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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Building New Collaborative Global Partnerships for Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery
ESCAP
... and triangular cooperation for sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 ... toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Cost to Hit U.N. Sustainability Goals Rises to $176 Trillion - Report - USNews.com
USNews.com
Stay informed daily on the latest news and advice on COVID-19 from the editors at U.S. News & World Report. ... Sign up to receive the latest updates ...

Majority of Millennials, Gen Zers who moved home during COVID-19 pandemic still live there: survey
The Hill
Sustainability Infrastructure ... The COVID-19 pandemic threw long term education and housing plans into flux for many Americans and the ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

To decarbonize industry, DOE road map focuses on efficiency, electrification and low-carbon fuels
Utility Dive
Reducing emissions in the iron and steel industries by decarbonizing ore-based or scrap-based iron and steelmaking operations.

US DOE suggests low-carbon fuels, pilot programs for US steel sector decarbonization
S&P Global
Despite the energy intensity of global steel production, which is largely based on blast furnaces, 70% of steel produced in the US utilizes less ...

Biden Administration Targets Industrial Decarbonization Through Electrification, Low ...
POWER Magazine
Using energy more efficiently in the industrial sector may be a key ... Low-carbon feedstocks include bio-based and end-of-life materials, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Paramount Releases 2021-2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report
Paramount
9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) today released its third ... including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ...

The T – What – FD? A New Framework for Inequality-related Financial Disclosures is Under ...
Ropes & Gray LLP
The Global Reporting Initiative's tax disclosure standard will influence how the TIFD framework addresses this topic.

Paramount Releases 2021-2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG ... - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA) today released its third annual ... including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Oil and Gas Stocks: A Safe Way to Invest in Renewable Energy - Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Renewable energy stocks have been one of the most intriguing sectors for investors.In short, the opportunity in renewable energy is massive.

10 Best Energy Stocks to Buy in 2022 | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
That's why energy investors may want to consider holding both fossil fuel and renewable companies in their portfolios. Many energy companies are ...

Big oil companies are spending millions to appear 'green.' Their investments tell a different ... - CNN
CNN
Shell, for example, says it plans to spend 12% of its capital expenses on renewable energy this year, up from 10% in 2021. And the company noted the ...

CDP Sustainability:

G7 company emissions falling short of global climate goal, study shows | Reuters
Reuters
Companies in the Group of Seven (G7) economies are failing to meet Paris Climate Agreement objectives, non-profit disclosure platform CDP and ...

G7 firms failing Paris Climate Agreement: CDP-Oliver Wyman analysis - Fibre2Fashion
Fibre2Fashion
As global leaders are scheduled to meet in Sharm el-Sheikh in November to keep the Paris Agreement's 1.5 degrees centigrade target alive, ...

Innergex's 2021 Sustainability Report: Building a Pathway to a Greener Future
Innergex Renewable Energy
... Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”), the Carbon Disclosure Project (“CDP”) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (“SASB”).

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California evolves its climate leadership by increasing its options - Clean Air Task Force
Clean Air Task Force
California also bears the brunt of climate change's worst impacts. It routinely suffers from extreme droughts, wildfires, and heatwaves – all of which ...

California leads world with new heat wave ranking law to protect from deadly effects of ...
California Department of Insurance - CA.gov
“California is once again leading the world in fighting climate change and its deadly effects. Ranking heat waves will be a powerful new tool to ...

Facing criticism, state amps up its climate change blueprint - CalMatters
CalMatters
Responding to concerns of Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmentalists, the California Air Resources Board has bolstered its climate roadmap with ...

Impact Investing:

What investors need to know about the impact investing landscape | PitchBook
PitchBook
As previously mentioned, impact investing is an outward facing investment strategy, in which investors seek to have a direct positive environmental or ...

Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2022 and 2023 - 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 ...

The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing Awards $450,000 to Three Organizations ...
Yahoo Finance
The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing Awards $450000 to Three Organizations Working to Advance Public Policies Related to the Asset Manager ...

Energy Storage

US needs to 'leapfrog' to next gen energy storage technologies
Energy Storage News
Image: Berkeley Lab. For the US to succeed in creating a domestic energy storage manufacturing industry that can compete globally, it needs to look ...

Kia EV batteries find second life as energy storage systems to reduce strain on grid
Electrek
Kia Europe has announced a new partnership with encore Deutsche Bahn to reuse former EV batteries to create scalable energy storage systems.

World Energy Storage Day: a platform for the industry's potential
Smart Energy International
Ashok Thakur, editor of ETN (Emerging Technology News) interviews Dr Rahul Walawalkar, chair for World Energy Storage Day.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Firmenich Strengthens Sustainability Performance in FY2022 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Progress of Firmenich ESG performance in FY2022 against targets. ... Its net-zero targets were validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative ...

My Say: From carbon ambition to delivery in Malaysia | The Edge Markets
The Edge Markets
The year 2021 was about setting ambitions. The number of companies establishing science-based targets for decarbonisation had strongly increased ...

Energy News | Planning, BIM & Construction Today
PBC Today
The Science Based Targets initiative1 has approved Saint-Gobain's carbon neutrality ... Making the stars align for building net zero carbon homes.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

The 2022 Emmy Awards: The winners, losers, and can't-miss moments | The Week
The Week
Some historic wins to look out for include Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae possibly becoming the first person to win the Lead Drama - Actor Emmy for a show ...

Changes in the tree canopy facilitated the evolution of the first-ever gliding reptile
ScienceDaily
Such change in forest structure could explain why no gliders have been ... to discover the winners and losers from 30 years of climate change.

'Clairvoyant' 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather - 960 The Ref
960 The Ref
In a report that changed the way the world thinks about the harms of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special ...

Microgrids:

How to build more microgrids in rural communities — and why we should
Microgrid Knowledge
Michelle Moore, former sustainability chief under President Obama, is keen on building rural microgrids for providing resilience and clean power.

Michelle Moore - Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrid Knowledge
Michelle Moore, former sustainability chief under President Obama, is keen on building microgrids to provide resilience and clean power for rural ...

Microgrid Controller Market worth $11.5 Billion by 2027 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™
Yahoo Finance
Microgrid Controller Market size is estimated to be USD 4.2 Billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 11.5 Billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 22.3% ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

The Difference Between ESG and SRI, and How They Impact Investing - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Socially responsible investing is using a screening process that allows investors to independently determine investments based on ethical ...

What Does ESG Investing Mean? Does It Work? What Is Woke Capitalism? - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
In one sense, defining “ESG” is easy – it's an approach to investing and finance centered around understanding risks from environmental factors, ...

Triple Bottom Line - Investopedia
Investopedia
TBL may result in retaining employees, increasing external investments, boosting sales from ESG-interested customers, and gaining long-term ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture and Storage Market Report 2022: Need for Efficient Utilization of ...
Business Wire
Global Carbon Capture and Storage Market Report 2022: Need for Efficient Utilization of CO2 Pulls Oil & Gas Companies Towards CCS - ResearchAndMarkets ...

How Carbon Capture Works - Honeywell
Honeywell
How does carbon capture, storage and utilization work? ... Carbon capture technologies provide industries with sustainable methods of carbon removal ...

Carbon capture and storage might be failing. Here's why. - Corporate Knights
Corporate Knights
When CCS or carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects did succeed, it was usually in the natural gas processing sector, where CO2 ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable Investing at KKR - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
WHERE WE INVEST: Solutions InvestingInvesting behind ESG and sustainability themes and supporting companies that strive to be part of the solution to ...

How ESG investing got tangled up in America's culture wars - NPR
NPR
Amid Republican attacks, investors focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues say they are just trying understand emerging risks ...

Geoengineering:

How to deal with climate refugees? Probably not like this. - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
... and to geoengineer a cooler planet, could make our problems worse. ... to abandon squeamishness and embrace several forms of geoengineering.

Is 'cloud seeding' actually helping fight drought? - Popular Science
Popular Science
He compares cloud seeding to other geoengineering methods, like reflecting sunlight before it hits the earth using sulfate aerosols or ocean ...

Green Bond Funds:

Union Pacific Issues $600 Million in Green Bonds to Fund Investments Aimed at Reducing ...
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) issued a $600 million green bond offering to fund investments aimed at decarbonizing the ...

Understanding Green Bond Performance In Market Setbacks | Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
Green bonds have gained a reputation for providing better downside ... For nearly two decades, hedge fund founder Chris DeMuth Jr. has used these ...

SKF issues its second Green Bond; raises EUR 400 million to finance green investments
PR Newswire
The Bond further connects SKF's business strategy and funding approach to the Group's sustainability commitment and climate targets. The proceeds from ...

Low Carbon Funds:

7 Best Clean Energy ETFs to Buy Now | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
Here's a list of the seven best clean energy exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, to buy for future growth. Next:iShares Global Clean Energy ETF ...

Thyssenkrupp gives nod on funds for low-carbon steel production site | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Thyssenkrupp on Thursday said it has green-lit investments for a direct reduction plant that will cost more than 2 billion euros ($1.99 billion) ...

A low-carbon chemical industry 'could create 29m jobs and double turnover' - The Guardian
The Guardian
Adopting more efficient and low-carbon technology could create 29m new jobs ... The financial markets are also very keen to fund this transition.