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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

These are the 6 fastest-growing green jobs of the next decade—and how much they pay - CNBC
CNBC
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has raised concerns about environmental health and fed into demand for certain green jobs.

The coronavirus chronicles: sustainability and your company's communications | Millie F. Dizon
BusinessMirror
OUR previous column, The Get-Go in Green Communications, highlighted today's significant desire for environmental advocacy.

Status check: Managing debt sustainability and development priorities through a 'Big Push'
Brookings Institution
Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have seen development prospects fade in the two years since the onset of COVID-19.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

IAI models 1.5-degree decarbonization scenario to reduce aluminum industry emissions ...
S&P Global
The modelling was based on the International Energy Agency's Net-Zero by 2050 scenario and complements existing IAI work, such as detailed historical ...

Ørsted Sets Long-term, Science-based, Net-zero Target - Solar Industry
Solar Industry
As part of the launch, Ørsted's 2040 net-zero full value chain decarbonization target has now been validated as science-based.

Air Canada to Support the Development of Sustainable Fuel and Decarbonization ... - CNW Group
CNW Group
As a founding member, we will work with other global carriers and invest in emerging technologies to advance the decarbonization of our sector and ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

New CEO as Global Reporting Initiative Embraces International Role - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Starting 1 January 2022, Eelco will join GRI from multinational professional services network PwC, where he is Global ESG Platform Leader for Tax, ...

GRI appoints PwC partner as new CEO - Accounting Today
Accounting Today
The Global Reporting Initiative has confirmed Eelco van der Enden, a partner at PwC Netherlands, as its next CEO, starting Jan. 1, 2022.

U.S. Silent on Joining Global Accord on Sustainability Standards - Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
Mandatory sustainability reporting standards are brewing for companies in ... GRI is one of the largest voluntary ESG reporting standard setters.

Renewable Energy Investments:

US President Joe Biden unveils plan to invest $555 bn on green energy - Business Standard
Business Standard
Read more about US President Joe Biden unveils plan to invest $555 bn on green energy on Business-standard. Amount part of $1.75-trillion tax and ...

Renewable energy is the future. Here are 5 ways to play this opportunity... - Mint
Mint
India's investments in renewable energy have accelerated in recent years. ... #1 Buy stocks of companies investing in green energy.

4 Top Renewable Energy Stocks To Watch In The Stock Market Today | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
His plans include at least $555 billion in climate and clean energy investments. Well, these are developments that would favor companies in the ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP: Less than 1% of funds worth $27trn are aligned to the Paris Agreement - Edie
Edie
Less than 1% of investment funds worth $27trn are currently aligned with the Paris Agreement's target to keep global temperature increases "well ...

As US cities build green infrastructure, here's one way they're paying for it - Quartz
Quartz
CDP, an environmental non-profit, estimates there are $26 billion in resiliency infrastructure projects underway in nearly 100 US cities.

Bimbo pledges net zero carbon emissions by 2050 | 2021-10-29 - Bakingbusiness.com
Bakingbusiness.com
SBTi is a partnership between CDP (an environmental non-profit), ... by 2050 and also offered updates on progress toward its sustainability goals.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

What's at stake for California at climate conference as Newsom backs out? - CalMatters
CalMatters
Gov. Newsom and state leaders are going to an international conference to make a statement on California climate change policy.

Newsom abruptly cancels plans to attend U.N. climate change summit - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Long a national leader on progressive environmental issues, California is working to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2045. Last year, Newsom ...

California Governor Newsom to Attend United Nations Climate Change Conference to Call ...
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
GLASGOW – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he will join global leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in ...

Impact Investing:

Knowing the difference between ethical, responsible and impact investing - FTAdviser.com
FTAdviser
“Impact investing describes an approach where investors want to own companies with meaningful positive impacts and that are able to quantify the ...

Impact Investors Can Catalyze A Just Transition To Net-Zero Emissions - Forbes
Forbes
Doing so would reinforce impact investors' leadership in ESG performance, while demonstrating the art of the possible to the mainstream investment ...

The Week in impact investing: Multi-sector - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
The Week in impact investing: Multi-sector ... “Suddenly now you have risk managers and then shareholders and investors and then companies,” as ...

Energy Storage

Renewable energy storage not prepared for transition: BofA's Blanch - YouTube
YouTube
Bank of America's Francisco Blanch and Neuberger Berman's Jonathan Bailey join 'Squawk Box' to discuss the emerging energy crisis.

Fluence prices stock at US$28 per share for IPO, listing today - Energy Storage News
Energy Storage News
Shares of Class A common stock of energy storage tech company Fluence are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market today (28 ...

Gravity-based energy storage tower developer notches a customer order - PV Magazine
PV Magazine
The tower will be charged with solar photovoltaic energy. The dispatched storage will support the creation of renewable hydrogen, biogenic based, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Globant Achieves Carbon Neutrality and Signs Science-Based Targets Commitment to ...
PR Newswire
Globant already signed the Science-Based Target commitment letter to ... of our environmental footprint and reaching carbon neutrality is another ...

INNIO Shapes Energy Landscape, Joining Science Based Targets Initiative and “Race to ...
Business Wire
INNIO joins the Science Based Targets initiative for emissions reductions · INNIO's participation is part of its relentless commitment to reduce carbon ...

Meat and dairy companies told to set science-based targets to cut their carbon, methane emissions
Feed Navigator
Meat and dairy companies told to set science-based targets to cut their ... Assessment and Performance (LEAP), a multi-stakeholder initiative.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

An Investor's Guide to Winners and Losers of COP26 Climate Talks - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
strategists estimate $2.3 trillion of global stock market value could be wiped out by the turn of the century because of changing climate policies.

An Investor's Guide to Winners and Losers of COP26 Climate Talks - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
A successful COP26 “would set the tone for policy change over the medium to long-term,” says Wai-Shin Chan, head of the Climate Change Centre at HSBC ...

China's Supply Chain Bottlenecks: Winners and Losers - The Diplomat
The Diplomat
It also requires strong scenario planning to adapt to changing circumstances. This will become increasingly important as climate change takes hold, ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids Needed for High-Risk Bushfire Towns - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
“Stand-alone or grid connected, islandable microgrids incorporating a range of technologies like solar PV, battery storage systems and smart energy ...

Idaho National Laboratory to research net-zero microgrids - Power Engineering
Power Engineering
The Idaho National Laboratory will research microgrid technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide enhanced grid resiliency.

California to Consider 4 Utility Microgrids to Help Avert Possible Capacity Shortfall
Microgrid Knowledge
The utility microgrids were included in what California calls a “proposed decision,” the pre-vote recommendations of an administrative law judge ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially responsible investing: Can it mesh with living my values? - Florida Today
Florida Today
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) or Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) investing has gone mainstream along with our hope that we can ...

Socially responsible investing: Indian investors are taking to ESG investments
The Financial Express
The concept of ESG investments is much accepted among the global fund managers as many of them are tracking ESG indices such as the S&P 500 ESG Index, ...

Opinion: My problem with 'ESG' investing - MarketWatch
MarketWatch
Socially responsible investing is hotter than a dried out riverbed in August. Pension funds are dumping stocks that go against their environmental ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Alberta seen as a leader in development of carbon capture utilization and storage technology
Canadian Biomass Magazine
Alberta is seen as a world leader in accelerating carbon capture utilization and storage. Such technology is helping to reduce emissions, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market 2021: Classification, Application And ...
The Manomet Current –
A microscopic view over the intense competition in the global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage industry is added in the market analysis.

Denbury, Mitsui Collaborating to Capture CO2 from Gulf Coast Oil Projects - Natural Gas Intelligence
Natural Gas Intelligence
Sequestering emissions from oil using carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is the aim of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

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Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainability And Investing Lessons Learned In The Pandemic Era | Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
Interconnected environmental, social and governance issues have reinforced the role of sustainable investing strategies as an indispensable part ...

Why We Believe Sustainability Is Everyone's Responsibility | Institutional Investor
Institutional Investor
At MFS, we seek to understand a company's effect on society and the environment from an investment perspective. We believe that the journey ...

Sustainability Sector $300 Million Richer Thanks To Builders Private Capital Investment
Environment + Energy Leader
Describing BPC's investment strategy, newly minted managing director Stephen Feilhauler stated,. “Having been an investor in sustainable energy for ...

Geoengineering:

World needs to look at geoengineering to mitigate the effects of climate change | The Japan Times
The Japan Times
Whether people believe that solar geoengineering is dangerous, potentially useful, or both, they should support more careful, open and transparent ...

Geopolitics, geoengineering governance, and the role of developing countries | ORF
ORF
Climate Change, COP26, Climate-Resilient, Geopolitics, geoengineering ... geoengineering techniques such as Solar Radiation Management (SRM).

The case for geo-engineering | The Economist
The Economist
The alternative to this game of chicken would be to meet the Paris temperature limits through other means. Solar geoengineering is an approach to the ...

Green Bond Funds:

Latest Green Bond Purchase Safeguards Largest Unprotected Forest In Wisconsin - Forbes
Forbes
The purchase of the property, now referred to as Pelican River Forest, means The Conservation Fund will safeguard wildlife habitat and water ...

Bond Investors Challenge Wall Street Greenwashing - WSJ
Wall Street Journal
Fund managers are avoiding some green bonds they say don't meet sustainable investing standards.

Global green bond issuance could pass $1 trln next year, survey says | Reuters
Reuters
The Climate Bonds Initiative, a London-based non-profit body that promotes investment in the low-carbon economy, forecasts that green bond issuance ...

Low Carbon Funds:

DOE Announces $14.5 Million Supporting Direct Air Capture and Storage Coupled to Low ...
Department of Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $14.5 million in available funding to leverage existing low-carbon energy to scale-up direct air capture ...

S'pore pledges $10m in new funds, making more investments in low-carbon technology ...
The Straits Times
An earlier announced low-carbon energy research funding initiative has also been expanded from the original $49 million to $55 million, with the money ...

Climate finance meets low-carbon agtech - Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution
But with actual financing needs quickly approaching the trillions, the more important discussion may be reforming how public climate finance is ...