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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Focus on the global economy - OECD
OECD
The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated trade in dangerous fake goods. ... adding pressure to energy security and sustainability goals. Data insights ...

Sustainable Science; What does the future look like? - News-Medical
News-Medical
We speak to Ali Safavi, CEO and Founder of Grenova about sustainable science, ... During COVID, we enabled over 50 labs in the US alone to stay in ...

Goal of the Month Editorial | August 2022 - United Nations Sustainable Development
the United Nations
The global economy is slowly recovering from COVID-19, although recovery remains fragile and uneven. Developed economies are experiencing a marked ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonization pathways for the residential sector in the United States | Nature Climate Change
Nature
The consideration of embodied emissions, engineering-based energy modelling using high-resolution housing characteristics and representation of ...

Global Buildings Decarbonization Solutions Market â?? Recent Industry Trends and Projected ...
littlesaigoncollective.com
along with growth forecasts through 2028. Estimates on revenue are based on the price in the supply chain at which the Buildings Decarbonization ...

Consultants Invited to Study Transport Sector Decarbonization in the Arab Region
Mercom India
The Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE), the official technical arm of the League of Arab States...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Global ESG Reporting Standards Too Narrow, Unclear, Critics Say - Bloomberg Tax
Bloomberg Tax
A survey of big global companies released by the International Federation of Accountants on Monday found that 72% used Global Reporting Initiative ...

Food Security - Access for All Is a Human Right - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the independent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for ...

Trends & Opportunities with Standardizing ESG Disclosures in Real Estate - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
The group brings together frameworks that are referencing or building on the GHG protocol, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), CDP, ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Senate Passes Climate Bill. The Rush to Renewable Energy Is On. | Barron's
Barron's
The bill could greatly accelerate the global transition to wind, solar and other clean energy. For investors, it will pay to be picky.

Record first half for renewables despite supply chain woes - BNEF - Power Engineering International
Power Engineering International
Global investment in renewable energy rose to $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a year.

Renewable Energy Investments Can Be Recovered Within Six Years
Industry Leaders Magazine
Investing in renewable energy results will boost the economy by creating millions of jobs. PUBLISHED BY. Christy Gren. TAGS: carbon negativeclean ...

CDP Sustainability:

2022-08-04 CVC Fund VIII agrees to invest in Maticmind alongside CDP Equity
CVC Capital Partners
Sustainability. CVC believes the management of environmental, social and governance matters is a critical part of ensuring the long-term success of ...

Updated reporting guide to counter SDG woes | Environment Analyst Global
Environment Analyst
Sustainability standards setter GRI and the UN Global Compact have ... It also incorporates metrics from CDP, the Sustainability Accounting ...

Türk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi : 2021 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Report | MarketScreener
Market Screener
Sustainable Development Goals priority topics;. Increasing fuel efficiency and reducing emissions to combat climate change; Waste management; Resource ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment - Public Policy Institute of California
Public Policy Institute of California
Eight in ten Californians say that climate change is a very or somewhat serious ... for California to be a world leader in climate change efforts.

OPA CA appreciates Newsom's leadership directing CARB to ensure state meets climate goals
Indybay
Human made climate change-inducing greenhouse gas emissions have caused record droughts, fires, floods, super storms and rising seas that have led to ...

Jerry Brown was surprised — and thrilled — by Joe Manchin's climate deal
Los Angeles Times
This is the Aug. 4, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing in London: What is it, what does it do and who does it support?
Centre for London
Impact investment is one way to use finance to do good. The premise is that investments can make a positive change in the world ...

Catalyzing new markets with early-stage impact investments - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Making so-called “sub-commercial” investments, where the impact investor is willing to accept higher risk or lower expected returns in order to jump- ...

Impact investing with Chinese characteristics - SupChina
SupChina
Yijing Wang, founder of 2060 Advisory based in Hangzhou, discusses the impact investing landscape in China and how it has accelerated since ...

Energy Storage

Inflation Reduction Act Could Supercharge Grid Energy Storage - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
Inflation Reduction Act includes tax credit for stand-alone energy storage for the first time, a potential game-changer for the technology.

Energy storage would win long-sought victory with Inflation Reduction Act - Canary Media
Canary Media
But the technologies to store that renewable electricity have had to scrape by without their own tax credit. The best that storage plants could do was ...

Inflation Reduction Act could mean the end of 'dumb' solar-plus-storage hybrids
Energy Storage News
convergent energy + power battery storage massachusetts Standalone energy storage easing congestion via substations in utility Southern California ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Chemours Takes the Next Step in its ESG and Sustainability Journey; Commits to Set ...
Business Wire
The initiative is a collaboration between the Carbon Disclosure Project ... The SBTi defines and promotes best practice in science-based target ...

Bell recognized for its ESG performance in corporate responsibility and environmental standards
Yahoo Finance
In addition, Bell is pleased to announce that its science-based targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction have been approved by the ...

CapitaLand Investment commits to net zero by 2050 - Construction Week India
Construction Week India
... are validated by the science based targets initiative (SBTi) to limit global ... CLI's carbon mitigation strategy towards net zero by 2050 is ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers from the Democratic tax, health care and climate change bill | The Hill
The Hill
There are clear political winners and losers throughout the legislation, which makes changes to the tax code and provides large investments for ...

The market's biggest winners and losers in the Inflation Reduction Act - CNBC
CNBC
The Senate on Sunday passed the bill that's designed to fight climate change, make significant tax changes, trim the federal deficit, cut drug prices ...

Here are the winners and losers from Democrats' climate change and tax bill - Fortune
Fortune
The tax and energy bill passed Sunday after a year and half of rocky negotiations that divided the party. It gives Democrats tangible progress on ...

Microgrids:

A less obvious way the climate bill will help microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrid costs are likely to fall due to the Inflation Reduction Act, but that's only one way the climate bill promises to drive up demand for ...

Global Microgrid Markets Report 2022-2027: Grid-Connected - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Dublin, Aug. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Microgrid Market by Connectivity (Grid-connected, Off-grid), Offering (Power Generators, ...

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 ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

The 8 best socially responsible investment apps of August 2022 - Business Insider
Business Insider
The best socially responsible investing apps offer ESG funds, copious portfolio options, and low fees. Our August list includes IMPACT, ...

How to Do Socially Responsible Investing | Next Avenue
Next Avenue
But investing to follow your values requires more than a little caution, especially if you're interested in buying an ESG mutual fund or ETF. That's ...

Socially responsible investing 2022: How to get started in 6 steps | Ap - The Derrick
The Derrick
Whatever your cause, socially responsible investing allows you to earn a return while making an impact. Thank you for reading!

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Samsung, SK, Lotte, POSCO take carbon capture tech to Southeast Asia - The Korea Times
The Korea Times
By Lee Kyung-min. An increasing number of local conglomerates are seeking to fortify carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) business ...

South Korea and Southeast Asia Cooperating for CCUS - Businesskorea
Businesskorea
The global investment in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is increasing in an attempt to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

NETL Leadership Highlights Decarbonization at 2022 Clearwater Clean Energy Conference
National Energy Technology Laboratory - Department of Energy
... ecosystem involves renewable energy sources, hydrogen, biofuels, carbon capture, carbon removal, carbon utilization, and carbon storage.”.

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

A data-driven approach to managing COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Africa - Community News
Community News
A data-driven approach to managing COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Africa ... the vaccine delivery environment and citizen decision-making process (see ...

Sustainability Investing: 

The 8 best socially responsible investment apps of August 2022 - Business Insider
Business Insider
You may be able to invest directly in SRI portfolios, trade ESG funds, or sift through sustainable stocks, depending on the platform. We've ...

10 Best ESG Stocks for 2022 - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Here are 10 of the top-ranking companies for their environmental, social and ... By investing in the best ESG companies, you support sustainable ...

ESG Investing Has Taken Multiple Hits. The Stocks May Benefit Over the Long Run. | Barron's
Barron's
Sustainable fund flows have also fallen. In the second quarter, U.S. sustainable mutual funds and exchange-traded funds suffered outflows for the ...

Geoengineering:

Geo-engineering climate solutions come with great risk | TheSpec.com
Hamilton Spectator
“Geo-engineering is the deliberate large-scale intervention in the Earth's natural systems to counteract climate change.” Ironically, for over 150 ...

Reduced Sulfur Emissions Could Cause Climate Shock | Hackaday
Hackaday
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/geoengineering-treatment-stratospheric-aerosol-injection-climate-change-study-today-2018-11-23/.

Green Bond Funds:

Green Bond Investment Program - The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy
How will the funds be spent? A conservation framework has been put together to allow as flexible of use as possible under green bond principles. All ...

Chinese green bonds required to use 100% of funds for green purposes - China Dialogue
China Dialogue
In accordance with international norms, such as the Green Bond Principles of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the Climate Bonds ...

Green bonds poised for revival after shaky start to 2022 — report - Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
Green bond issuance got off to a shaky start in 2022 due to a number of factors, but is picking up, the Climate Bonds Initiative found.

Low Carbon Funds:

Inflation Reduction Act includes over $5 billion for low carbon procurement
Building Design + Construction
Funds targeted towards EPDs, labeling construction materials, use of low carbon materials. By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor | August 8, 2022.

U.S. Senate Passes the Inflation Reduction Act, Committing $370 Billion to Action on ... - JD Supra
JD Supra
The IRA includes major provisions aimed at reducing GHG emissions, ... Many of the provisions also earmark or steer funds toward low-income and ...

How the New Climate Bill Promises to Cut Inflation, Upgrade the Economy, and Slash Emissions
RMI
Buildings — Funding Home Upgrades, Lifting Low-Income Neighborhoods ... Hydrogen, carbon capture, and cheap clean electricity are the building ...