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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Nature inequity and higher COVID-19 case rates in less-green neighbourhoods in the United States
Nature.com
Less-green ZIP codes also had higher rates of COVID-19 cases even after adjusting for differences in population density, race/ethnicity, income, ...

Biden pushes benefits of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for public safety, economic ... - WION
WION
US President Joe Biden has pushed for the importance of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for public safety as well as economic sustainability.

'A quiet suffering': Primary care struggles with COVID-19 strain, telemedicine rollbacks ...
Healthcare Dive
Data out Monday from the Larry A. Green Center and the Primary Care Collaborative found almost two-thirds of clinicians report telemedicine is a key way to ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Ferro-chrome sector signs up to decarbonization agenda | LME Week 2021 | Fastmarkets
Fastmarkets news
Alloys are not currently included in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - the European Commission's flagship policy to lower carbon emissions and ...

IDB Invest Issues Decarbonization Bond for Green Private Sector Projects - BNamericas
BNamericas English
The issue is based on the concept of decarbonization as the process of reducing the "carbon intensity" per unit of production. In general terms, this is ...

LME WEEK 2021: Ferro-chrome sector signs up to decarbonization agenda | Metal Bulletin.com
Metalbulletin.com
The ferro-chrome market is facing growing pressure to decarbonize from downstream, with the need to cut carbon emissions becoming increasingly accepted among ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Firmenich Reports Robust FY 2021 Sustainability Performance - WWNY
WWNY
GENEVA, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Firmenich, the world's largest ... is prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) standards.

CSE's Sustainability Practitioner Program Celebrates 15 Years of Trust by Fortune 500 ... - CSRwire
CSRwire.com
CSE cooperates with international organisations, such as the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management), GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), UN Global ...

GRI Puts Human Rights at Heart of New Standards - Regulation Asia
Regulation Asia
The Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) new sustainability reporting standards aim to enhance human rights-related information flows to investors, ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Germany commits €100 million to SEFA for renewable energy investments - International ...
International Water Power and Dam Construction
The German government is to contribute €100 million to the African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), with the funding set to ...

Bill Gates-backed ESS — which makes giant batteries out of iron, salt and water - CNBC
CNBC
ESS is trying to solve a critical problem with renewable energy: How to store ... ESS' early momentum attracted $57 million in investments from powerful ...

Ripple and Nelnet Announce $44 Million Clean Energy Fund for a More Sustainable Future
PRNewswire
The joint investment, majority funded by Ripple, will fund solar energy projects throughout the U.S. in support of the transition to a cleaner and more ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP joins SailGP's Race for the Future – championing a world powered by nature through ...
CDP
CDP and SailGP today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership, bringing environmental disclosure and sport together for people and planet.

Sustainability Reporting | Cummins Inc.
Cummins
2020-2021 · Cummins Sustainability Progress Report · Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures · Sustainability Overview · ESG Flyer · 2021 CDP Climate ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

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Impact Investing:

More making a pact to invest for impact - The Straits Times
The Straits Times
Digital platform Halodoc, which UOB Venture Management invests in through its Asia Impact Investment Fund, is helping to increase access to healthcare ...

The Week in impact investing: Restoration - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Black and Brown climate tech entrepreneurs, often from communities disproportionately impacted by climate change, are “so critical because they understand the ...

Envato co-founders back climate impact investing fintech Bloom in $675000 pre-seed raise
Startup Daily
Founded in 2019 by Camille Socquet-Clerc and Bertrand Caron, Bloom Impact Investing's core product is an app that makes it easier for retail investors to make ...

Energy Storage

Georgia Power wins approval for a battery energy storage system - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
The Mossy Branch Battery Facility will connect to and charge directly from the electric transmission grid. October 8, 2021 David Wagman · Energy Storage ...

Global energy storage set to nearly triple in 2021: Wood Mackenzie forecast | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Storage projects — including lithium-ion batteries — can help mitigate the intermittency of wind and solar and help deliver power when it is needed. The Biden ...

Global energy storage demand is accelerating, Wood Mac says - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
The lower share of battery demand from the energy storage industry will leave it at risk of supply shortages. Even so, IHS Markit said it expects that the ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Fossil fuel CEOs earn annual cash bonuses for environmental 'excellence' - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
And yet, researchers who study environmental data for MSCI, an investment ... Action 100+ initiative pushes large companies to set carbon emission goals and ...

Firmenich Reports Robust FY 2021 Sustainability Performance - WABI
WABI
By 2030, Firmenich will strive to achieve absolute carbon emission reduction in line with the 1.5°C Science-Based Targets. Embracing Nature: In 2021, ...

General Mills Becomes First U.S. Investment Grade Consumer Packaged Goods Company to ...
Yahoo Finance
"General Mills is focused on reducing emissions across our value chain, ... approved by the Science-Based Target Initiative across its full value chain, ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

A different approach to investing in developing countries | The Economist
The Economist
But climate change and the green transition could create new winners and losers, as some resources, such as battery metals, become sought-after, ...

3 Reasons Climate Scientists Winning A Nobel Prize In Physics Matter - Forbes
Forbes
Modern climate models are sounding the alarm on climate change and are built ... and “perceived winners and losers” can hamper actions to address one of the ...

Should sectors that 'win' from climate change be taxed? - The Irish Times
The Irish Times
We might all agree that climate change is bad, but think for a moment about the ... than the climate losers” should benefit from any tax on climate winners.

Microgrids:

Global Micro Grids Market Report 2021-2026 - The Rise of - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Global market for Micro Grids estimated at US$27 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$46.5 Billion by 2026, ...

Global Micro Grids Market Report 2021 - Rise in Power Outages & Undesirable Impact of ...
Business Wire
Global market for Micro Grids estimated at US$27 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$46.5 Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of ...

Eaton Corp. and Enel X embark on second joint solar-powered microgrid in Puerto Rico ...
Pittsburgh Business Times
(NYSE:ETN), with its electrical sector headquartered in Moon Township, is partnering with Enel X to built a second microgrid system in Puerto Rico.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Is socially responsible investing all a lie? - Vox
Vox
That's one of every three dollars under professional management in the country. Investments that consider environmental, social, and governance factors— or ESG ...

How to get started with Socially Responsible Investing. - Women of Influence
Women of Influence
It considers both financial return and social and environmental impact, giving investors the opportunity to make more conscious investment decisions. There are ...

The University of San Diego Becomes One of the First Universities in the World to Align its ...
UpperMichigansSource.com
... its Investment Policy With Pope Francis' Encyclical on the Environment, ... investment policy reflects the university's commitment to social justice, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Forum: Texas' carbon capture technology should be expanded
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
This is particularly true of carbon capture, utilization, or storage (CCS or CCUS) technology. Carbon capture initiatives were developed in the U.S. almost ...

Valverde Power Solutions Positions to be a Carbon Capture Leader Using Clean Energy ...
inForney.com
... is a privately held clean energy company employing leading-edge technology to deliver electric power and Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS), ...

Exploring the CCUS Opportunity Set - Enverus
Enverus
CCUS, or carbon capture, utilization and storage, is the process of capturing CO2 from industrial point sources and either sequestering it permanently ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

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Sustainability Investing: 

ERTH: Environmental Sustainability Investing Remains High Risk - Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
The ERTH ETF invests across a portfolio of companies focusing on environmentally sustainable products and services. · ERTH has underperformed this year, dragged ...

The hottest sustainability investments in Q3 2021 | Sifted
Sifted
France, despite recording only 13 deals, placed third with €255m invested. Top 10 sustainable startups with most investment in Q3 2021. The energy sector was ...

Ethical Investment Needs to Keep Its Promises - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg
Fund managers have long been eager to satisfy global investors' appetite for assets that meet “environmental, social and governance” standards.

Geoengineering:

What is geoengineering? ... and why it's a 'break glass' plan - Yale Climate Connections
Yale Climate Connections
What are the main types of geoengineering? There are two broad categories of climate intervention: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – pulling CO2 out of the air ...

Democratizing the approach to geoengineering the climate
Yale Climate Connections
Democratizing the approach to geoengineering the climate. Yale University law student Lexi Smith sat for this Q&A with Law, Ethics & Animals Program editorial ...

Green Bond Funds:

California backed a Valley rice plant with tax-free 'green bonds.' What its bankruptcy means
Sacramento Bee
The Pollution Control Financing Authority approved nearly $344 million in tax-exempt “green bonds” for the company between 2017 and 2020, a testament to ...

A wave of green government bonds is flooding markets | The Economist
The Economist
But when a finance ministry creates a green-bond programme and builds out a “green curve”, backing out of specific policies may become harder, ...

NTT announces $2.7 billion green bond to support carbon neutral goals - Data Center Dynamics
DatacenterDynamics
NTT plans to issue green bonds worth about 300 billion yen ($2.7 billion) to fund the company's sustainability efforts. NTT Finance said the bonds will ...

Low Carbon Funds:

EXCLUSIVE: New €1.5bn hydrogen investment fund will focus on 'low-carbon' H2 that may ...
Recharge
A new €1.5bn ($1.74bn) low-carbon hydrogen investment fund launched today — backed by €100m commitments from French anchor investors TotalEnergies, ...

UK pension funds Transport for London, Avon set net-zero goals
Pensions & Investments
Transport for London Pension Fund is aiming to reduce carbon emissions by more than half by 2030 and fully by 2045, the £13 billion ($17.8 billion) fund ...

How to Invest in Environmentally Conscious Companies - Time Magazine
TIME
ESG funds—investment funds that are supposed to include companies that score ... Gorte says companies that are the most serious about reducing emissions lay ...