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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

A Global Sustainability Program: Lessons from the Marshall Plan for addressing climate change
Brookings
Homi Kharas argues that advanced economies and China need to implement a major program of economic support to help developing countries transition ...

USDA Has Provided $700 Million to Restore Sustainable Fuel Markets Hit by Pandemic
USDA
... which was created as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic ... the strength and resiliency of America's sustainable fuel markets.

Why CR Is Expanding Our Green Choice Sustainability Program - Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports
The goals of the Consumer Reports Green Choice sustainability program are products that last longer, use less water and energy, and are affordable ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Opinion: Taking collective action to decarbonize the health care sector | Devex
Devex
According to a Boston Consulting Group initial analysis based on publicly available information, at least 50% of health care emissions derive from the ...

Ball Corporation and Novelis Join World Economic Forum's First Movers Coalition ... - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... Value Chain Collaboration to Drive Decarbonization in Aluminum Sector ... Such statements are based on current expectations or views of the ...

IMO Takes Up the Decarbonization Challenge Once More at MEPC 78
The Maritime Executive
"Now we must be brave and let our industry lead by example and provide substantial progress in our work." IMO's decisionmaking is consensus-based ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global sustainability reporting edges closer through ISSB baseline - Environment Analyst
Environment Analyst
1 June 2022 / ESG, Finance & Insurance, Global, Sustainability ... the World Economic Forum and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Air Products Publishes 2022 Sustainability Report - "Sustainability in Action"
Yahoo Finance
... environmental and social performance data, in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards "Core" option.

Defining The 'S' In ESG And Navigating Disclosures - Forbes
Forbes
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): The comprehensive and widely used GRI standards help businesses quantify and report on their impacts on the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Crypto Power Usage Is Helping To Spur Renewable Energy Investments - Forbes
Forbes
Even now, as solutions connected to green renewable energy still seem to be in the pipeline versus ready for mass market adoption, crypto miners and ...

FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Bold Executive Action to Spur Domestic Clean Energy ...
The White House
From day one, President Biden has mobilized investment in these critical technologies. Thanks to his clean energy and climate agenda, last year marked ...

3 Reasons to Invest in Renewable Energy Stocks | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Clean energy stocks have been out of favor on Wall Street in 2022, but their lower prices aren't the only reason to like them.

CDP Sustainability:

CDP appoints Dedy Mahardika as Southeast Asia and Oceania engagement manager
Eco-Business.com
Carbon measurement company CDP appoints Dedy Mahardika as Southeast Asia ... Jiayun Fang starts new role as UOB head of corporate sustainability.

Why campaigners want to stub out tobacco's claims on sustainability - Reuters
Reuters
UK tobacco giant Imperial Brands, for instance, has been named in CDP's "A" list for reporting on climate impacts for the third consecutive year, ...

MSE-CDP: Govt approves revised guidelines of cluster development scheme to boost small ...
The Financial Express
... Development Programme (SICDP) was renamed MSE-CDP and was last revised in 2019. The scheme intends to support the sustainability and growth of ...   

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California and New Zealand Partner to Advance Global Climate Leadership
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
“Later is too late to address climate change, and California is taking aggressive steps to bolster the clean economy while reducing pollution in our ...

California, New Zealand Announce Climate Change Partnership - USNews.com
USNews.com
The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change. By Associated Press.

California & New Zealand partner to advance global climate leadership - Los Angeles Blade
Los Angeles Blade
SAN FRANCISCO – Expanding California's global climate leadership, Governor Gavin Newsom today established a new international climate partnership ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in Impact Investing: Arsenal - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
June 3, 2022 | The Brief. The Week in Impact Investing: Arsenal. The team at. ImpactAlpha. TGIF, Agents of Impact! 🗣️ Counter-offensive.

Impact Investing Interest Hits New Record - Financial Advisor IQ
Financial Advisor IQ
In the U.S., 61% found impact investing appealing last fall, compared to 51% who did in 2020, American Century Investments found in a survey of 1,008 ...

Rules and regulatory trends impact investors should be tracking - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Rules and regulatory trends impact investors should be tracking ... for attention and action from actors across the impact investing ecosystem.

Energy Storage

Rising flow battery demand 'will drive global vanadium production to double by 2031'
Energy Storage News
Vanadium industry trade group Vanitec has commissioned Guidehouse Insights to undertake independent analysis of the VRFB energy storage sector. These ...
    
The world's first CO2 battery for long-duration energy storage is ready for global launch
Electrek
Italian startup Energy Dome today announced the launch of the world's first CO2 Battery, and it can be quickly deployed anywhere in the world.

Energy Dome Launches World's First CO2 Battery Long-Duration Energy Storage Plant
Renewable Energy Magazine
Energy Dome, a provider of utility-scale long-duration energy storage, has successfully launched its first CO2 Battery facility in Sardinia, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Oshkosh Corporation Commits to Setting Science-based Targets for Emissions Reduction
The Bakersfield Californian
“We are reducing carbon emissions, protecting the planet and doing our part to build a more sustainable world,” said John C. Pfeifer, Oshkosh ...

CapitaLand Investment commits to Net Zero by 2050 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... are validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to limit global ... CLI's carbon mitigation strategy towards Net Zero by 2050 is ...

Boston Scientific Details How It Is Advancing Equity in Workplaces, Health Care Systems ...
CSRwire
In its 2021 Performance Report, Boston Scientific details how the ... new science-based targets and reaching net-zero carbon emissions (Scope 1, ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

World map reveals wind and solar power winners (and losers) - Big Think
Big Think
Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?

Russia's war on Ukraine could shake up global trade blocs. Here are the winners and losers
CNBC
From the pandemic to the Russia-Ukraine war, the two major global crises back-to-back could bring lasting changes in supply chains and trade, ...

Ford's win is the city's loss in curbing climate change - Toronto Star
Toronto Star
Here are some of the 2022 Ontario election's biggest winners and losers. “Most (73 per cent) of the transportation emissions come from our ...

Microgrids:

DER and microgrid companies poised to help as summer heat threatens the US grid
Microgrid Knowledge
With the electric grid expected to be strained this summer, solar, storage and microgrids are poised to provide grid flexibility to help avoid ...

California's First 100% Renewable Multi-Customer Microgrid is Now Operational
Newswise
Newswise — This microgrid was developed through a first-of-its-kind partnership between the Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt, ...

State's First 100% Renewable Multi-Customer Microgrid is Now Up and Running in McKinleyville
Lost Coast Outpost
Located in Humboldt County, California, the microgrid provides energy resilience for the regional airport and US Coast Guard Air Station. This ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

That socially responsible fund may not be as 'green' as you think. Here's how to pick one - CNBC
CNBC
Investors poured $69.2 billion into environmental, social and governance funds (also known as sustainable or impact funds) in 2021, ...

Does your 'social' investment fund really share your values? | The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
Funds that claim to make socially responsible investments sometimes sound great, but fall short, writes columnist Chuck Jaffe.

What Investors Should Know About ESG Investing - Nasdaq
Nasdaq
ESG investing focuses on environmental, social, and governance principles. It has grown in popularity over the years.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Companies In The Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
TBRC's market research report covers carbon capture, utilization, and storage market size, CCUS market forecasts, major CCUS companies and their ...

Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Market - A Global - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Global Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Industry Overview. June 02, 2022 04:16 ET | Source: ReportLinker ...

BIS Research Study Highlights the Global Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Market to ...
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- The global carbon capture utilization and storage market is projected to reach $12.16 billion in terms of revenue by 2031 at a CAGR ...

Sustainability Investing: 

What Investors Should Know About ESG Investing - KOAM
KOAM
It has grown in popularity over the years. Sometimes referred to as sustainable investing, impact investing, or socially responsible investing, ESG ...

Talking heads – Getting to grips with sustainability regulations - Investors' Corner
Investors' Corner - BNP Paribas Asset Management
The rapid growth in sustainability investing has bolstered the need for transparency. What has been done to improve the flow of information for ...

Amid Charges of Greenwashing, Sustainable-Investment Industry Attempts to Reassure Investors
Morningstar
Kapoor continued that ESG critics “miss the opportunity to reframe sustainability as investability.” Sustainable investing, Kapoor argues, is an ...

Geoengineering:

Fighting Climate Change Through Solar Geoengineering Is a Bad Idea, Scientists Warn
Treehugger
Solar geoengineering would manipulate the radiation the Earth receives from the sun, while carbon dioxide geoengineering would remove carbon dioxide ...

Climate change: New panels want to talk ethics of geoengineering - NZ Herald
NZ Herald
This shows the idea of "solar geoengineering is finally getting serious", said Harvard University climate scientist David Keith, a leader in the ...

Geoengineering Earth's Climate Future: Straight Talk With Wake Smith
The Good Men Project
Geoengineering Earth's Climate Future: Straight Talk With Wake Smith. A new book, “Pandora's Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention,” ...

Green Bond Funds:

Green bonds are a growing avenue to raise fund: Should investors allocate their portfolio?
The Economic Times
Green bonds garnered a lot of traction in the past decade post the first issue in 2007. According to the Climate Bonds Initiative, the annual funds ...

Currency turmoil risks undermining sovereign green bond sale - The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Part of the reason India may be turning to green bond issuance is to help broaden its funding base as its borrowing needs increase.

The lowdown on the thriving green bond - CPA Canada
CPA Canada
Investors are typically institutional or large organizations, such as pension funds, which purchase the bonds in bulk. On the other hand, individual ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Qantas Super flies with 2 for low-carbon equity strategies | Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
... million) each in low-carbon equity portfolios. The A$8.5 billion retirement fund for employees of Qantas Airways and its affiliates announced ...

China Pilots Low Carbon Bonds to Help Companies Become Greener - US News Money
US News Money
Under the pilot scheme, companies in eight sectors including electric power, steelmaking, petrochemicals and civil aviation will issue bonds to fund ...

Bonds & Loans: China launches 'low-carbon transition bond' programme
Responsible Investor
The deal consists of a green term loan to fund solar projects and a three-tranche sustainability-linked credit facility tied to GHG emissions, ...