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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Special report: Redefining sustainability | 2021-10-25 | Food Business News
Food Business News
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic laid bare global inequities. Increasingly, consumers are expecting large businesses to demonstrate leadership ...

Paterno Fellow fights for a more sustainable university - Penn State News
Penn State News - Penn State University
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: Visit Penn State's virus information website to keep ... Nora Van Horn helps to establish UPUA's Department of Sustainability ...

UAE: Demand for sustainable travel growing post pandemic, experts say - News | Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
Mendiratta added that the world had 18 months to “find solutions” and now it was time for action. coronavirus · Europe · Asia · Ashwani Kumar.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Coupling power and hydrogen sector pathways to benefit decarbonization - MIT News
MIT News - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An MIT-led research team studied the role and impact of hydrogen-based technology pathways in a future low-carbon, integrated energy system and ...

Holistic Optimization: Coupling Power and Hydrogen Sector Pathways To Benefit Decarbonization
SciTechDaily
An MIT-led research team studied the role and impact of hydrogen-based technology pathways in a future low-carbon, integrated energy system and finds ...

Decarbonization fuels M&A push in Australia's energy sector - Nikkei Asia
Nikkei Asia
Companies are "preparing themselves for the energy transition," Andrew Harwood, research director at U.K.-based Wood Mackenzie, said of the trend.

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI Updates to Universal Standards Emphasize Human Rights Reporting - National Law Review
National Law Review
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) recently published its revised Universal Standards, which go into effect on January 1, 2023.

How a new global sustainability board aims to cut through disclosure confusion | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
The confusing world of sustainability reporting frameworks and standards ... standards already exist, including the Global Reporting Initiative; ...

Ahead of COP26, here's how leaders can dispel ESG confusion - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
ESG disclosure has been high on the agenda of global regulators. ... with the Global Reporting Initiative on the reporting side and global ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

3 Renewable Energy Stocks Worth Buying and Holding Until At Least 2050 | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Investors seeking solid, but sustainable, long-term growth can trust their capital with Brookfield Renewable. Equinor largely depends on oil and gas, ...

3 Renewable Energy Stocks for Beginner Investors | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
As the world pushes toward a clean energy future, these companies could generate big returns for their shareholders.

Down over 25%, These 3 Renewable Energy Stocks Are Too Cheap to Ignore | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure gives investors income and growing assets in the renewable energy sector. TPI Composites can turn things around ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP: Sustainable development is our generation's challenge says Baldino - English - ANSA.it
ANSA.it
(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 20 - Antonella Baldino, the Chief International Finance Officer of the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) public investment bank, ...

Paul Dickinson, Founder Chair of CDP, Joins Persefoni's Sustainability Advisory Board
PR Newswire
In addition to founding CDP, Dickinson has served as a member of the Environmental Research Group of the UK Faculty and Institute of Actuaries. Paul ...

Invest for fair and sustainable economy says CDP chief - English - ANSA.it
ANSA.it
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti CEO Dario Scannapieco told the closing session of the Finance in Common Summit 2021 that "we must invest in an inclusive ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

NASA Leadership Visits JPL, Discusses Climate Change and Mars - SpaceRef
SpaceRef
Wade Crowfoot; and California Environmental Protection Sec. Jared Blumenfeld. “In truth, this discussion is about saving our planet,” Nelson said. “ ...

Biden sees American credibility on the line as he races to lock down climate action ahead of ...
KESQ
Biden is shown here delivering remarks during a virtual Leaders Summit on ... The US' credibility on climate change and his own standing as an ...

Biden focuses on climate, families in trimmed down $2-trillion plan - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
“He really believes American leadership, American prestige is on the ... Failure to act on climate change would have far-reaching consequences in ...

Impact Investing:

An Introduction To Impact Investing – Forbes Advisor
Forbes
Impact investing is when investors pursue strategies that create positive environmental or social benefits, in addition to strong investment returns.

These Impact Investors Know The Power Communities Can Bring To Venture - Forbes
Forbes
Communities have helped diverse founders and investors find a home in venture and given them the tools to succeed.

Deep Dive: Impact investing different to ESG
Investment Week
Nick Parsons, head of ESG at Thomas Lloyd Group, dives into impact investing. Measuring impact is neither an art, nor a science, and requires a ...

Energy Storage

Honeywell enters energy storage market, teams with Duke to test 12-hour flow battery tech ...
Utility Dive
Honeywell is moving into the energy storage market with the announcement of a flow battery technology that can store and dispatch electricity for ...

Tesla's prototype battery with 5 times more energy storage comes to life at Panasonic - CNET
CNET
It promises fives times more energy storage, which may increase ranges significantly. In addition to more energy, the battery will cost 50% less to ...

Project Tracking Review: Top 10 US Energy Storage Developers - Enverus
Enverus
In its simplest form, energy storage is best thought of as an enabling technology; it enables producers to store excess energy for use in periods ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Top Businesses Increasingly Set Net Zero Goals, Science-Based Targets
Environment + Energy Leader
Drive your #sustainability strategy and performance with the #Metrio Sustainability Reporting Software Platform. -Centralize and validate your #ESG ...

Henry Schein To Set Long-term Science-based Emissions Reduction Target - Quick Facts | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
The company said it is committed to set a science-based target to guide ... lead the global transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy.

SSEN SETS AMBITIOUS CARBON EMISSION TARGETS - Island Echo
Island Echo
Verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the network operator will strive to cut emissions further and faster by: ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners, losers, and other telling moments from Week 7 in the NFL - Yahoo News
Yahoo News
Tom Brady and Joe Burrow were both big winners this weekend, ... Climate change policies would be universal if Democrats used the right words, ...

Winners and losers in the energy transition - Natural Gas World
Natural Gas World
In its new Climate Change Resilience report, published on Monday, Chevron set out details of two new objectives: a longer-term “aspiration” to ...

Why net zero by 2050 is good but not good enough - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
What is the goal for 2030? The changes in climate we anticipate will create winners and losers right across the nation. The deeper the cuts now the ...

Microgrids:

5 Common Questions About Microgrids Answered
Microgrid Knowledge
Short answer: A microgrid is a local cluster of energy resources within a defined footprint, such as a building, campus or neighborhood. Microgrids ...

UGE Builds Energy-Resilient Microgrids for Communities in NYC Flood Zones - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
As the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaches, eight RISE:NYC microgrids developed in partnership with NYCEDC, HUD, and SimpliPhi will ...

Global Micro Grids Market to Reach $46.5 Billion by 2026 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Microgrid refers to a local energy grid featuring control capability, enabling the microgrid to disconnect from the conventional grid and operate ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Is ESG investing really socially responsible? - Marketplace.org
Marketplace.org
That trend, also known as ESG investing, or investments that consider environmental, social and governance factors, is gaining public attention. But ...

Here Is Everything You Need To Know About ESG: A Socially Responsible Way of Investing
time.com
ESG investing is a type of investment strategy that considers a company's socially responsible operations as a factor for your investments.

Allianz: Socially Responsible Investing Now Mainstream | National Association of Plan Advisors
National Association of Plan Advisors
Socially responsible investing (SRI) reportedly has taken a place at the head of the impact investing table, as new survey results find that ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Global Market Report 2021 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Market to grow and reach $2.97 Billion in 2025 according to the "Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Global Market Report ...

$2+ Billion Worldwide Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry to 2030 - Identify ...
Business Wire
The global carbon capture, utilization, and storage market is expected to grow from $1.30 billion in 2020 to $1.46 billion in 2021 at a compound ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market Projected to Hit $7.0 Billion by 2030 - EIN News
EIN News
Carbon Capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is an emission reduction process, which is intended to prevent large amounts of carbon dioxide ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

How to make satellite data useful for farmers facing climate change
Devex
The initiative helps decision-makers use information from Earth-observing satellites and other geospatial technologies to act on climate-sensitive ...

Covid Updates: Medical Groups Declare Youth Mental Health Crisis
The New York Times
The plan also contributed $50 million for community-based funding for local ... showed that officials who were making decisions about pandemic ...

YSPH's Vermund to return to full-time teaching, research following deanship
Yale News
“YSPH experts in transmission, genetics, vaccines, social behaviors, modeling, health policy, and health equity have not only been at the forefront of ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable investing is no different from 'value' investing, says asset manager - CNBC
CNBC
Incorporating ESG factors can help investors to find such companies, said Yimei Li, CEO of China Asset Management or ChinaAMC. ESG — or environmental, ...

Here Is Everything You Need To Know About ESG: A Socially Responsible Way of Investing
time.com
“The first sustainable investing mutual fund launched in 1971 and it focused on the exclusion of certain companies due to ethical considerations,” ...

ESG Investing Is A Solid Long-Term Strategy | Investor's Business Daily
Investor's Business Daily
Sustainability makes sense especially when thinking of long-term investing. An investor might decide to disregard ESG aspects when investing in a ...

Geoengineering:

Presbyterians expresses concern with solar geoengineering
The Presbyterian Outlook
Solar geoengineering is a perfect example of a technology that desperately needs precautionary principal considerations: think before you do anything ...

ODNI Report: Climate Change to Aggravate Risks to US National Security Over Next 20 Years
Executive Gov
... chance that countries will unilaterally test and deploy large-scale solar geoengineering—creating a new area of disputes,” the report reads.

US intelligence: The climate crisis is increasing tensions in the world - Commentary Box Sports
Commentary Box Sports
geoengineering. Geopolitical tensions are likely to rise as countries increasingly argue over how to achieve the necessary emissions reductions. The ...

Green Bond Funds:

Bank for International Settlements Reveals Creation of Asian Green Bond Fund - SWFI
Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) pushed out the Asian Green Bond Fund, in collaboration with the development financing community, ...

BIS plans 2022 launch for Asia green bond fund
Funds Global Asia
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has announced the launch of its Asian green bond fund in early 2022.

Explainer: What is the green bond market and why is it growing so fast? - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
Strong demand for green bonds is also driving growth, with major investors from asset managers to insurers and pension funds keen to scoop them up ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Exclusive: EQT seeks 4 billion euros for Polman-advised impact-driven fund | Reuters
Reuters
The fund, EQT Future, will invest in “mature companies with ... to both cut greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the transition to a low-carbon ...

Green Steelmaker H2 Seeks New Funds at $2.3 Billion Value - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
... one of a new breed of steelmakers seeking to overhaul the way the alloy is manufactured as global industries lurch toward a low-carbon future.

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, and Trustees Announce Commitment to Achieve Net ...
NYC.gov
The three New York City pension funds have also adopted the Net Zero Asset Owner ... presented by a global transition to a low carbon economy.