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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Equilibrium/Sustainability — How COVID lockdowns affected bird behavior | The Hill
The Hill
The lockdown periods that marked the early stages of the coronavirus ... Equilibrium/Sustainability — How COVID lockdowns affected bird behavior.

COVID- a way forward with Sustainability & Biodiversity - Modern Diplomacy
Modern Diplomacy
COVID -19 is a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus II, first identified in Wuhan city of China on December 19, 2021 and until now this virus ...

Healthy foods, COVID rebound — the week in infographics - Nature
Nature
They considered several factors, including greenhouse-gas emissions and land use. Healthier foods tended to have low environmental impacts, the team ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Data to Help Decarbonize the Built Sector - CommercialSearch
CommercialSearch
Decarbonization goals have increasingly become part of the ESG ... a carbon and energy management software company based in Austin, Texas.

A Look At 2 Frameworks For Decarbonizing Heavy Industry - Law360
Law360
These wide-ranging measures are necessary to mitigate emissions both from the industrial and manufacturing processes as well as from fossil fuel-based ...

Hydrogen: A Targeted Decarbonization Tool but Not a Panacea - NRDC
NRDC
Hydrogen has the potential to help decarbonize many of the sectors and ... and electrolysis-based production facilities for green hydrogen are ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Comparison of ESG reporting frameworks | Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), Task Force on Climate- ...

ASUS Releases 2021 Sustainability Report - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Report follows the latest GRI and international SASB standards, and ASUS will publish an independent TCFD report in September.

Franklin Electric Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Franklin Electric produced the report following the guidelines set forth in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable Energy Stocks to Invest In - The Future of Clean Energy - Investment U
Investment U
Enphase Energy (Nasdaq: ENPH) · Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEPC) · Plug Power (Nasdaq: PLUG) · Solaredge Technologies (Nasdaq: SEDG).

11 countries leading the charge on renewable energy | Climate Council
Climate Council
The need for a swift transition to renewable energy is more urgent ... renewable energy and support them with investments, the benefits come fast.

Public and Private Investment in Renewable Energy is Expanding, and So Is Generation Capacity
Nasdaq
That investment would translate to dramatically increased energy production capacities from renewable sources, including 39 GW of wind generation ...

CDP Sustainability:

List of Sustainability Definitions - CDP
CDP
The acronyms and technical terms that surround climate change and other environmental crises can be time-consuming to navigate, but with this list of ...

Companies must put money where their mouths are to fight nature loss, says CDP's forests chief
Reuters
... according to CDP's Thomas Maddox; Efforts by governments, environmental groups and companies to address deforestation in landscapes, ...

What Next for Net-Zero? EcoAct webinar in partnership with CDP & SBTi - edie
edie
EcoAct webinar in partnership with CDP & SBTi ... Stay ahead of the curve with sustainability and energy newsletters from edie. Subscribe ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Governor Newsom's Ambitious Climate Proposals Presented to Legislature
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
State of California. ... today issued the following statement after sharing urgent proposals addressing climate change with the state Legislature.

Newsom to Legislature: Act fast to enact new climate change targets - CalMatters
CalMatters
I agree with the governor that California absolutely must take more of the same kind of actions that the Assembly has been working on.” State Senator ...

Governor Newsom Names Amelia Yana Garcia Gonzalez New Secretary for Environmental ...
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Garcia Gonzalez previously served in various leadership roles at CalEPA focused ... Secretary Blumenfeld, who has led the California Environmental ...

Impact Investing:

Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2022 - Pioneers Post
Pioneers Post
Impact funds are now “fighting for a share” of an increasingly competitive market – but can use their impact credentials to both attract capital and ...

Your Daily Phil: Impact investing moves into the mainstream + New models of community emerging
eJewish Philanthropy
Good Monday morning! Jewish climate groups are celebrating the $370 billion slated to address climate change in the Inflation Reduction Act of ...

Impact Investing: what's all the fuss about? - ANZ bluenotes
ANZ bluenotes
Investors globally are paying far more attention to impact investing, mirroring the increased awareness among consumers for environmental, ...

Energy Storage

Goldman says battery storage, hydrogen and other clean energy stocks are where investors ...
CNBC
The Inflation Reduction Act is the latest tailwind for stocks exposed to the energy transition. Goldman Sachs believes these names should be on ...

Inflation Reduction Act's passing kicks off a new era in clean energy
Energy Storage News
With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, the energy storage industry is ready to become a key pillar of the US energy transition.

What the Inflation Reduction Act can do for energy storage
Energy Storage News
Specialist lawyer Morten Lund of Stoel Rives offers a take on the Inflation Reduction Act, as it pertains to energy storage.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

CyrusOne Receives Approval of its Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi | Business Wire
Business Wire
With more than 50 high-performance mission-critical facilities worldwide, the Company ensures the continued operation of digital infrastructure for ...

Burberry's net-zero target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative - edie
edie
Luxury fashion giant Burberry has today (11 August) revealed that its carbon reduction targets to reach net-zero emissions by 2040 have been ...

Zebra Technologies' Emissions Reduction Targets Validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative
Business Wire
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator at the front line of business with solutions and partners that deliver a performance ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

For Electric Vehicle Makers, Winners and Losers in Climate Bill - The New York Times
The New York Times
And once automakers make changes to their supply chains required by the bill, they will be able to offer customers generous incentives for the rest of ...

A huge side benefit of the new climate bill - The New York Times
The New York Times
Raising American ambition to tackle global warming could also help build ... Winners and losers in the climate bill: Carmakers may take years to ...

Oil, Coal, Ukraine, Winners And Losers | Viewpoint | dnronline.com
Daily News-Record
This will not help ease global warming. The United States has ample natural gas deposits and could step in to replace Russian gas and oil, ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids for Everyone? - T&D World
T&D World
Is a microgrid the best approach for most customers? ... with a variety of arguments for installing microgrids, including environmental benefits, ...

If microgrids are the future, how can we future-proof microgrids?
Microgrid Knowledge
Eric Dupont, chief development officer at PowerSecure, explains how working with a microgrid+ developer can ensure microgrids are future-proof.

With new tax credits just a pen swipe away, what will change for microgrids?
Microgrid Knowledge
The Inflation Reduction Act is now just a pen swipe away from becoming law. Here are 8 changes (all good) that microgrid industry insiders ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

ESG Investing: How to build an ethical portfolio that reflects your values - Business Insider
Business Insider
ESG investing is a type of investing that considers a company's sustainability and societal impact. · ESG investments are rated on their environmental, ...

Socially responsible investing 2022: How to get started in 6 steps - Detroit News
Detroit News
Socially responsible investing is an investment approach that considers the social impact and moral values of an investment as well as the ...

Guess who wins: Socially responsible investments meet fiduciary duties
Dallas Morning News
Socially Responsible Investing” (SRI) is all the rage in investment circles. So is its big sister: “Environmental, Social and Governance ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Tax Benefits Under the Proposed Inflation ...
JD Supra
(Act). The included tax credits and benefits related to Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) projects represent some of the most notable and ...

Carbon Capture and Storage Market is Anticipated to Surge at a CAGR of 13.4% by 2031
Yahoo Finance
For Critical Insights on Carbon Capture and Storage Market, ... capital carbon capture, utilization, technology, and underground storage and ...

Cheap carbon capture tech could filter out CO2 in smokestacks - Freethink
Freethink
A new carbon capture technology made from the cheap material melamine could ... uptake of [carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies], ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Doing Good: Where Sustainable Investing Gets It Wrong | INSEAD Knowledge
INSEAD Knowledge
The winner was “ESG” – environmental, social and governance – shorthand for the broad range of factors used to assess the sustainability performance ...

Climate bill would fuel sustainable investing - InvestmentNews
InvestmentNews
The Senate's climate bill is a big investment in clean energy and will provide something sustainable investing has long sought — certainty.

Comment: The backlash to climate-smart investing in the U.S. is based on a blatant lie | Reuters
Reuters
The sustainability nonprofit I lead, Ceres, has worked for more than three decades with investors and companies to address exactly these issues, ...

Geoengineering:

Fertilizing the oceans with iron could help remove a gigaton of carbon dioxide per year
Interesting Engineering
Unlike other forms of geoengineering, it doesn't involve harmful chemicals. Phytoplanktons naturally use carbon dioxide and sunlight for ...

GEO-engineering will buy us time | TheRecord.com
Waterloo Region Record
This insightful article cautions against various forms of the planet-cooling technique. We know geo-engineering does not solve climate change, but ...

Fact Check: 'Chemtrails' are used across countries to block the Sun's rays.
The Paradise News
... the video refers to the phenomenon as 'chemtrails' or 'geoengineering' ... for analysis of solar geoengineering's impacts and potential risks.

Green Bond Funds:

Ford's green bond sees $5 billion in demand as Biden signs climate bill - MarketWatch
MarketWatch
s new $1.75 billion green bond deal on Tuesday to help finance more ... from the bond financing will aim to fund clean-transportation projects, ...

Ford Taps Green Bond Market to Fund EV Development - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. is taking advantage of a credit-market rally to sell green bonds. The vehicle maker sold $1.75 billion of debt ...

Green bond sales drop 19-month low to $24bn amidst tight issuance windows: Bloomberg
Arab News
RIYADH: US-based Insilico Medicine has raised an additional $35 million in a Series D funding round led by Aramco-backed Prosperity7 Ventures.

Low Carbon Funds:

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