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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Sustainability moves up priority list after COVID's shut-down lessons - Nation's Restaurant News
Nation's Restaurant News
Chipotle has pledged to cut emissions in half by 2030 throughout its 3,000 restaurants, as well as its supporting supply chain. Coronavirus ...

The pandemic drove a sharp dip in greenhouse gas emissions, EPA says - The Hill
The Hill
After millions of Americans stayed home and limited activities outside during the coronavirus pandemic, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

The world needs a full stop on fossil fuels, sustainability analyst Holly Jean Buck says - C&EN
C&EN - American Chemical Society
Current position: Professor of environment and sustainability, ... from the environmental and health impacts of fossil fuel extraction and use, ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

What is the United States doing to combat climate change? | Earth Index 2022 - Corporate Knights
Corporate Knights
... decarbonization of U.S. power sector offers hope, Earth Index finds. ... Overall, 79% of new capacity in 2022 will be non-fossil based.

Global Industrial Electrification Market Growth Opportunities Report 2022 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Decarbonization of the industrial sector thus requires replacing the fossil fuel-based heating systems. However, this change is difficult across ...

3 actions the industry can take to decarbonize shipping - The European Sting
The European Sting
As the shipping industry explores what the scalable zero emission fuels of the future will be, there is broad acknowledgement that hydrogen-based ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

How GRI Is Funding the Future of Sustainability Reporting - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Senior appointment to lead donor engagement at Global Reporting Initiative. ... Jérôme St-Denis joins GRI as Chief Donor Engagement Officer.

GRI Program Spreading Responsible Business Practices in Africa - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
GRI and Switzerland's SECO collaborate on capacity building for sustainability reporting. Northampton, MA --News Direct-- GRI.

Different Strokes to Move the World - The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
In addition, the CSRD has indicated that it will be incorporating the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) principles as part of its ESG disclosure ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

The Next Hurdle in Europe's Energy Transition: Being More Enticing Than NFTs
The New York Times
Financing the next generation of green energy technologies means larger investments and getting venture capitalists to turn their attention away ...

Amazon's latest renewable energy projects include its largest solar farm to date | Engadget
Engadget
It has invested in dozens more wind and solar projects across the globe. ... Amazon has announced investments in 37 more renewable energy projects ...

5 Renewable Energy Stocks To Watch In The Stock Market Today
StockMarket.com
In any case, investing in renewable energy could serve as a hedge against future swings in energy prices. Moreover, as time passes by, our oil and gas ...

CDP Sustainability:

How Nonprofit CDP Holds Companies Accountable to Sustainability Goals - Business Insider
Business Insider
CDP helps companies and investors manage their environmental impact by grading them on a scale of A to F that investors and stakeholders can view.

Blackbaud Achieves Carbon Neutrality and Commits to New Transparent ... - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
As a next step, Blackbaud will adopt the TCFD framework in its reporting this year and will also report climate data to CDP to continue enhancing ...

How DSM's Geraldine Matchett is pushing for climate action from the very top | Reuters
Reuters
... for climate leadership from the carbon disclosure organisation CDP. ... Matchett says sustainability is “part and parcel of doing business.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California Advances Global Climate Leadership Through Expanded Partnership with China
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Governor Newsom and China's Minister of Ecology and Environment sign Memorandum of Understanding on climate change and the environment in virtual ...

Chevron, other energy giants must face California climate change cases in state court | Reuters
Reuters
The most comprehensive solution to manage all your complex and ever-expanding tax and compliance needs. Checkpoint. The industry leader for online ...

State Wildlife Agency Recommends Ending Protection for California's Climate-Threatened ...
Center for Biological Diversity
In a report released today, the California Department of Fish and ... “California positions itself as a global leader in addressing climate change ...

Impact Investing:

ESG, SRI, Impact Investing: What Are They, How to Get Started, and How Funds Have Performed
The Motley Fool
Through impact investing, investors aim to generate positive social or environmental outcomes from their investments. While similar to ESG and SRI, ...

Millennial Investors Drive Growth in Impact Investing; 61% Participate, See as Key Way to ...
Yahoo Finance
Impact investing is the idea of using one's investment choices to help achieve social benefits while also generating financial returns.
    
The Week in impact investing: Market-making - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
April 15, 2022 | The Brief. The Week in impact investing: Market-making. The team at. ImpactAlpha. TGIF, Agents of Impact! Guaranteed impact.

Energy Storage

NREL: Rapid growth of energy storage to enable high shares of renewable energy on US grid
Energy Storage News
Energy storage poised for “rapid growth” in US, with between 130GW to 680GW diurnal storage capable of integrating 80% share of renewables by ...

Estimated 427GW of energy storage in US interconnection queues alongside nearly 1TW of ...
Energy Storage News
Solar and battery storage are by far the fastest growing resources in the queues – together accounting for 85% of new capacity entries in 2021 ...

Kontrolmatik, Eaton announce energy storage battery and system factories in US and Europe
Energy Storage News
Image: Kontrolmatik. Factories aimed at making products for the battery energy storage system (BESS) industry have been announced by Turkey- ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Del Monte commits to net-zero emissions goal | FleetOwner
FleetOwner
Plant-based foods company aligns with Science Based Targets Initiative to set measurable actions for reducing its carbon footprint by 2050.

New Experimental Strategy to Evaluate Energy Performance of Metal-organic Framework ...
Mirage News
New Experimental Strategy to Evaluate Energy Performance of Metal-organic Framework-based Carbon Dioxide Adsorbents. Chinese Academy of Sciences. As ...

Schneider Electric : Four ways that digital services can enhance building sustainability
MarketScreener
To meet global sustainability goals, the buildings sector must play its part ... science-based, target-setting, and analytics-driven performance ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

2022 New York Auto Show: Winners and Losers | News | Cars.com
Cars.com
The Niro may not have been one of the standouts in Kia's lineup, but this redesign could change that. MH: Winner. The redesigned Niro is a sharp- ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids: Technologies and Global Markets - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
New York, April 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Microgrids: Technologies and Global Markets" ...

Look Ma, No Grid! Five life-changing microgrids with no tie to a central grid
Microgrid Knowledge
The arrival of a remote microgrid can dramatically change a community, especially for those that previously had no electricity.

Don't forget the 'steps' when stepping into the future of decarbonized, decentralized energy
Microgrid Knowledge
Mike Byrnes of Veolia North America explains why we shouldn't immediately abandon "old school" fossil fuel microgrids in our race to a ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Mid-Cap ESG Investing - Investopedia
Investopedia
ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance. Socially conscious investors use a variety of dimensions across these three areas to filter ...

Sustainable Investing: How Effective Is It Really? - State of the Planet
State of the Planet - Columbia University
Lisa Sachs is director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment. Meanwhile as money pours into ESG funds, the world's environmental and social ...

ESG, SRI, Impact Investing: What Are They, How to Get Started, and How Funds Have Performed
The Motley Fool
Socially responsible investing focuses on companies that make a positive social difference without compromising their performance. SRI is similar to ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies Report 2022: Data from 2020 to 2021 ...
Business Wire
CO2 sequestration can be defined as the segregation of CO2, either chemically, as in chemical utilization, or physically, as in geologic storage. The ...

Tax credit to spur carbon capture utilization and storage tech - RMOToday.com
Rocky Mountain Outlook
The federal government has introduced a carbon capture tax credit and experts are saying the money could help make it more feasible for businesses ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable Investing: How Effective Is It Really? - State of the Planet
State of the Planet - Columbia University
Sustainable investing is a strategy that seeks to ensure that companies produce positive social and environmental impacts as well as long-term ...

It's Been a Rough Start to 2022 for Sustainable Investing Stock Strategies | Morningstar
Morningstar
Sustainable investing strategies got hit with a one-two punch in the first quarter, largely missing out on the energy-stock rally and taking ...

It's Time to Invest in the Sustainability Transition, Believes BlackRock | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Advisors and investors can capitalize on this in a variety of ways. ... For a more unique approach to sustainability investing, the recently ...

Geoengineering:

Using geoengineering to slow global heating risks malaria rise, say scientists - The Guardian
The Guardian
Geoengineering includes removing carbon dioxide from the sky so the atmosphere will trap less heat, and solar radiation management (SRM) – reflecting ...

Climate Geoengineering Could Have Massive Repercussions for the Health of Billions of ...
SciTechDaily
This is the first assessment of how geoengineering the climate could impact the burden of infectious diseases. The research focuses on solar radiation ...

Could Cooling the Planet Through Geoengineering Lead to More Disease Outbreaks?
The Daily Beast
Traditionally, there are two techniques that make up the core of geoengineering: removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere so its role as a ...

Green Bond Funds:

NN IP: Green bond market to reach €1.1trn in issuances this year - Funds Europe
Funds Europe
“Short duration and corporate green bond funds remain popular due to the potential to obtain high yield, performance and a positive environmental ...

How To Buy Green Bonds In Usa? - Malaysian Digest
Malaysian Digest
ETFs and mutual funds with green bonds, such as Calvert Green Bond Fund and iShares Global Green Bond Exchange, allow individual investors to ...

Green bonds needed to make underfunded and understaffed MPAs work, Planet Tracker says
SeafoodSource
The world's marine protected areas are falling short of their conservation goals due to poor management and a lack of funds, Planet Tracker said.

Low Carbon Funds:

Low-carbon investing is not a simple decision
Investment Executive
When comparing two funds, an RI investor might intuitively choose the one showing lower carbon emissions, Cook said. But the higher-carbon fund ...

Chris Sacca's investment firm raises $350 million for carbon removal - CNBC
CNBC
... fund specifically to invest in carbon removal start-up companies. ... to develop pneumococcal vaccines for low-income countries in 2009.

Evok Innovations raises a fund to put industrial decarbonization into high gear | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
Along come Evok Innovations and its cleantech fund, aiming to plow money ... including carbon capture use and storage (CCUS), low-carbon fuels, ...