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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

NASA Spinoffs Help Fight Coronavirus, Clean Pollution, Grow Food, More - SpaceRef
SpaceRef
"As we combat the coronavirus pandemic and promote environmental justice and sustainability, NASA technology is essential to address humanity's ...

As costs mount, how long can China stick with 'zero COVID'? - Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
... Omicron coronavirus variant and rising costs of keeping it under control are raising questions about the sustainability of China's approach.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Watch: The journey to decarbonisation for the energy sector - Smart Cities World
Smart Cities World
Huawei has advanced ICT technologies and has increased its investment in the energy industry in recent years. Based on characteristics of energy ...

Fusion Fuel Announces Strategic Collaboration Agreement with AESA to Target the ...
Yahoo Finance
The agreement aims to accelerate the decarbonization of Spain's commercial and industrial base and aligns with the objectives established in ...
    
As electric sector becomes 'tip of the spear' of decarbonization, resiliency remains key, trade ...
Utility Dive
Industry players have reasons to be optimistic about decarbonization efforts, due in part to the recent passage of the bipartisan infrastructure ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Report: Companies Prioritize SDGs But Lack Action - Sourcing Journal
Sourcing Journal
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Support the Goals—both independent global organizations that support companies lowering their ...

GRI CEO sees path forward for working with ISSB on global ESG standards | Accounting Today
Accounting Today
The Global Reporting Initiative's new CEO, Eelco van der Enden, is planning to work with the nascent International Sustainability Standards Board, ...

ESG reporting: A summary of preparers' perspectives | Article | Compliance Week
Compliance Week
These include guidance from the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Climate Disclosure Standards ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

USDA announces pilot program for renewable energy in rural towns | Successful Farming
Successful Farming
“The new program we're announcing today will pilot the viability of community-scale renewable energy investments to mitigate the energy-burdened ...

Blackstone Debuts Credit Platform Focused on Renewable Energy Investments - Solar Industry
Solar Industry
Blackstone has launched Blackstone Credit's Sustainable Resources Platform, which will focus on investing in and lending to renewable energy ...

Clean Energy, Particularly Solar and Wind Energy, Experienced Significant Growth in 2021 ...
Novogradac |
Investing in clean energy provides economic benefits through job creation, contributions to the GDP, and provides environmental benefits. With further ...

CDP Sustainability:

CyrusOne Embraces Environmental Transparency by Disclosing Through CDP | Business Wire
Business Wire
CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that it has enhanced the company's ...

Virtusa Scores CDP “Leadership Band” for Initiatives to Mitigate Climate Change - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Investment in renewable energy where Virtusa invested $1 million on solar energy in 2021. Virtusa's environmental management system, internally ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Governor Newsom Outlines Historic $10 Billion Zero-Emission Vehicle Package to Lead the ...
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
... and fight climate change. This package is a critical part of Governor Newsom's overall plan to cement California's status as a world leader in ...

Senator Wiener's Climate Corporate Accountability Act Passes Senate
Senator Scott Wiener
... reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near- and long-term, and help California stay a national leader in the fight against climate change.

Fate of climate change bills an early test for CA Legislature | The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee
Bills on corporate carbon emissions and air quality regulation will demonstrate whether the Legislature and its current leadership intend to act ...

Impact Investing:

The Brief: The Week in impact investing: Abundance - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Bringing migrants into the financial system. Upskilling caregivers for an aging society. Impact, community and sustainability investors have long been ...

Predictions for 2022: Impact investing - PBA - Pro Bono Australia
Pro Bono Australia
If you're an impact investing stakeholder, you should confidently seek to hold impact investors accountable for these behaviours and practices. A ...

Future Returns: Impact Investing in Education | Barron's
Barron's
The managers of the Rise Funds—private-equity firm TPG's impact-investing vehicle—say their success with investments in ed ucational companies ...

Energy Storage

Expansion plan to take world's biggest battery storage project to 3GWh capacity - Energy ...
Energy Storage News
Plans to nearly double the output and capacity of the world's biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) project to date have been announced by ...

Six terawatt hours of energy storage needed for Zero Carbon - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
Researchers suggest that by 2050, in a setting where 94% of our electricity comes from renewable sources, approximately 930 GW of energy storage ...

Emerging technologies, efficient processes: inside energy storage methods
Power Technology
JP Casey profiles some of the emerging and established methods of energy storage regulating global power grids today.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Amcor builds on sustainability progress with science-based targets and the commitment to ...
PR Newswire
"For more than a decade, Amcor has been successfully reducing the footprint of its carbon and other GHG emissions," said David Clark, Vice President ...

DS Smith Accelerates Carbon Reduction Plans With 1.5°C Temperature Alignment Commitment
Business Wire
*The Science Based Targets initiative engages and supports companies in defining how much and how quickly they need to reduce their greenhouse gas ...

Hang Lung Properties Commits to Setting Science-Based Targets to Reach Net ... - Taiwan News
Taiwan News
As an industry leader with a strong commitment to sustainability, Hang Lung received a 4-Star performance rating and an A grade disclosure rating ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Biden will cut Build Back Better plan. Who are the winners, losers? - USA Today
USA Today
The package now includes a bevy of popular items, including health care subsidies, climate change initiatives, prekindergarten expansion, ...

Biden's climate warriors put banks on edge as new rules loom - Yahoo Money
Yahoo Money
“It is not to pick winners and losers in credit markets, politicize the allocation of capital, or solve climate change.”.

FundsTech panel: Transformation and "exponential change" - Funds Europe
Funds Europe
At a time of exponential change in society and technology, ... Among further topics, our panel discussed who the winners and losers might be from ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids for a 21st century grid
Microgrid Knowledge
To review: A microgrid is a self-sufficient energy system that serves a discrete geographic footprint, such as a college campus, factory, hospital ...

Microgrids Will Bolster Transition to Distributed Energy Systems and Help Grids Provide ...
Yahoo Finance
The "Global Microgrids Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Here comes the future: Bronzeville 'microgrid cluster' set to begin operating this year
Microgrid Knowledge
The Bronzeville Community Microgrid creates the US' first utility microgrid cluster by linking with the microgrid at the Illinois Institute of ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Responsible Investing in the 21st Century - Investopedia
Investopedia
In Episode 4 of The Green Investor from Investopedia, Editor in Chief Caleb Silver talks about ESG investing with Calvert Executive Vice President ...

Sustainable Investing Will Be More Accessible in Your Company 401(k) - Business Insider
Business Insider
ESG investing, also known as socially responsible investing or impact investing, takes into account how well a company or an investment performs ...

Life Kit: How ethical investing works - NPR
NPR
THAKOR: ESG stands for environmental, social and governance. MIGAKI: And like love, there are no ESG soulmates here. But there are two main strategies ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

We're witnessing the birth of an industry amid race for Alberta carbon capture developments ...
Financial Post
Chris Varcoe: Alberta has the ability to expand carbon capture, utilization and storage in a major way.

Experts discuss carbon capture & utilisation solutions to combat climate change | Deccan Herald
Deccan Herald
Chandrashekhar said carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) is among such key pathways to reduce emissions while continuing to develop ...

Lehigh Cement and Enbridge Agree to Advance a CO2 storage solution in Alberta - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Lehigh is developing North America's first full-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) solution for the cement industry at its ...

Sustainability Investing: 

ESG and the Sustainable Economy Handbook - JD Supra
JD Supra
This handbook examines how investors evaluate companies based on ESG and sustainability criteria, the way companies incorporate these standards ...

Boosting capital for development – Here's how to advance sustainable Foreign Direct ...
World Economic Forum
The Forum has been piloting sustainable investment facilitation in several countries to help tackle shortfalls in sustainable foreign direct ...

Responsible Investing in the 21st Century - Investopedia
Investopedia
... today and what's happening across the sustainable investing landscape. ... (MSIM) global head of sustainability for investment management, ...

Geoengineering:

Solar Geoengineering: Why Bill Gates Wants It, But These Experts Want To Stop It - Forbes
Forbes
Proponents of so-called solar geoengineering, such as tech billionaire Bill Gates, say techniques intended to block a portion of the solar ...

Will Solar Geoengineering Bring Nations Together? Or Drive Them Apart? - New York Magazine
New York Magazine
The case for reflecting sunlight to cool the earth: While security experts warn that solar geoengineering could cause conflict around the world, ...

Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes. | Grist
Grist
Solar geoengineering technology, they say, poses an “unacceptable risk” to the planet's environment, climate, and most vulnerable people.

Green Bond Funds:

Short Position - Green bond, O&G funding, Going the EV way | The Star
The Star
Some green bonds are issued to fund specific projects such as waste treatment plants or to build solar farms. Others are being issued with a ...

Climate Bonds Initiative Supporting Green Bond Issuance | ETF Trends
ETF Trends
... could be a long-term plus for the VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (NYSEArca: GRNB), the original exchange traded fund dedicated to green bonds.

Canada's first green bond highlights laggards | IFR
IFR
The imminent launch of Canada's debut sovereign green bond has ... Bruce Power in November issued the first green bond to fund nuclear power.

Low Carbon Funds:

Quintet Private Bank launches 'carbon neutral' fund managed by DWS - Investment Week
Investment Week
Quintet Earth, which has launched with €280m in assets, replicates the Bloomberg MSCI Global Green Bond and MSCI World Low Carbon Equity Target ...

Quintet launches multi-asset, climate-neutral investment fund
Institutional Asset Manager
Essential Portfolio Selection (EPS) Quintet Earth, a UCITS fund, combines equal exposure to green bonds and low-carbon equities, ...

BNM to Open New Funding Facilities to Support SMEs - Regulation Asia
Regulation Asia
The Business Recapitalisation Facility will support recovery and growth, while the Low Carbon Transition Facility will support the adoption of ...

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