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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Multi-dimensional impacts of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on Sustainable ...
Globalization and Health - BioMed Central
Health, social and economic crises triggered by the Coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) can derail progress and achievement of the Sustainable ...

The environmental impact of the coronavirus pandemic | DW News
DW
The environmental impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Has the emission of greenhouse gases dropped during the pandemic? We ask Mirjam Wolfrum from ...

Resilience and recovery of public transport use during COVID-19 | npj Urban Sustainability
Nature
To better understand how public transport use varied during the first year of COVID-19, we define and measure travel behavior resilience.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

A Deeper Look at the Global Framework Principles for Decarbonizing Heavy Industry
JD Supra
These wide-ranging measures are necessary to mitigate emissions both from the industrial/manufacturing processes as well as from fossil fuel-based ...

[Interview] 'Asia-Pacific region has potential to lead global decarbonization sector'
The Korea Times
Symons warns that unchecked climate change could threaten Korea's position as an advanced manufacturing and services-based economy, saying innovative ...

Direct-reduced iron becomes steel decarbonization winner | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
That's important in a hard-to-abate sector that accounts for up to 11% of all global ... electricity-based steelmaking by iron ore electrolysis

Global Reporting Initiative:

GRI launches new aquaculture standard | The Fish Site
The Fish Site
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has today published a new standard covering aquaculture, agriculture and fisheries, in order to keep track of ...

GRI Standard to Advance Sustainable Production on Land and Sea - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Global Reporting Initiative launches Sector Standard for agriculture, aquaculture and fishing. Northampton, MA --News Direct-- GRI.

GRI launches sustainable food production rules - The Asset
The Asset
The Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) of the international non-profit organization Global Report Initiative (GRI) has launched GRI 13, ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable Energy Is Surging, But Trouble Looms - Scientific American
Scientific American
Renewables, transmission networks and energy storage account for 80 percent of global power-sector investment, which outstrips total spending on oil ...

Looking for Passive Income? This Renewable Energy Company Is a Great Way to Go
The Motley Fool
The biggest positives for Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure as an investment are its stable and predictable long-term cash flows. At the end of ...

Top 10 energy investment trends in 2022
Energy Digital
05: Sustainable finance concentrated in advanced economies. Financial conditions for clean energy businesses have been volatile in recent years, but ...

CDP Sustainability:

More investors call on firms for environmental transparency - disclosure charity - Reuters
Reuters
A growing number of financial institutions are urging companies to disclose environmental data, non-profit disclosure platform CDP said on ...

Thai SEC Partners With CDP to Drive Environmental Disclosures - Regulation Asia
Regulation Asia
The SEC and CDP will co-develop a programme to improve the quantity and quality of environmental disclosures from corporates and FIs in Thailand.

How to start using an internal carbon price | Greenbiz
GreenBiz
CDP's research has shown that the number of companies either using or ... the business condition and status, environmental impact, energy pricing, ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

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Impact Investing:

'Impact Investing Has Lost Its Focus' - YouTube
YouTube
Nomura Sustainable Equity fund manager Alex Rowe on why outcomes are key to successful ESG ...

3 reasons we need impact investing and the continued case for double-bottom line business
The Business Journals
Investors and entrepreneurs realize profitability and positive impact can be combined. Long before “impact investor” was coined or minted by the ...

The Week in Impact Investing: Summer - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
LGT Capital Partners raised$550 million for Crown Impact, its first impact private equity fund, to invest in companies working to advance climate ...

Energy Storage

Google's 24/7 carbon-free energy deal for its California offices 'could be replicable model'
Energy Storage News
Battery storage and solar array at Google's Saint-Ghislain data centre complex in Belgium. Image: Google / Centrica Business Solutions.

Decarbonisation of electric grids reliant on renewables requires long-duration energy storage
The Economist
Energy Dome, an Italian startup, wants to put it to use. Its “CO2 batteries” will store the gas under high pressure when electricity is plentiful; ...

Energy Dome is on the brink of a long-duration storage breakthrough - Canary Media
Canary Media
Italian startup Energy Dome accomplished that this week. ... ​“The market needs a solution for [long-duration energy storage] that is quickly ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Euronext Announces Its Science-Based Climate Targets Supporting Its “Fit For 1.5°” Commitment
Mondo Visione
Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announced its science-based climate targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ...

Sabey Data Centers Commits to Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2029 | Business Wire
Business Wire
Accelerating its science-based target set previously for both direct and ... who foster high-performance by incorporating both energy efficiency ...

HPE commits to achieving net-zero business goals 10 years ahead of schedule
Computer Weekly
“Our net-zero roadmap outlines our comprehensive plans to reduce our carbon footprint through ambitious science-based targets, innovations in IT ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate change negatively impacting bumble bees - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
Temperature changes have negatively impacted most species of bumble bees ... Climate change winners and losers among North American bumblebees.

Climate changes lead to water imbalance, conflict in Tibetan Plateau - Ohio State News
Ohio State News - The Ohio State University
“The way that regional climate varies, there are winners and losers,” Thompson said. “But we have to learn to work together in order to ensure ...

Microgrids:

Transform our energy grid now with renewable microgrids | The Hill
The Hill
That solution is renewable microgrids: localized grids composed of interconnected solar panels or micro wind turbines and storage units like batteries ...

Global Micro Grids Market to Reach $46.5 Billion by 2026 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Microgrid refers to a local energy grid featuring control capability, enabling the microgrid to disconnect from the conventional grid and operate ...

Overcoming The Barriers To Widespread Microgrid Adoption And Sustainable Buildings
Forbes
Beyond being crucial in emergencies, microgrids can help manage the electrification of buildings in the future and support green energy.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI): Definition & List of Funds | Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
Socially responsible investing is an investment strategy that chooses securities to invest in based on how socially responsible its business practices ...

What is ESG Investing and Why it is Facing Backlash - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
You've probably heard of ESG, and may know it as a form of investing and finance that involves considering material financial risks from ...

An ABC on ESG and Sustainable Investing's Flavors: QuickTake - Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
If you're like most people, you're probably not clear on the difference between ESG and socially responsible investing, impact investing and ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global Market - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
New York, June 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Professional Market Share by ... - Digital Journal
Digital Journal
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Professional Market Share by Top Companies 2022, CAGR Status with Growth Rate, Industry Trends, ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable Investing From The Advisor's Perspective - Investopedia
Investopedia
Peter Krull is the founder, CEO, and Director of Investments for Earth Equity Advisors, a sustainability-focused investment management company. In his ...

A Basic Guide to ESG Investing and Why it Faces a Backlash: QuickTake
The Washington Post
Proponents say the goals of sustainable investing, which covers fund assets valued globally at $2.7 trillion by Morningstar Inc., are to achieve ...

Geoengineering:

Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans? | New Scientist
New Scientist
Chemically altering the seas through iron fertilisation or alkalinity enhancement could be our best hope to suck vast amounts of carbon out of the ...

MIT proposes Brazil-sized fleet of “space bubbles” to cool the Earth - Freethink
Freethink
A raft of “space bubbles” could be used to reverse global warming, according to an MIT group's solar geoengineering proposal.

The Nightmare Politics and Sticky Science of Hacking the Climate - WIRED
WIRED
Spraying aerosols and sucking carbon out of the air would bring down temperatures, yes. But the unintended consequences of geoengineering could be ...

Green Bond Funds:

What Are Green Bonds & How Do They Work? - Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
A green bond is a fixed-income security intended to raise funds for environmental and sustainability projects. Learn about how they work and the ...

Fitch Rates Massport Series 2022A Green Bonds 'AA'/Stable; Affirms Outstanding Debt
Fitch Ratings
Massport has managed through the worst periods of the coronavirus pandemic through cost containment measures and federal stimulus funding, enabling ...

Britain starts building 'guard rails' for green bonds - Reuters
Reuters
Regulators globally are looking at how to limit "greenwashing", or giving investors a flattering picture of sustainability as ESG funds attract ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Brookfield raises $15 bln for climate-focused fund - Reuters
Reuters
... fund focused on the global transition to a net-zero carbon economy. ... amid calls for companies to lower their greenhouse gas emissions.

Vestack Raises Over €10 Million to become A Leader in Low-Carbon Construction
Goodwin Procter
... in the design and construction of low-carbon buildings, on its over €10 million financing from impact funds and existing investors.

'Tech revolution': Low carbon construction pioneer secures €10m funding boost
Business Green
Vestack completes funding round, as it seeks to accelerate roll out of modular building technology.

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