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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Ensuring Supply Chain Sustainability in a Post-Pandemic World | SupplyChainBrain
Supply Chain Brain
Further down the list, 17% cited a specific sustainability manager role, ... Wake up to Coronavirus Updates and the latest Supply Chain News!

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Presented by Delta — The one person happy to miss COP26 | TheHill
The Hill
The Wall Street Journal reports that since Greta Thunberg, the global face of youth climate activism, turned 18 in January, her dad, Svante Thunberg, ...

Q&A: Financial Advisors Weigh Sustainable Investing Strategies | WTOP
WTOP
Sustainable investing, led by climate change concerns, is a hot topic for investors and only got hotter during the coronavirus pandemic and recent ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

BBVA announces decarbonization targets for new economic sectors by 2030
BBVA
BBVA has set intermediate targets to decarbonize its portfolio in four CO2-intensive industries. ... These sectors, together with coal, account for 60 ...

COP26: Mission Innovation targets decarbonization of cities, industry and accelerated CCS ...
S&P Global
The Mission Innovation group will also promote the replacement of fossil-based fuels, chemicals and materials with bio-based alternatives, led by ...

Hyzon Motors and ITOCHU to pursue decarbonization in the global mining sector - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

ESG Disclosure Standards Go Global With ISSB Launch | Kiplinger
Kiplinger
... stakeholders to build out voluntary reporting systems, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), or the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

It's a new day for ESG reporting and disclosure | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
Other key actors — including the GRI, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the World Economic Forum's International ...

The ISSB: A Game-Changer for ESG Reporting - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Developing globally accepted sustainability reporting standards is in and ... The notable omission of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) from ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

FACT SHEET: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Boosts Clean Energy Jobs, Strengthens ...
The White House
Together, these once-in-a-generation investments will unlock the full potential of a clean energy economy that combats climate change, ...

Serbia eyes 17 bln euro investment in renewable energy in next 20 years | Reuters
Reuters
Serbia must invest 17 billion euros ($19.6 billion) in renewable energy sources like hydro and solar over the next 20 years to replace ailing ...

CIP to increase renewable energy investments
Energy Global
CIP has announced a roadmap for increasing and accelerating its role in delivering on the energy transition by investing €100 billion in clean ...

CDP Sustainability:

Climate transition plans: Critical to keep companies accountable for net-zero - The CDP Blog - EDIE
EDIE
Nicolette Bartlett, Chief Impact Officer, CDP, explores how climate transitions plans will become a crucial aspect for businesses and sustainability ...

GIB Asset Management and CDP call for net zero 2030 - Investment Week
Investment Week
For investors, this means seizing the opportunities sustainability challenges present, which can be facilitated through a low-carbon intensive ...

IFRS Foundation announces International Sustainability - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
The IFRS Foundation will complete consolidation of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB—an initiative of CDP) and the Value Reporting ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Most Support California's Leadership in Climate Change Policy
Public Policy Institute of California
A majority of Californians believe that climate change has contributed to droughts and wildfires, and seven in ten value the state's leadership on ...

Column: Global leaders lag California, San Diego officials on climate action
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Boerner Horvath said it is important for California to have a voice at the conference because of its leadership on climate change.
    
UCI's Michael Méndez to lead press conference at UN climate change summit - UCI News
UCI News
... a press conference called “California Leadership in Climate Justice” on Monday, Nov. 8, at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference ...

Impact Investing:

How are ESG, sustainability and impact investing different? | International Adviser
International Adviser
Impact investing is a “general investment strategy that seeks to generate financial returns while also creating a positive social or environmental ...

Why the world needs both ESG and impact investing (and how they're different) - Technical.ly
Technical.ly
Three criteria make an impact investor, and two must be true of an investment itself to count. Plus: How do the UN Sustainable Development Goals ...

Stephanie Gripne Is Spreading the Gospel of Impact Investing - Next City
Next City
And impact investing is trying to invest with a lens towards doing the positive thing. How have you kickstarted your push to take IFC infrastructure ...

Energy Storage

BP, Breakthrough Energy Ventures in Long Duration Energy Storage Council, launching at ...
Energy Storage News
A new CEO-led organisation representing a broad range of long-duration energy storage technologies and their role in achieving global energy ...

Long Duration Energy Storage Council launches - reNews
reNews
Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council will be launched today at COP26 with a mission to replace the use of fossil fuels in meeting energy ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Chipotle Sets Science Based Climate Goals To Reduce Its Carbon Emissions 50% By 2030
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) today announced it has set science-based targets with the Science Based Targets initiative ...
    
Deckers Sets Science-Based Targets and Releases its FY21 Creating Change Report
Yahoo Finance
Deckers worked with The Carbon Trust to calculate a Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions baseline (FY19) and has set robust GHG emissions reduction targets. " ...

QIAGEN Commits to Reduce Carbon Emissions by Setting Science-Based Target to Reach ...
Business Wire
Joins “Business Ambition for 1.5˚C” campaign of the Science-Based Targets initiative; Commitment to achieve by 2030 at least 40% reduction in ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate policy creates winners and losers, and governments need to choose the best ...
The Conversation
These include changes to employment, economic growth, energy prices and economic activity levels. Read more: COP26 deforestation deal key to slowing ...

There's a clear economic solution to climate change: Losers must bribe winners | TheHill
TheHill
Why have economists failed for so long to provide a solution to climate change that recognizes the inherent selfishness of successive generations?

Winners and losers from House Democrats' messy Friday fracas - Roll Call
Roll Call
... week that spans everything from prescription drugs to climate change. ... Here are winners, losers and those still fighting after several wild ...

Microgrids:

What the US Infrastructure Deal Does for Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Last week's passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill by the US House paves the way for a range of new funding opportunities for microgrids.

Study Identifies What Customers are Willing to Pay for Resilient Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Creating an electric resilience metric is an important goal for the microgrid industry. It's also part of an effort by the California Public Utilities ...

Here's how city-owned solar microgrids could power Ann Arbor homes and businesses - mlive.com
MLive.com
ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is exploring the idea of creating city-owned solar microgrids to power neighborhoods and meet the community's 2030 carbon- ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Op-ed: The future of socially responsible investing is in female hands - CNBC
CNBC
As sustainable investing continues to grow, women are taking the lead as investors, industry decision-makers and corporate executives.

The power of socially responsible investing in the age of COP26 | Financial Post
Financial Post
Impact investing focuses on earning a ROI and impacting the world around you. For example, I worked with a client who said it was important to invest ...

Socially responsible investing no longer just a fad | Rochester Business Journal
Rochester Business Journal
Each year, Zachary Armstong thinks socially responsible investing could not get more popular than it was the year before; and every year he has ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Explainer: How industry is depending on carbon capture technology for climate goals | Reuters
Reuters
Captured CO2 usually is permanently stored underground, although carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) reuses the CO2.

NYSERDA and the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities Announce Expanded ...
NYSERDA - NY.gov
Both solution-sets – carbon capture, utilization, and storage, and green hydrogen – are promising for advancing decarbonization efforts, ...

ExxonMobil and Pertamina to Evaluate Carbon Capture and Storage in Indonesia | Business Wire
Business Wire
The companies have agreed to assess the potential for technologies such as carbon capture, utilization and storage, and low-carbon hydrogen.

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

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Sustainability Investing: 

Does Sustainable Investing Really Help the Environment? - WSJ
Wall Street Journal
Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that focus on ESG (environmental, social, and governance issues) have made a lot of money for investment firms.

ESG investing has a blind spot that puts the $35 trillion industry's sustainability promises in doubt
The Conversation
By quantifying a company's actions and outcomes on environmental, social and governance issues, ESG measures offer investors a way to make informed ...

The evolution of ESG investing. Here's what's next - CNBC
CNBC
There's more to sustainable investing than just screening for companies based on ESG factors. Activist funds have a track record of pushing for ...

Geoengineering:

Should we dim the sun? Why we need to talk about solar geoengineering - CNET
CNET
Solar geoengineering doesn't address the underlying cause of human-driven climate change: carbon emissions. However, some scientists argue that it ...

Why Climate-Change Geoengineering Feels Wrong - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Daily
For decades, people have concocted “geoengineering” schemes: plan Bs to cool the planet back down to a safer temperature range if nations can't ...

Countering global warming with solar geoengineering - YouTube
YouTube
... scientists are looking to mimic what happened and applying to fight global warming, a controversial concept known as solar geoengineering.

Green Bond Funds:

First LatAm green bond fund launched at COP26 - GlobalCapital
GlobalCapital
LAGreen will invest in green bonds issued in Latin America to fund climate friendly projects in the region. It aims to help countries in Latin America ...

European Commission Issues its First—and the World's Largest—Green Bond - National Law Review
National Law Review
Demonstrate that green bonds are an efficient instrument to channel private capital to fund climate investments. While the transaction is a welcome ...

Ford Offering $2.5B Green Bonds to Help Finance EV Effort - TheStreet
TheStreet
Ford said that it would allocate proceeds from the bond offering to fund investment in its battery-powered electric vehicle portfolio.

Low Carbon Funds:

How to Find Low Carbon Funds? | Morningstar
Morningstar
The low carbon designation is awarded to investment funds whose portfolios exhibit low degrees of carbon risk and derive limited revenue from the ...

COP26 commitment to low-carbon tech funding for developing nations | Upstream Online
Upstream Online
Expansion of international technology collaboration on the table at climate change summit.

Australia to set up $740 mln fund to develop low-emissions technology | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Australia will set up a A$1 billion ($740 million) fund to invest in companies to develop low-emissions technology, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...