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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

ADM eyes eight emerging trends | 2021-10-19
Food Business News
Many of the trends are being shaped by the coronavirus pandemic that has ... “Consumers today continue to navigate a tumultuous environment that ...

IMF, Ukraine reach deal that could unlock $700 million disbursement
Reuters
... of Europe's poorest, tumbled into recession due to the coronavirus pandemic. ... debt sustainability while protecting vulnerable populations, ...

UK forms green investment partnership with Bill Gates – business live
The Guardian
... Project will invest in green hydrogen, long-term storage, sustainable aviation fuel and direct capture of CO2; Johnson: Covid vaccine success ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

MIT report addresses connectivity's role in decarbonization
Ericsson
Called Decarbonizing industries with connectivity and 5G, the report is sponsored by Ericsson. It is based on insights from senior technology, ...

5G can help industries reduce carbon emissions, says MIT Technology Review Insights
PR Newswire
Data-based decarbonization. Digital channels are essential to business operations today, and while efficiency gains are usually the most important ...

5G can help industries reduce carbon emissions, says MIT Technology Review Insights
Yahoo
The white paper, "Decarbonizing industries with connectivity and 5G," is ... Cellular-based technology allows firms to achieve considerable ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Finance Can Save the Planet. It Just Needs Better Data.
Bloomberg.com
The backers include BlackRock Inc., the world's biggest money manager with ... combined with the work of the International Financial Reporting ...

How to build more sustainable, healthier, more equitable food systems
The World Economic Forum
And it also includes initiatives the World Economic Forum helped to catalyse, ... reporting and build momentum on the development of global ...

Netflix adds 4.4M subs in Q3, pushes global total to 213.56M
Light Reading
Under the future reporting metric, that translates to 625 million hours ... Although this initiative is in its "very early days," Netflix noted ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Philippines’ Ayala Corp. Unit To Take Full Ownership Of Australian Renewable Energy Venture In $243 Million Deal
Forbes
Under the deal, AC Energy will acquire the remaining 51.6% stake in UPC/AC Renewables Australia that it doesn't own from partners UPC Renewables Asia ...

Iberdrola avoids Spanish renewable energy auction due to regulatory concerns
Reuters
"Iberdrola did not go into the auction because of the regulatory uncertainty, which has made us reconsider our investments in renewables in the ...

Chesapeake Utilities Secures Sustainability Linked Financing for Capital Investments in Energy ...
WMBF News
"This lending facility opens the door for additional clean energy projects aligned with our sustainability strategy." The financing supports the ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP reports record number of disclosures and unveils new strategy to help further tackle ...
CDP
Over 13,000 companies, worth over 64% of global market capitalization, disclosed their environmental data through CDP this year, an increase of ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

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Impact Investing:

Continuity Podcast - Episode 17 - Spotlight on ESG Investments Increases Litigation Risk
Lexology
From a securities litigation risk perspective, we're seeing ESG's impact primarily on two types of entities. The first is investment funds, ...

Protesters urge Gwynedd council to act over climate change crisis
North Wales Chronicle
“Responsible investing is an issue that is addressed at every meeting of our investment panel, where we discuss with asset managers who invest on ...

13th Edition of Sankalp Global Summit 2021 concludes successfully
India Education Diary
It hosted 58 Sessions, 500+ Entrepreneurs, 200+ Investors, and over 100+ Female Founders who discussed and deliberated on sustainable and ...

Energy Storage

Joint venture to boost the UK's energy storage capacity with 3GWh pipeline
Power Engineering International
A joint venture between battery storage projects developer Penso Power and maritime company BW Group will build 3GWh of energy storage capacity in the ...

Fluence's IPO could raise US$750 million, trebling company's billion-dollar+ valuation
Energy Storage News
Harmony Energy Income Trust (Harmony), a battery storage investment fund operated by UK renewables and energy storage developer Harmony Energy, ...

Huawei wins the world's biggest contract for energy storage
Shanghai Daily
Huawei Digital Power signed a contract with SEPCOIII for the Red Sea Project for up to 1,300 MWh (megawatt hours) of battery energy storage solution ( ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Dentsu's global sustainability lead: 'We have to address our role in driving consumption'
Campaign US
In year one of its strategy, Dentsu International has reduced its internal "Science-based targets" emissions by 36%, which is 78% of its target to ...

America needs a climate plan compromise | TheHill
The Hill
... it with a policy that can achieve similar emissions reductions. ... while meeting the science-based targets necessary to retain the support of ...

Key to Biden's Climate Agenda Like to Be Cut Because of Manchin
The New York Times
Senator Joe Manchin III, the Democrat from coal-rich West Virginia ... focused on advancing the president's climate goals and positioning the ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Bad policy for the sake of US climate leadership is still bad policy | TheHill
The Hill
One single piece of legislation will not solve climate change, and the ... major European countries have picked energy winners and losers, ...

Africa: How to Tackle Covid-19 Jobs Crisis and Climate Change? Invest in Clean Energy
allAfrica.com
But the quality of jobs created in climate-positive sectors must be protected by ensuring fair wages and working ... 'WINNERS AND LOSERS'.

Problems abound, but we could yet emerge as winners
Brisbane Times
First, farmers are the biggest losers from climate change and the biggest winners from successful global action to limit further global warming.

Microgrids:

Microgrid energy plan for SA wilderness
Northern Beaches Review
A renewable energy microgrid will be installed in the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in South Australia's Flinders Ranges after securing $1.3 ...

Strategic Plan Panel Receives Information on Pilot Microgrid
PrimePublishers.com
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has offered grants to municipalities that implement microgrids. Southbury had submitted an ...

Microgrid Technology Market Size, Trend, and SWOT Analysis 2021: ABB, Toshiba, GE, SandC ...
Puck77
The global Microgrid Technology market is composed of evidential market relevant data coupled with valuable insights for the report readers.

Socially Responsible Investing:

'We are here to make pensions simple' - BL meets with PensionBee CEO Romi Savova
Business Leader
PensionBee has had investments from a large number of investors, ... when it comes to socially responsible investing is our Fossil Fuel Free Plan, ...

My Say: How the social market can solve housing problems
The Edge Markets
When developers have invested heavily over three to five years to build homes, they often cannot bring themselves to cut prices to the prevailing ...

Municipality Finance issues a GBP 50 million tap under its MTN programme
GlobeNewswire
Lending is used for environmentally and socially responsible investment targets such as public transportation, sustainable buildings, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

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Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

COVID-19 lockdowns drive decline in active fires in southeastern United States
PNAS
Using active fire data from satellite-based observations, ... nuclei and mesoscale climate processes and that longer-term impacts of COVID-19 on ...

Live Updates: Latest News on COVID-19 and Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed
"Repeal this act, because we think it should be up to the discretion of the university to make this decision," he said.

Montana Coronavirus Report
Montana Free Press
New COVID cases are dropping nationwide, but in Montana they're ... to slow the COVID-19 pandemic, he has said he'll take a data-driven approach ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Highgate Increases Investment In Sustainability Initiatives
WYMT
Highgate Increases Investment In Sustainability Initiatives. Moves to 100% Renewable Electricity for Majority of Portfolio. Published: Oct. 20, 2021 ...

Interest in Socially Responsible Practices and Investing Soars to New High
Valdosta Daily Times
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 20, 2021--. Socially responsible investing (SRI) has taken its place at the head of the sustainability table ...
    
Highgate Increases Investment In Sustainability Initiatives
WCAX
Highgate Increases Investment In Sustainability Initiatives. Moves to 100% Renewable Electricity for Majority of Portfolio. Published: Oct. 20, 2021 ...

Geoengineering:

Why we must embrace geoengineering and other technologies to stop the climate crisis
The Conversation
We need to cultivate citizen interest and government support for research into the development of large-scale geoengineering projects.

White House appoints 2021-2022 class of White House fellows
Today News Africa
She has authored papers on subjects ranging from solar geoengineering to energy access in emerging economies and has spoken at over 20 ...

Gray Area Festival: Worlding Protocol
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Even with the promise of new technologies enabling real-time simulation, distributed financial systems, and geoengineering, exclusionary and ...

Green Bond Funds:

Colombia Taps Local Green Bond Market Again to Meet ESG Demand
Bloomberg.com
Depending on demand, the government may sell as much as 975 billion pesos of the securities, which will fund renewable energy, water management, clean ...

Quebec Pension Giant Caisse Plans a Return to the Euro Bond Market
Yahoo Finance
It might also look at more “tactical” bond deals in pounds sterling, Australian dollars or some of the Asian currencies, among others. Green bonds ...

Low Carbon Funds:

The Brief: Today's Call: Black tech, green solutions, low-carbon lithium, reimagining capitalism ...
ImpactAlpha
The Brief: Today's Call: Black tech, green solutions, low-carbon lithium, reimagining capitalism, emissions accounting, impact finance careers ...

Net zero announcement: UK sets out plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions
BBC
Part of that portfolio will be an extra £500m fund for low carbon innovation. Environmentalists will be scrutinising the numbers to see if various ...

Over half of 'low-carbon' ESG funds are exaggerating claims
The Business Times
Over half of 'low-carbon' ESG funds are exaggerating claims. Ex-BlackRock CIO denounces products as 'marketing gimmick', says that claims that such ...