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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

How the pandemic is changing cities | Arts.21 - The Culture Magazine | DW | 11.06.2022
DW
Duration 05:08 mins. Homepage Arts.21 - The Cultural Magazine; All videos Arts.21; Related Subjects Sustainability, How do we change? , Coronavirus, ...

Affordability, security, and emissions reductions: The sustainability trilemma
Atlantic Council
Affordability, security, and emissions reductions: The sustainability trilemma. I took up the role of OPEC Secretary General on August 1, 2016.

Our sustainability strategy: an update - NHS Blood Donation
Give Blood
COVID-19 update - please wait 48 hours from your vaccine before donating. Read our latest coronavirus update. You are here: Home · News ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonizing the Building Sector - FactSet Insight
FactSet Insight
Space cooling growth is a trend widely expected to continue based on global living standards and, ironically, from global warming itself. For example, ...

Five trends shaping the renewable energy sector - GreenBiz
GreenBiz
Its growth has been driven by rising interest in decarbonization, ... Businesses continue to work with the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) ...

Decarbonizing the Maritime Sector: Mobilizing Coordinated Action
The Maritime Executive
In this context, market-based measures such as carbon pricing can motivate a new era of shipbuilding that accelerates the transition to a low-carbon ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI facilitates more integrated SDG reporting | Environment Analyst Global
Environment Analyst
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched its latest resource to help companies increase their focus on how they are contributing to the ...

CEM targets global reporting standard for institutional investors | News | IPE
Investment & Pensions Europe
A team of experts from leading pension organisations from around the world has agreed to support a CEM Benchmarking initiative to create a new ...

Proposed ESG Fund Disclosure Rule Aims To Help Investment Strategies | News & Events
Clark Hill
... the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Solar R&D Projects Part Of U.S. Investment In Clean Energy Industry - Business Facilities
Business Facilities
On the heels of President Biden's move to accelerate clean energy development, DOE announces solar energy research project investments.

India renewable energy investments in FY22 at record $14.5 bn: Report - Business Standard
Business Standard
Investments in India's renewable energy sector grew 125 per cent year-on-year to a record $14.5 billion in the financial year 2021-22 (FY22), ...

2 Renewables Stocks That Will Have You Seeing Green | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
This is a unique name in the clean energy space, but one that income investors should clearly get to know. Motley Fool Returns. Motley Fool Stock ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP and Securities and Exchange Commission to collaborate to boost environmental ... - Benzinga
Benzinga
The new partnership between CDP, which runs the global TCFD-aligned environmental disclosure system, and the SEC will include collaboration on a ...

Garrett Motion : Earns Top Tier Recognition for Supply Chain Sustainability Engagement from CDP
Market Screener
Each year, CDP scores companies based on their journey through disclosure towards environmental leadership. SER is a new ranking established by CDP to ...

Data from non-state actors is key to measuring and driving environmental action
Business Green
A failure to capture non-state climate action risks a skewed interpretation of success, argues CDP's Petro Berttazzi.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

At Summit of the Americas, California and Canada Partner to Advance Bold Climate Action
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
MOC is latest global climate partnership California has entered into, following similar ones with New Zealand, Japan and China.

RECAP: California on the World Stage at Summit of the Americas - Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Governor Newsom meets with world leaders, highlights California's diversity and nation-leading climate policies. LOS ANGELES – California's global ...

Women in environmental leadership. Making progress? Or hitting more ceilings?
Los Angeles Times
A Q&A with Sacramento lobbyist Jennifer Fearing on the challenges women face in pursuing environmental change in California and beyond.

Impact Investing:

Four questions on impact investing - Investors' Corner
Investors' Corner - BNP Paribas Asset Management
In impact investing, investments are to contribute to a measurable positive social and/or environmental impact alongside earning financial returns ...

This week in Impact Investing: Out - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Impact Briefing. David Bank joins host Brian Walsh to talk about “coming out” and trace the parallels between the LGBTQ+ impact investing communities.

Call for social impact investing 'wholesaler' to attract capital - AFR
AFR
Establishing a social impact function in the federal government could help leverage public dollars with superannuation funds looking for investments ...

Energy Storage

Enzinc: Energy storage industry 'needs to diversify' supply
Energy Storage News
Risk of battery chemistry concentration. The energy storage industry only needs to look as far as the solar industry to see why it's unwise to tie a ...

Department of Energy confirms US$504 million loan to 300GWh Utah hydrogen energy storage hub
Energy Storage News
Utah project claimed as largest green hydrogen storage hub planned globally will get loan funding from the US Department of Energy.

Guidehouse: VPP-enabled distributed energy storage deployment to reach 3GW by 2030
Energy Storage News
Annual deployments of distributed energy storage connected to virtual power plants will reach 3GW by 2030, according to a Guidehouse report.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Investors get fast food giants to commit to science-based targets, call for more action on water - edie
Edie.net
Their performance on water is also alarmingly poor, and efforts to mitigate risks related to water scarcity and pollution have stagnated over the past ...
    
Environmental Performance Index has many indicators based on unfounded assumptions
Devdiscourse
As research and datasets on carbon sequestration advance, subsequent iterations of the EPI's projected emissions indicator will incorporate negative ...
    
Investors are leading fast-food giants to commit to science-based targets and demand more ...
Fior Reports
Brands (owners of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell) have now set or committed to science-based emission reduction targets. These fast-food companies ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers from the California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New ... - Vox
Vox
Caruso, in a dark suit and surrounded by family and supporters on a stage, LA mayoral candidate Rick Caruso celebrates his primary win on June 7, 2022 ...

Voters deserve an alternative to Biden's failed climate agenda - Washington Examiner
Washington Examiner
... have wisely decided to go on the offensive when it comes to climate change. ... rather than government bureaucrats picking winners and losers.

Matthew in the Middle | Winners and losers in June 2022 primary - Times-Standard
Times-Standard
Enjoy your retirement Mari Wilson, tax assessor; John Bartholomew, tax collector; Kelly Sanders, clerk, recorder and registrar of voters; Maggie ...

Microgrids:

Streamlining grid interconnection to keep microgrid projects on track
Microgrid Knowledge
Joe Williams, distributed energy resources product manager at Eaton, explains why interconnection is a top barrier to activating a microgrid.

What are the benefits of Microgrids?
Microgrid Media
If so, you're not alone. Many people have only a vague understanding what it is. Basically, microgrids are local energy grids where electricity is ...

AXA IM invests $15mn in Greenstruxure to grow US microgrids | Energy Digital
Energy Digital
AXA Investment Managers joins line of investors in GreenStruxure which is developing on-site renewable energy microgrids for commercial buildings ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Nearly 3 in 5 Frequent Investors Put Profitability Over Social Responsibility
Morning Consult
As the SEC increases focus on ESG investing, U.S. adults are mostly split on whether it is more important to make “socially responsible” or ...

Betterment Survey Sees Rising Interest in Socially Responsible Investing, More ... - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Socially responsible investing – also known as ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing – has experienced exponential ...

Socially Responsible Divestment - The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
Responsible investing is becoming increasingly mainstream. In 2006, the United Nations established the Principles for Responsible Investment (“UN ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Technologies Market 2022 - Business Wire
Business Wire
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) refers to technologies that capture CO2 emissions and use or store them, leading to permanent ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global Market Report 2022 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Major players in the carbon capture, utilization, and storage market are Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Aker Solutions, Linde, NRG Energy, Fluor, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage: Class VI Wells And US State Primacy - Mondaq
Mondaq
Industry has recently expressed significant interest in long-term underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in deep subsurface geologic ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Why sustainability will become the new standard for investing - Hans Lee - Livewire Markets
Livewire Markets
Sustainable investing is about investing in progress. Recognising that companies with a more sustainable approach to business may be in the best ...

Is sustainable investing a prudent strategy beyond the ESG hype? - The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Morningstar report also noted the rising demand from investors, with 28 new sustainable investment products launched in Canada in the first ...

Geoengineering:

A 'reckless' Arctic geoengineering project draws local criticism | The Nome Nugget
The Nome Nugget
Their message was directed at the Arctic Ice Project, the geoengineering group that was raising money inside for a scheme to slow climate change ...

Climate change: Geoengineering turns mainstream | Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz
They are also looking at the potential for geoengineering schemes to act as a technical fix to reduce global temperatures. Solar geoengineering ...

'Space bubbles' between Earth, sun possibly could reverse destructive climate change, MIT ...
Oregon Live
Published: Jun. 13, 2022, 10:59 a.m.. Geoengineering solar. Could inflatable outer-space shields stop global warming? (Image: MIT Senseable ...

Green Bond Funds:

Positive screening and the role of green bonds – what investors need to know
Hargreaves Lansdown
We take a closer look at what positive screening is, how green bonds can encourage positive change, and a fund idea that uses both.

Green Bond Sellers Are Hoarding Too Much Cash for This ESG Fund - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- One of Europe's largest ethical debt investors is calling out the green bond industry for the slow pace of putting funds to work in ...

Singapore Gears Up for Green Bond Sale With New Framework - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
Funds can be used for projects including improving energy efficiency, preventing pollution or natural resource management. Expenditures related to ...

Low Carbon Funds:

The Brief: Local funds in emerging markets, real estate impact, decarbonizing fashion ...
ImpactAlpha
The U.K.-based impact investor's fifth property fund will invest in healthcare, low-carbon logistics and affordable housing.

New ESG Fund from Engine No. 1 Leans on Activism - Kiplinger
Kiplinger
The carbon dioxide is then stored and some of it is put to use in other products, such as low-carbon fuels and building materials. The fund's ...