - Politico.EU
POLITICO.eu
Cutting emissions alone isn't enough to bring global warming under control, and that's spurring interest in geoengineering. Illustration by Kumé Pather for ...
How to slay a hurricane - Freethink
Freethink
Geoengineering proposals to attack hurricanes first — once too sci-fi to even consider — are now being seriously studied. The idea is simple: pump air through ...
POLITICO.eu
Many ideas for technologies to combat global warming by intervening in planetary systems — sometimes called geoengineering — are still in the research phase ...
The problem with playing God to fix the climate: It might not work - Politico.EU
POLITICO.eu
Cutting emissions alone isn't enough to bring global warming under control, and that's spurring interest in geoengineering. Illustration by Kumé Pather for ...
How to slay a hurricane - Freethink
Freethink
Geoengineering proposals to attack hurricanes first — once too sci-fi to even consider — are now being seriously studied. The idea is simple: pump air through ...
Green Bond Funds:
Spain to Join Green Rush With Debut Sovereign Bond Offering - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Spain is the latest European nation turning to a hot market for green debt as it seeks to fund projects that mitigate climate change.
The ESG Landscape: Green, Not 'Greenwashed' | PLANSPONSOR
PLANSPONSOR
Investors may also be unclear as to whether a green bond's proceeds, intended to finance new projects, actually get used for that purpose or make an ...
Mondelez prices $2.375 billion green bond | 2021-09-06 | Baking Business
Baking Business
Mondelez said it plans to use net proceeds from the green bond offering to fund projects that further the company's commitment to more sustainably sourced ...
Bloomberg
Spain is the latest European nation turning to a hot market for green debt as it seeks to fund projects that mitigate climate change.
The ESG Landscape: Green, Not 'Greenwashed' | PLANSPONSOR
PLANSPONSOR
Investors may also be unclear as to whether a green bond's proceeds, intended to finance new projects, actually get used for that purpose or make an ...
Mondelez prices $2.375 billion green bond | 2021-09-06 | Baking Business
Baking Business
Mondelez said it plans to use net proceeds from the green bond offering to fund projects that further the company's commitment to more sustainably sourced ...
Low Carbon Funds:
APG launches first index funds to tap Dutch sustainability drive | Reuters
Reuters
Other options include picking corporate ESG leaders or companies with a lower carbon footprint or better performance on broader sustainability ...
SEC Chairman Gensler Orders Review of Funds' ESG Disclosures - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
“Many funds these days brand themselves as 'green,' 'sustainable,' 'low-carbon,' and so on,” SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said on Wednesday, according to the text ...
UK supports English low-carbon heat networks with GBP270 million | S&P Global Platts
S&P Global
The Green Heat Network Fund is expected to fund 10.3 million tonnes of CO2 savings by 2050 via capital grants, BEIS said. The Committee on Climate Change has ...
Reuters
Other options include picking corporate ESG leaders or companies with a lower carbon footprint or better performance on broader sustainability ...
SEC Chairman Gensler Orders Review of Funds' ESG Disclosures - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
“Many funds these days brand themselves as 'green,' 'sustainable,' 'low-carbon,' and so on,” SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said on Wednesday, according to the text ...
UK supports English low-carbon heat networks with GBP270 million | S&P Global Platts
S&P Global
The Green Heat Network Fund is expected to fund 10.3 million tonnes of CO2 savings by 2050 via capital grants, BEIS said. The Committee on Climate Change has ...
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