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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Deer populations may 'host' coronavirus | TheHill
TheHill
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Deer populations may 'host' coronavirus. By Sharon Udasin and Saul Elbein Tweet Share More. Today is Wednesday.

Sustainability, health and inclusiveness, the culinary mantra for 2022 is already defined ...
Times of India
A compilation of world's strictest measures. Coronavirus prevention: A compilation of world's strictest COVID-19 lockdown measures.

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Planned fires may create more carbon storage | TheHill
The Hill
Equilibrium/Sustainability — Planned fires may create more carbon storage ... Equilibrium/Sustainability — Deer populations may 'host' coronavirus ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

What Must the Aerospace Industry Do to Decarbonize? - AZoM
AZoM
Based on present trends, it was predicted that by 2050, commercial aviation aircraft emissions will have more than quadrupled. CO2, NOX (Nitrous gases) ...

Black & Veatch Report: Renewable Energy Integration Key to Asia's Decarbonization ...
Business Wire
The Black & Veatch 2022 Asia Electric Report is based on the inputs of 57 senior industry participants with business responsibilities covering ...

Morocco hopes to decarbonize energy sector by 2050 in new vision | The North Africa Post
The North Africa Post
The ambitious vision is however facing a number of roadblocks including high inertia of technical systems based on heavy equipment and infrastructures ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

2022 Will Prove a Pivotal Year for ESG Reporting | Corporate Compliance Insights
Corporate Compliance Insights
Further GRI sustainability standards are focused on material impact to others, while the other leading ESG standard-setting organization, the ...

Kadant Named to Newsweek's List of America's Most Responsible Companies 2022 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Kadant's most recent corporate sustainability report can be viewed at ... is structured according to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) best ...

Local Bounti Issues Inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
The report, which follows the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards and aligns with the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Implementing the Clean Energy Investments in US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
Equity and Justice 40 requirements — President Biden's commitment that 40% of federal climate and clean energy investments benefit disadvantaged ...

World investment in renewables “to rise 25% in 2022”: SEB | theenergyst.com finance, bank ...
The Energyst
governments spending more on energy infrastructure and · corporates looking to invest in decentralised energy, as a hedge against rocketing gas prices.

EV Stocks Too Pricey? 3 Cheaper Clean Energy Ideas for 2022 | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Enphase Energy just reported record quarterly revenue, and the stock has dropped over ... but you still want exposure to clean energy investments, ...

CDP Sustainability:

Somerville Recognized as One of 95 Global Climate-Action Leaders on CDP 2021 A List ...
City of Somerville
... as a global leader in climate action by environmental-impact nonprofit CDP. Somerville is one of 95 cities to make the 2021 CDP Cities A List, ...

More Companies Reporting Environmental Efforts in 2020 | EHS Today
EHS Today
The number of companies on CDP's Forests A List rose from 16 to 24 while the Water A List grew from 106 to 118. Some examples of environmental action ...

Ørsted Scores 'A' on Gold Standard Climate Action List - Again - CSRwire
CSRwire
Global environmental non-profit CDP acknowledges Ørsted as a global leader on climate action for the third year in a row. Since CDP's assessment ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

CA leaders must show urgency on climate change in new year | The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee
The California Legislature can't waste another year. It's now or never on climate change. By The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. Updated January 05, ...

How state leaders can advance climate-resilient schools now | EdSource
EdSource
California needs a master plan to provide safe and inspirational spaces for ... to learn that are protected from disruptions caused by climate change.

The California Legislature is back: What to expect in 2022 | Jefferson Public Radio
Jefferson Public Radio
On other issues such as housing and climate change mitigation, legislative leaders said they plan to see through the investments they made last ...

Impact Investing:

Impact investing at work, giving up at home? | The Social Enterprise Magazine - Pioneers Post
Pioneers Post
This is why I was surprised to recently find out that impact investors seem to struggle with the same challenges as everyone else to invest their own ...
    
Impact investing opportunities ripen - MEED
MEED
Broadly, impact investing is any capital deployment made to generate a positive social and environmental impact besides financial returns.

22 for '22: Markers of impact that investors will be watching in the year ahead - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 3 – There's no permission required, no excuses accepted, and no better time for impact investors to step up to leadership.

Energy Storage

Year in review 2021: The present and future of energy storage with Form Energy, Key ...
Energy Storage News
Key Capture Energy. Jeff Bishop, CEO and co-founder. What did the energy storage business in 2021 mean for your company and how did it compare with ...

Global Energy Storage As A Service Market (2021 to 2028) - Featuring Veolia, YSG Solar ...
Yahoo Finance
DUBLIN, January 05, 2022--The "Energy Storage As A Service Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Service (Customer Energy Management ...

Energy storage system to be built at former site of notorious New York City power plant ...
Yale Climate Connections
The 100-megawatt battery facility will store enough energy to power up to 100000 homes for four hours.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

HSBC, Walmart add science-based targets to supplier financing program | BusinessGreen News
Business Green
The catch? The suppliers must set validated science-based targets for emissions reductions and meet certain performance thresholds in ongoing ESG ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Greg Pierce: Winners and losers in the state's climate and energy plans - VTDigger
VTDigger
They are both losers. But the real losers are Vermonters who had reason to expect a better performance out of both the climate council and the public ...

From AOC to Joe Manchin, the winners and losers in a tumultuous 2021 in US politics | The ...
The Independent
Now, after months of negotiations with Mr Manchin, the rest of his domestic agenda on everything from climate change to a sweeping anti-poverty ...

Microgrids:

A Public Policy Vision for Microgrids as a Climate Solution
Microgrid Knowledge
Think Microgrid, a new advocacy and educational organization, explains its public policy vision for microgrids in a four-part Microgrid Knowledge ...
    
Microgrid Knowledge Names Congressman Jimmy Panetta as 'Microgrid Person of the Year 2021'
Microgrid Knowledge
Why is the microgrid tax credit so important? One only has to look to the solar industry. Solar grew 10,000% and created hundreds of thousands of jobs ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Is an emerging ESG vocabulary the key to stamping out greenwashing? | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
Amid a rush to capture the opportunities in ESG investing, fund companies the world over have been coming out with new “green”-labelled products ...

ESG investing: 'People want their investment portfolios to reflect their personal values'
Yahoo Finance
And socially responsible investing has seen a rise in popularity of sustainable ETFs. Let's bring in Wendy Wong, head of sustainable investment ...
    
What is holding ESG, sustainable and responsible investing back? | International Adviser
International Adviser
“During my time working in the asset and wealth management sector, it has variously been dubbed ethical investing, socially responsible investment ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Should carbon capture and storage be boosted by government money? - Energy Voice
Energy Voice
Carbon capture and storage will need to stand on its own feet, ... for the HyNet and the East Coast carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) ...

Corporations, politicians and new tax incentives support carbon mitigation investments | TheHill
The Hill
ESG utilization also enables corporate boards to identify risks, ... Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is among the most productive mitigation ...

Oil & Gas Start-Up Tracker-Issue 21 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... of decarbonization technologies and solutions, the carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) market is poised for rapid growth.

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

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Sustainability Investing: 

Investing In Sustainability For Emerging Markets - Forbes
Forbes
TP: What do you think is the principal motivating factor for someone to invest in sustainability? Is it the inevitability of environmental shocks or ...
    
ESG Investing Is Not Sustainable Investing - Forbes
Forbes
There's a lot of confusion in the marketplace regarding ESG and Sustainable or SRI investing. Many people think the two terms are interchangeable ...

Start ESG Investing in 2022 With These 5 ETFs | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance -- three areas of focus for corporate sustainability initiatives. ESG ETFs run the gamut, ...

Geoengineering:

Is Geoengineering the Only Solution?: Exploring Climate Crisis in Neal Stephenson's “Termination ...
Los Angeles Review of Books
Termination Shock. Neal Stephenson. NEAL STEPHENSON HAS a well-earned reputation for the kind of prescience that is equally often — sometimes in ...

Should humans try to dim the sun? - CityNews Ottawa
CityNews Ottawa
It's called solar geoengineering, and it's an idea being researched right now. If we can't blunt the impact of global warming with the measures ...

Green Bond Funds:

China's Clean Energy Plans Could Drive Green Bond ETFs - AdvisorHub
AdvisorHub
The Fund will invest in debt securities issued by Chinese corporations that finance environmentally beneficial projects. Such as building eco- ...

A Sustainable Future Needs More Than 'Greenwashing' - Clive Smith - Livewire Markets
Livewire Markets
Against this backdrop, it is inevitable that green bonds will, over the coming decades, play an integral part in funding the shift toward a...

Debt-for-climate swaps an effective means for relief - Mint
Mint
In 1987, Conservation International used donor funds to acquire $650,000 ... agree to swap their bonds at a heavy discount for these green bonds, ...  

Low Carbon Funds:

Popular ESG Funds Do Little To Curb Oil Demand - Forbes
Forbes
So far, U.S. producers have responded by cutting spending on new drilling projects and allocating more capital on decarbonization and low-carbon ...

China c.bank issues first loans to back financing for emissions cuts | Reuters
Reuters
China has issued the first 85.5 billion yuan ($13.4 billion) batch of low-cost loans to financial institutions to promote green projects and ...

Global exodus from fossil fuel holdings tops 1,500 institutions - Nikkei Asia
Nikkei Asia
The goal is net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the funds' portfolios by ... Lower fossil fuel demand would hit earnings at related companies, ...