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Coronavirus and Sustainability: Macro Hive

Having survived ill pandemic winds, global cruise leaders focus on carbon emissions cuts
Miami Herald
... conference on Tuesday claimed victory over the coronavirus pandemic, ... Global cruise lines are now focused on reaching their environmental ...

Loyalty Meets a Newly Conscious Traveler for Post-Pandemic Resets - Skift
Skift
Sustainability Is a Work in Progress. Greener travel habits were slowly taking hold before coronavirus arrived. But brands today should really be ...

Furniture retailers want customers to care about sustainability - Digital Commerce 360
Digital Commerce 360
Sabai and Inside Weather believe demand for sustainability will grow — and sales prove promising. Furniture company Sabai, which promotes ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonizing The Electricity Industry - Forbes
Forbes
Digital technology, decarbonization and decentralization of energy sources ... much of the developing world still relies upon coal-based energy, ...

What Is Decarbonization, and How Do We Make It Happen? - State of the Planet
State of the Planet - Columbia University
Here's what decarbonization could look like in each sector. illustration. Click the image to see a simple animated graphic based on this article.

Mendix and Atos expand global partnership to drive - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
... digital decarbonization across every industry with enterprise low-code . ... Atos is already building industry specific solutions based on the ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Warby Parker Publishes Its 2021 Impact Report - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
The Company tracks and publicly reports its impact on stakeholders in this annual report following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. To ...

Dana Publishes Annual Sustainability and Social Responsibility Report, Details Positive ...
Yahoo Finance
The report is accompanied by an appendix addressing the company's methodology and use of the Global Reporting Initiative, Sustainability ...

Earth Day surprise: Financial regulators want your climate data, and you can't 'greenwash' it
Fast Company
Review your current reporting practices against the SEC proposal to ... Tim served as the Chief Executive of the Global Reporting Initiative and ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

This Renewable Energy Stock Is a Passive Income Growth Machine | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
The company expects to continue growing its payout rapidly in the coming years. That makes it an excellent stock for investors seeking to collect a ...

Best renewable energy to watch out for in 2022 | by Alex Artenie - DataDrivenInvestor
DataDrivenInvestor
Which green energy companies are worth watching today? This article answers these questions and more. Why invest in green energy stock? Renewable ...

Platform Investments in Renewable Energy Projects - Structural Solutions and Critical Issues ...
JD Supra
Investments in renewable energy assets have become increasingly popular with institutional and private equity investors—and not to mention family ...

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California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Governor Newsom Joins Groundbreaking for World's Largest Wildlife Crossing as State ...
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
... California is building on our global climate leadership with bold strategies that harness the power of nature to fight climate change and ...

California Advances Global Climate Leadership Through Partnership - Oakdale Leader
Oakdale Leader
Furthering California's long-standing collaboration with China on climate change, Governor Gavin Newsom recently renewed a Memorandum of ...

Governor Newsom Highlights State Action to Address Water and Energy Challenges Amid ...
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
State of California. ... Governor Newsom Highlights State Action to Address Water and Energy Challenges Amid Changing Climate.

Impact Investing:

Impact investing growing, thanks to millennials: survey - InvestmentNews
InvestmentNews
Interest in impact investing is on the rise with millennials driving the trend, a recent survey from Fidelity Charitable has indicated.

Impact investing is driving real economic returns and positive change - The CEO Magazine
The CEO Magazine
In definition, impact investing focuses on proactively deploying capital towards addressing specific, measurable societal and environmental goals ...

Impact Investing is Here to Stay, Courtesy of Millennials | National Association of Plan Advisors
National Association of Plan Advisors
Impact investing is the idea of using one's investment choices to help achieve social benefits while also generating financial returns. Current impact ...

Energy Storage

Michigan ready to become 10th US state with an energy storage target
Energy Storage News
Consumers Energy Michigan pilot project. A distribution-level battery energy storage system (BESS) in Michigan utility Consumers Energy's service ...

Water + Air + Rock: Investors place big bets on Hydrostor's energy-storage technology
The Globe and Mail
Water + Air + Rock: Investors place big bets on Hydrostor's energy-storage technology. Global finance giant Goldman Sachs is a huge believer, ...

Greece doubles 2030 energy storage target to 3GW
Energy Storage News
Greece has doubled its 2030 target for energy storage deployment to 3GW as it aims for a renewable electricity generation proportion of 70%.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Landis+Gyr Joins Science Based Target Initiative to Further Reduce Carbon Emissions
PR Newswire
Landis+Gyr has committed to setting science-based targets to further reduce carbon emissions in line with the level of decarbonization required to ...

Celebrating Earth Day, ADS Signs Commitment to Set Science Based Targets for ...
Business Wire
The Science Based Targets initiative is a partnership between the Carbon Disclosure Project, the United National Global Compact, World Resources ...

Sustainability Commitments - ESG Report - Trane Technologies
Trane Technologies
We achieved our first set of science-based targets in 2018, ... and invest in carbon sequestration technologies to achieve our long-term goal of ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers in the ESG-investing push: Garbage companies, utilities and convenience stores
MarketWatch
It's quite another to manage a grid increasingly powered by renewables, intermittent sources predicated on wind and sun. Throw in climate change — ...

Winners and losers of the fossil fuel war | Nepali Times
Nepali Times
Winners and losers of the fossil fuel war ... which would make a better balance between energy security and climate change,” said Ramírez.

Stock Market Winners and Losers During the Russia-Ukraine War - Macro Hive
Macro Hive
Russia's invasion of Ukraine surprised many investors, with stock markets reacting very negatively throughout February and early March.

Microgrids:

Are microgrids the future of disaster recovery? It might be worthwhile to invest in one | TechRepublic
TechRepublic
Concepts like microgrids can help tech leaders build resiliency into their operations. The EcoFlow powrer grid. The power grid is one of those ...

Microgrids Technologies and Global Markets Report 2022 Featuring Leading Companies
Yahoo Finance
Microgrids are a critical and fundamental component of the development of smart grids. It is a distributed energy resource-based small-scale power ...

New York City energy veterans defend the home turf with microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Bannerman now leads MicroGrid Networks, a four-year-old Brooklyn-based ... The microgrids will incorporate solar, storage, electric vehicle ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Why it's time for advisors to earn their RI credentials | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
CEO of Responsible Investing Association says RI specialist course is designed to build out advisors' ESG toolkit.

Beware the marketing gimmick behind some 'socially responsible funds' | David Moon
Knoxville News Sentinel
Investors poured $596 billion into “socially responsible funds” in 2021, bringing the total assets in ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) ...

6 Reasons Sustainability Investments Should Be in Your Portfolio - Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
The “ESG” in ESG investing stands for “environment, social and governance.” ESG investing is synonymous with socially-responsible investing, impact ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies and Market Dynamics - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Dublin, April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies" report has been added to ...

Carbon Capture Sequestration Utilization and Storage Projects and US Federal Environmental Laws
Lexology
Carbon capture, sequestration, utilization, and storage (CCUS) will be essential in meeting the Biden administration's net zero GHG emission ...

IEEFA: Widespread adoption of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies in ...
IEEFA's
Carbon, capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is increasingly attracting attention in South East Asia.

Sustainability Investing: 

6 Reasons Sustainability Investments Should Be in Your Portfolio - Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Want to build an investment portfolio that has a conscientious as well as a competitive edge? ESG investing makes it possible.

Four Reasons Why Sustainable Investing is Moving Into the Mainstream | Chase.com
Chase Bank
According to PwC Luxembourg's first European Sustainable Finance Series report, 2022 is a big year for sustainable investing. That's because they ...

Investing in green, social and sustainability bonds - Investors' Corner
Investors' Corner - BNP Paribas Asset Management
Finally, sustainability bonds involve debt raised to finance projects that have both environmental and social goals, these two aims often being linked ...

Geoengineering:

Dimming the Sun Could Be Climate Science's Trolley Problem - The Atlantic
The Atlantic
First, solar geoengineering doesn't perfectly turn back the clock on Earth's climate. Even if you add enough sulfate aerosols to perfectly counteract ...

Is solar geoengineering worth the risk? | The Economist
The Economist
That's the simple idea behind solar geoengineering, a radical response to global warming, which could stop rising temperatures.

Solar geoengineering predicted to shift malaria risk in tropics - Interaksyon
Interaksyon - Philstar.com
But some climate scientists and many environmental groups oppose any solar geoengineering research. They say it may be a slippery slope toward nature- ...

Green Bond Funds:

Green Bonds to Exceed $1T This Year? - Banking Exchange
Banking Exchange
“Short duration and corporate green bond funds remain popular due to the potential to obtain high yield, performance, and a positive environmental ...

Apple (AAPL) Supplier Jabil (JBL) Debuts Green Bond in Renewable Energy Push - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
To fund this transition, companies and governments worldwide are rushing to the green bond market. Global issuance of green bonds reached a record ...

Investing in green, social and sustainability bonds - Investors' Corner
Investors' Corner - BNP Paribas Asset Management
Investors need to be on the lookout for 'social washing' – where issuers say proceeds will go to certain causes when funds are actually directed ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Investing in Our Planet | Morningstar
Morningstar
Low Carbon funds seek to invest in companies with lower carbon footprints. They typically structure their portfolios to have lower carbon footprints ...

Low Carbon ETF Soon to Get a Facelift | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
The exchange traded fund's new index will be the MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned Index. That index is “designed to support investors who seek to ...

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Secures $6M in Financing - FinSMEs
FinSMEs
The round was led by Clean Energy Ventures, with participation from CEMEX Ventures, Amplify Capital, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Zero Carbon Partners ...

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