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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Climate, democracy emergencies indivisible | TheHill
The Hill
The sprays and cloths that have helped bespectacled mask-wearers clear up foggy lenses throughout the coronavirus pandemic may contain high levels ...

Not sustainable to vaccinate the planet every 6 months, says Oxford vaccine co-creator ... - WION
WION
A top UK scientist who helped create Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has spoken against the need for a booster shot, saying that it was not ...

UPS CEO: Tech and Sustainability Will Drive Business Innovation Over the Next Decade ...
US Chamber of Commerce
More videos on YouTube ; Economy · 5 Takeaways from Suzanne Clark's First State of American Business... ; Coronavirus · Pfizer CEO: How the Company Is ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Taking on decarbonization in ag sector: ORNL summit highlights focus areas | Mirage News
Mirage News
Biofuels, such as those derived from the switchgrass being harvested in this field in Vonore, Tennessee, are just one of the technology-based.

How's the trucking decarbonization journey coming? - Fleet Equipment Magazine
Fleet Equipment Magazine
We rate the level of improvement on each of three decarbonization ... on how to decarbonize the road freight sector called Decarbonizing Road ...

'A decisive year': How three dozen shipping industry stakeholders see decarbonisation's ...
TradeWinds
If 2021 was the year that saw decarbonisation become the talk of the shipping industry, 2022 may be a key year to turn that talk into action.

Global Reporting Initiative:

5 biodiversity guidelines to watch in 2022 | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
Elodie Chene, manager of standards at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), saw biodiversity loss creep to the top of the agenda of many businesses ...

Advancing environmental, social and governance while supporting business goals - Daily Herald
Daily Herald
Consider consulting popular ESG frameworks and tools, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board ...

As New York Lawmakers Unveil the Fashion Act, is Larger Reform on The Way?
The Fashion Law
The Global Reporting Initiative, Task Force for Climate Related Financial Disclosures, and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board have put ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Pros and Cons of Investing in Renewable Energy - EcoWatch
EcoWatch
One benefit of investing in renewable energy companies or developments is that most of the projects involve long-term infrastructure build-outs and ...

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Races to Deploy Clean Energy that Creates Jobs ...
The White House
The historic legislation will amount to the nation's largest investment in combatting climate change, lowering energy costs for working families, and ...

Emerging markets record a 10% decline in clean energy investment
Smart Energy International
Investments in clean energy in developing economies declined by 10% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a survey conducted by BloombergNEF.

CDP Sustainability:

Globe receives higher B rating for climate action initiatives | Global News - Inquirer.net
Inquirer.net
The digital solutions platform discloses its environmental impact through CDP, a global non-profit that runs the world's leading environmental ...

Schneider Electric achieves outstanding performance in four corporate sustainability ratings
Yahoo Finance
ESG recognition in line with company's sustainable business growth ... external indexes: CDP Climate Change, Dow Jones Sustainability World Index ...

Companies are finally recognising the importance of nature - but commitments must now ...
Business Green
For over twenty years, CDP has demonstrated how corporate reporting of comparable and consistent environmental information is the foundation of ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Governor Newsom's Proposed State Budget is a Bold Step Toward Addressing the Climate ...
Environmental Defense Fund
With $22.5 billion in proposed climate-related expenditures, the budget is a demonstration of California's climate leadership and will catalyze ...

Editorial: California leaders must show urgency on climate change in new year - Arizona Daily Sun
Arizona Daily Sun
Noting California's outdated emissions goals, overreliance on cars and freeways, and lethal shortcomings in dealing with weather extremes, Rendon ...

Newsom allocates $22.5 billion to climate crisis in California budget proposal | TheHill
TheHill
“Climate change is driving devastating wildfire seasons, ... state budget as “a demonstration of California's climate leadership,” adding that the ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing at 15—A Look at Three Field Perspectives - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Nonprofit Quarterly
Impact Investing at Rockefeller: Moving Money to BIPOC-Led Funds. Rolley, as noted above, heads the Rockefeller Foundation's equity and economic ...

We'll know impact investing has arrived when it snags its own parody series on Netflix - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 10 – Maybe it's the brash head of the star-studded social impact fund who went to federal prison for his role in a ...

The Week in impact investing: Next chapter - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Moving forward. Initial reactions to major economic dislocations are often reflexively nativist and xenophobic.

Energy Storage

New York doubles 2030 energy storage deployment target to 6GW
Energy Storage News
An EV charging site under construction in New York which will be paired with onsite battery energy storage. Image: PR Newsfoto / Consolidated ...

Enel Green Power completes first US solar-plus-storage hybrid project
Energy Storage News
The Lily solar + storage project combines 181MW of solar PV with 55MWdc of battery energy storage. The facility forms part of Enel's bid to ...

White Deer Invests in Fortress Power, a Battery Energy Storage Business | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Fortress is a designer and manufacturer of battery energy storage systems that capture and store solar and grid power for homeowners and businesses.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

IGT Reinforces ESG Leadership with Commitment to the Science Based Targets Initiative
PR Newswire
Through this commitment, IGT officially pledges to set targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing to low-carbon emissions and ...

HSBC rolls out first sustainability-linked trade finance deal in Hong Kong - Global Trade Review
Global Trade Review
Most recently, the bank last month introduced science-based emissions reduction targets into its longstanding sustainable supply chain finance ...

The climate of corporate governance | ORF
ORF
... transition to a low carbon emission pathway, set science-based targets and monitor and report performance across ESG metrices and indicators.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Failure to act on climate change is world's top long-term threat: WEF report - Insurance Insider
Insurance Insider
Failure to act on climate change is world's top long-term threat: WEF report ... trajectories that will separate relative winners and losers”.

World Economic Forum: Expect 3 more years of consistent volatility - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
... will separate relative winners and losers," the World Economic Forum ... Climate change inaction remains a top concern among global leaders, ...

Climate concerns dominate 'long-term risks' – WEF - Engineering News
Engineering News
... or fractured trajectories that will separate relative winners and losers. ... Standing in the way of immediate climate change mitigation were ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids: Energy for the Unstructured Environment - YouTube
YouTube
In Michigan Tech's Agile Energy Conversion and Control Lab, researchers focus on building microgrids—small electrical power grids that can be ...

Microgrids and the future of the power industry - Electrical Business
Electrical Business Magazine
By essentially creating their own mini electric grid comprising of solar, wind, or other renewables, microgrids provide these applications with access ...

New York state creates plan for green hydrogen microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants New York to become a “green hydrogen hub," and is counting on fuel cell microgrids to help it get there.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Invest With Your Conscience: 7 Socially Responsible Investment Funds - Earth911
Earth911
Socially responsible mutual funds and ETFs have filters that allow investing funds in only certain companies or types of companies. For example, fund ...

Who recognizes the value of socially responsible firms? - Northwestern Now
Northwestern Now - Northwestern University
Long-term institutional investors do—and they are more patient with ESG-focused firms even in the face of poor returns or earnings shortfalls.

How the fight against climate change has unlocked a new asset class | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
But for investors who wish to make a positive impact without missing the performance they would have gotten from investing in broad equity indices, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Markets 2021-2030 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Dublin, Jan. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Growth Opportunities" report has been added ...

CCUS Technologies - Can they mitigate climate change?
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS)
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is an emissions technology that involves capturing, transporting, and storing greenhouse gases ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Market Is Fast Approaching, Says Research ...
Digital Journal
Global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration Market Size study, by Service (Capture, Transportation, Utilization, Storage), ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior: 

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Sustainability Investing: 

US funds get to grips with sustainable investing - OMFIF
OMFIF
Environmental, social and governance investment and regulation have grown exponentially in the US over the past few years, posing new challenges ...

Transparency Is Evolution in Sustainable Investing | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
By focusing on transparency rather than following a dedicated ESG mandate, CTRU can actually get investors to some familiar ESG and sustainability ...

What Going Green Means for Companies and Investors - TheStreet
TheStreet
Companies are moving towards that," says Shawn Reynolds, Portfolio Manager for VanEck's Global Resource Fund GHAAX and Environmental Sustainability ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering: Can we control the weather? | Live Science
Live Science
Geoengineering is the term used to describe the manipulation of weather to combat the effects of global warming, according to the Oxford ...

Corey Doctorow: Neal Stephenson takes aim at geoengineering in his latest, "Termination Shock"
Red, Green, and Blue
Schmidt's geoengineering experiment doesn't have the approval of the world's governments, but it's not an entirely unilateral affair.

Green Bond Funds:

ReNew raises $400 million by issuing green bonds | VCCircle
VCCircle
The dollar notes are certified green bonds by Climate Bond Initiative and ... The bulk of notes were subscribed to by long-only fund managers and ...

Expect Another Big Year for Green Bonds | ETF Trends
ETF Trends
GRNB, which follows the S&P Green Bond U.S. Dollar Select Index, turns five years old in March, and the exchange traded fund has been around for ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Bill Gates climate fund reportedly plans to invest $15 billion in clean tech - CNBC
CNBC
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a fund backed by Microsoft billionaire Bill ... and buy the new solutions that will underpin a low carbon economy.

Loophole in the Ozone Layer: the Varying Shades of 'Green' Mutual Funds - Adweek
Adweek
According to analysis from financial services firm Morningstar, funds identified as “low carbon/fossil fuel-free” and “environmental” saw ...

New venture capital fund for clean-tech companies in Africa -
ESI Africa
The new E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund will embrace the creative potential of Africa's entrepreneurs and support businesses with start-up capital that ...

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