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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the ... - UN Web TV
UN Web TV - the United Nations
Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ...

High-level Political Forum 2022, 8th meeting | UN Web TV
UN Web TV - the United Nations
... back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ".

Coronavirus: new variants raise questions about sustainability of China's zero-Covid policy
South China Morning Post
Experts urge Beijing to focus on reducing deaths and hospitalisations by vaccinating the elderly.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Between decarbonization and energy transition: how does the utility sector change? - Doxee
Doxee
Recent technological developments enable companies to set “more informed” strategies (because they are based on more accurate data) to increase ...

How Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) can lead the banking sector's decarbonization efforts
BBVA
How Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs) can lead the banking sector's decarbonization efforts. Cómo los directores de sostenibilidad (CSO) pueden ...

Shell and CMA CGM Group have Signed Agreements to Accelerate Decarbonization across ...
Global Trade Magazine
As Shell and CMA CGM are long standing partners, both companies plan to extend their partnership to the road and aviation sectors.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Getting to Grips With Sustainability in the Supply Chain - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the independent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for ...

Shareholders slam MNEs with GRI transparency proposals - International Tax Review
International Tax Review
Amazon, Cisco, and Microsoft's largest investors are lobbying for the GRI tax transparency standard, but this could be the start of a trend in ...

10 things I think about ESG - GreenBiz
GreenBiz
... objectives from activists for supporting ESG reporting and investing. ... Global Reporting Initiative and Sustainability Accounting Standards ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

These charts show record renewable energy investment in 2022
The World Economic Forum
Three-quarters of the growth in investment is from renewable energy. Progress varies between countries, with emerging markets struggling to invest ...

India's renewable energy investments are at record levels - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
Investment in renewable energy hit a record in India in the 2021-22 financial year. We spoke to an expert to uncover more about the country's ...

Clean energy investments will protect communities and create jobs. Congress must act now.
New Hampshire Bulletin
Now is the time to make ambitious and significant investments in clean energy that will provide economic opportunity, lowering energy costs for ...

CDP Sustainability:

SEC's climate disclosure plan could be in trouble after a recent Supreme Court ruling, but a ...
The Conversation
Because CDP grades companies based on sustainability outputs rather than outcomes, an “A-list” company could be “carbon neutral” when it counts ...

Interplex commits to "Making Sustainability a Reality" - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Interplex's Global Sustainability Report 2021 shows an 11% reduction in CO2 ... Interplex has now attained a CDP Climate Change rating C.

Reporting standards| TotalEnergies.com
TotalEnergies
CDP. Learn more. GRI logo. Global Reporting Initiative. Learn more. UNGP-DH logo. Human Rights - UNGP. Learn more. SDG logo. Sustainable ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California cities banning new gas stations amid climate change - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy, leaders of a small Sonoma Valley city seem to have done just that when ...

What will California look like in 100 years? These futurists want to h - Fast Company
Fast Company
The world we live in today—with the pandemic, climate change, ... to research how the state may change, and help guide both political leaders and ...

The Supreme Court ruled against the EPA. Here's what UCLA legal experts have to say
University of California
Horowitz: Any time federal power to regulate climate change is constrained, state power gets more important. California has always been a leader in ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in impact investing: Zeitgeist - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Bell's operating role follows stints at JPMorgan Chase, where she helped build out of the bank's impact investing business; consulting firm Tideline; ...

Impact investing gains favour but performance is a concern | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2022 shows that it is now a key pillar of sustainable investing, but can it deliver required returns?

What is Social Impact Investing? | Learn More | Investment U
Investment U
Investors demand that influential companies do more to address society's problems. Let's examine what exactly social impact investing is.

Energy Storage

Norwegian oil giant Equinor to buy U.S.-based energy storage firm - CNBC
CNBC
Norway's Equinor is to acquire U.S.-based battery storage developer East Point Energy after signing an agreement to take a 100% stake in the ...

Investments in energy storage can fix our broken power grid and drive the clean energy transition
Energy Storage News
Battery storage is the most obvious medium-term solution to enable a smoother renewable energy transition.

US energy storage capacity tripled in 2021: EIA - Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Battery storage capacity in the United States more than tripled in 2021, growing from 1,438 MW in 2020 to 4,631 MW, according to the U.S. Energy ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Arkema Reinforces Its Commitment to the Climate - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
This decarbonization target is based on energy efficiency and the ... performance, and we act on a daily basis to limit our carbon footprint," ...

Marriott announces new environmental initiatives | Hotel Management
Hotel Management
Marriott International has submitted a letter to the Science Based Targets ... carbon footprint as part of its existing 2025 sustainability goals.

Carbon Fibre Composite Materials Market SWOT Analysis By 2028 - Designer Women
Designer Women
The Carbon Fibre Composite Materials Market research report details the ongoing market ... Global High Performance Target Market Size And Forecast.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate Change: Implications for Macroeconomics - Liberty Street Economics
Liberty Street Economics - - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
His presentation focused on the heterogeneous impacts of climate change across locations, implying winners and losers.

American Opinion: Companies need to get real about climate risk - West Central Tribune
West Central Tribune
Summary: No doubt, full financial recognition of climate change will be a challenge for corporate America, creating new winners and losers.

Microgrids:

A Plug-and-Play Microgrid for Rooftop Solar - IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum
A Plug-and-Play Microgrid for Rooftop Solar · The future of solar energy depends on making residential power good enough for the grid · This article is ...

The global microgrid market size is estimated to be USD - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
during the forecast period. Some of the major factors contributing to the growth of microgrid market includes the increasing number of microgrid ...

Members of Congress urge the DOE to use infrastructure funds for microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrids also can aid the grid by providing it with energy or other reliability services, the letter said, averting the likelihood that power ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Socially Responsible Mutual Funds - Investopedia
Investopedia
It's possible to earn on investments while following your own ethical compass. · Socially responsible investors ...

What is Social Impact Investing? | Learn More | Investment U
Investment U
Social impact investing aims to generate a positive societal return as well as a financial one. In other words, the goal is to invest with companies ...

The Many Reasons ESG Is a Loser - WSJ
Wall Street Journal
What has the investment world come to? Then there's this: On May 18, the S&P dropped Tesla from its S&P 500 ESG Index. Exxon is still in. The S&P ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global Market Opportunities And Strategies To 2031
GlobeNewswire
New York, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global ...

Carbon capture utilization and storage pilot coming to Teck Trail - Nelson Star
Nelson Star
Teck Resources has announced a carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) pilot project is coming to Trail operations.

Biggest CCS failure clouds Supreme Court ruling - E&E News
E&E News
The future for carbon capture and storage has perhaps never been ... “help to incentivize investment” in carbon capture, utilization and storage, ...

Sustainability Investing: 

How to make sustainable investing work | Financial Times
Financial Times
The voices raised in criticism of ESG — investing with environmental, social and governance standards — are credible and powerful. Acknowledging their ...

Sustainable Solutions and Services | Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022, the Wealth Management Investing with Impact Platform offers a range of investment products, portfolio ...

An ABC on ESG and Sustainable Investing's Flavors: QuickTake - 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 ...

Geoengineering:

Responsible Research Won't Be Enough to Control Solar Geoengineering
New Security Beat
As climate change worsens, the once-unimaginable power to use technology to cool the planet—a method known as "solar geoengineering"—has quietly.

Move over GeoEngineering Climate solutions, MIT has found a Mitigation method that works ...
Daily Kos
As some of you may be aware, for a wide variety of reasons* (primarily expediency), I am an advocate for Big Science Climate Mitigation ...

'A wild west in the atmosphere': UNO professor pitching global 'geo-engineering' regulatory body
KETV
A University of Nebraska-Omaha professor is across the border pitching an idea to politicians: a geo-engineering regulatory body.

Green Bond Funds:

What Are ESG Bonds? - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Learn how to add ESG bonds to your investment strategy. ... Sustainability bonds are issued to raise funds for a combination of green and social ...

5 considerations for investors enticed by the 'greenium' - IFA Magazine
IFA Magazine
The appetite for green bonds does not appear to be slowing. In 2021 sustainable UCITS bond funds attracted €102bn of net new assets, ...

ESG bonds grab biggest share yet of corporate sales - IFR
IFR
More than one in every six dollars of bond funding raised by corporates ... Green bonds consolidated their dominant position in corporate ESG new ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Rio Tinto To Invest US$188 Mln To Expand Low-carbon Billet Production In Canada
Nasdaq
... US$188 million to increase the production capacity for low-carbon, ... When hedge fund managers appear to be thinking alike, we find it is a ...

Terra CO2 Technology Announces a $46M Series A Co-Led by Breakthrough Energy ...
Business Wire
Terra CO2 Technology, the scalable low carbon alternative for cement production, announced today the closing of a $46M Series A financing round ...