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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

COVID-19 has made us more sustainable - UQ News
The University of Queensland
COVID-19, rather than the threat of climate change, has spurred Australians to become more sustainable, according to research from The University ...

In COVID-era trash surge, waste management ingenuity, circularity, and investments are key
World Bank Blogs - World Bank Group
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and with little warning, ... Newly prioritized efforts to boost sustainable waste management capacity ...

COVID-19 prompts Australians to seek sustainable lifestyles, research finds - Xinhua
Xinhua
COVID-19 prompts Australians to seek sustainable lifestyles, research finds. Source: Xinhua. Editor: huaxia. 2022-08-18 19:23:30 ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Target net zero: A journey to decarbonizing the public sector - McKinsey
McKinsey
According to the agreement, based on the best available science, the world must reach net-zero GHG emissions early in the second half of the present ...

On the road: Inflation Reduction Act jumpstarts U.S. transportation sector decarbonization
Clean Air Task Force
The global transportation sector accounts for roughly 15% of total ... in hydrogen-based systems that will be essential to the decarbonization of ...

These economies are set to lead shipping's green transition | World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
As the industry seeks to raise climate ambition and align with science-based climate targets, there has been a push for full sector decarbonization by ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Moving to the Global Reporting Initiative for ESG Disclosure - Urban Land Magazine
Urban Land Magazine - Urban Land Institute
Sustainability has been a core value of The Swig Company since our founding more than 85 years ago and is woven into our company culture.

Global Reporting Initiative on vaccines and immunization open [Africa, Caribbean]
International Journalists' Network
The IWMF will select 30 journalists to participate in the Global Health Reporting Initiative from October 2022 to June 2023. The cohort will ...

Updated Guide Facilitates SDG Reporting by Businesses | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD
SDG Knowledge Hub - International Institute for Sustainable Development
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the UN Global Compact, together with partners and stakeholders, have released an updated guidance for ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Top Alternative Energy Stocks for Q4 2022 - Investopedia
Investopedia
The IRA is expected to invest roughly $369 billion in energy security and ... Its renewable energy business includes solar and wind power in the ...

Renewable energy's charm still growing for investors - Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
Renewable energy investments are appealing to more long-term investors such as pension funds, even as the risk and return profiles are changing.

SEE Invests in Renewable Energy - Business Wire
Business Wire
Sealed Air (NYSE: SEE) has invested $9 million in a solar farm that is now powering its Madera, California manufacturing facility.

CDP Sustainability:

Comment: To tackle the global water crisis, companies must be made to reveal their water impacts
Reuters
Cate Lamb manages CDP's global water security program, and has almost 20 years of experience in the environmental and sustainable development ...

Cost crisis: Are businesses backtracking on sustainability, just as they need to step up?
edie
One-third of British business owners are de-prioritising sustainability amid rising energy and commodity costs, a new survey has found.

Valuing Water Finance Initiative: Investors call on corporate giants to step up water stewardship
edie
At COP26 last year, CDP revealed that it had developed the first water risk ... The sustainability success stories of the week August second week.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

What the new federal climate and clean energy law means for cities
Cal Cities
The League of California Cities and the National League of Cities have long called on Congress to invest in actions that combat climate change and ...

Climate change makes catastrophic flood twice as likely, study shows
University of California
The University of California received a 2021 Green Power Leadership Award today for accelerating the transition to clean energy. The University of ...

California winemakers are using A.I. to combat climate change challenges | Fortune
Fortune
Drones hovering over grape vines—that's the sight you may see when you visit Gamble Family Vineyards in the Oakville region of Napa Valley, ...

Impact Investing:

What Is Impact Investing? How It Works, Ways to Invest, ESG Funds - Business Insider
Business Insider
Impact investing is the process of investing in companies, funds, or firms that are dedicated to improving the environment or society while also ...

Why impact investing can be a game-changer for everyone - The CEO Magazine
The CEO Magazine
The future of social entrepreneurs looks bright, but if impact investing was more openly received by potential investors so they could become ...

The Week in Impact Investing: Talent - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Thousands of Agents of Impact rely on ImpactAlpha to stay ahead of the curve on impact investing and sustainable finance. Unlock this article by ...

Energy Storage

Energy storage industry hails 'transformational' Inflation Reduction Act
Energy Storage News
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act yesterday, bringing with it measures expected to boost prospects for energy storage.

We Have An Energy Storage Problem - Forbes
Forbes
Pre-generation storage comes in the form of an inventory of fuel of one form or another that can be converted into electrical energy that allows us to ...

Removing Barriers to Energy Storage is Key to a Clean Energy Future - UCS blog
UCS blog - Union of Concerned Scientists
For storage to provide all the benefits it can and enable the rapid growth of renewable energy, we need to change the rules of an energy game ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

More Than 15000 Carbon Scorecards Issued in First Year Following Carbon Action Module Launch
Yahoo Finance
EcoVadis Inaugural Carbon Maturity Report: More Than 15,000 Carbon ... deepening their commitments to science-based targets and realize that value ...

EcoVadis Inaugural Carbon Maturity Report - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
"Organizations are deepening their commitments to science-based targets and realize that value chain action is essential to drive real impact and ...

Eaton Announces First $1.3 Billion Sustainability-Linked Bond

Business Wire
The targets were approved by the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) and include cutting carbon emissions from the company's operations by 50% ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

EV Winners and Losers From Inflation Reduction Act. Hint: Tesla Is a Winner. | Barron's
Barron's
... industry is one of the obvious winners from the Inflation Reduction Act, the law that advances President Biden's climate change agenda.

We've got a climate law. Who wins? - Politico
Politico
Winners and losers ... Perhaps the law's biggest losers are the rich. ... The war is exacerbating a crisis already fueled by climate change, ...

Energy Winners and Losers from the Inflation Reduction Act - Investing Daily -
Investing Daily -
The bill has been championed as a “climate change bill,” but it also allocates hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade to other ...

Microgrids:

Will the microgrid industry and the public accept small nuclear reactors?
Microgrid Knowledge
With the federal DOE studying the use of small nuclear reactors in microgrids, will the microgrid industry embrace the technology?

Revisiting the Tesla-Edison debate in the microgrid era
Microgrid Knowledge
In an era of distributed energy resources, renewables-based DC microgrids put a new spin on the Tesla-Edison debate. Hanan Fishman of Alencon ...

Can microgrids help to bridge the infrastructure gap for the EV charging surge?
Microgrid Knowledge
Norm Campbell of Go Electric explores how microgrids can bridge the distribution infrastructure transition needed to support mass EV charging.

Socially Responsible Investing:

What Is Impact Investing? How It Works, Ways to Invest, ESG Funds - Business Insider
Business Insider
To be clear, this financial give-up only applies to impact investing in the strictest sense. If by "impact investing," you actually mean ESG investing ...

Two Promising ESG Investments to Drive Your Portfolio in 2022 - TipRanks
TipRanks
In recent times different quarters of the market have been leaning towards socially responsible investing, or sustainable investing, or environmental, ...

Divesting from ESG-poor companies has minor impact, research shows
Wealth Professional
Investors who eliminate sin stocks from their portfolios in hopes of hurting the companies' valuations and access to cash may be dissatisfied with ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

US Inflation Reduction Act offers tax breaks for large-scale carbon capture, utilisation and storage
Offshore Technology
The bill incentivises carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), which according to oil and gas advocates, could help reduce startup costs ...

Carbon Capture & Removal Solutions Provider, Svante, Responds to the US's ... - Business Wire
Business Wire
Without carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), the world will not reach net zero by midcentury, and legislation such as the US's 45Q Tax ...

The CCUS Imperative | RealClearEnergy
RealClearEnergy
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) encompasses a suite of technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere, predominantly by ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Republicans wage war on environmental investing rules | The Hill
The Hill
A groundswell of Republicans in states across the U.S. are waging a war against environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, framing the ...

Why a Former Top Sustainability Investor Says the Industry is a Dangerous Fraud
Investopedia
Tariq Fancy, the former Chief Investment Officer of Sustainable Investing for BlackRock, joins the show to explain why he left the industry and ...

ESG Exchange-Traded Funds Gain Popularity in Sustainability Investment
Environment + Energy Leader
The ESG ETFs add to a number of financial options that are available to investors and businesses in terms of ESG and sustainability targets.

Geoengineering:

Scientists evaluate Earth-cooling strategies with geoengineering simulations - Phys.org
Phys.org
Solar radiation modification—or solar geoengineering, as it is sometimes called—is a potential climate change mitigation strategy that involves ...

Scientists evaluate Earth-cooling strategies with geoengineering simulations - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
Solar radiation modification -- or solar geoengineering, as it is sometimes called -- is a potential climate change mitigation strategy that ...

What could we do to cool the Arctic, specifically? - The Conversation
The Conversation
Here are two possible forms of regional geoengineering.

Green Bond Funds:

Explainer: What is a green bond and how does it work? - Capital Monitor
Capital Monitor
Green bonds are a tool to raise funds for new and existing projects that focus on environmental benefits and a more sustainable economy.

Ambitions Keep Rising In Green Bonds | Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
The green bond market's explosive growth over the past decade has ... of investing in securities generally or in the Fund particularly or the ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act, boosting low-carbon materials in civil projects
Construction Dive
The bill also contains $4 billion to improve resiliency in affordable housing, including funds for low-carbon materials, and allows FEMA's ...

CRIN identifies carbon conversion project for funding - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, CRIN is announcing one additional project identified for funding in its Low Emission ...

Inflation Reduction Act Program Funding Opportunities - For Construction Pros
For Construction Pros
Federal funding for developing and procuring low-embodied carbon of construction materials as provided for in IRA is both significant and ...