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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

School Air Filtration and Ventilation Strategies To Improve Health, Education, Equity, and ...
Center for American Progress
Key to managing the risk of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 is ... education, and environmental outcomes through strategies that improve ...

UPMC Announces Leadership for Its Environmental Sustainability Efforts
UPMC & Pitt Health Sciences News Blog -
Looking to change lives in another way by amplifying its efforts to combat climate change and reduce our overall environmental impact under the ...

Had COVID already? Great, you're now less likely to get the new BA.5
Los Alamos National Laboratory
A study conducted with data from Portugal shows that previous infections by the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron COVID-19 variants, dominant earlier this ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Cross-sector partnerships are enabling a clean energy transition | World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
... Dhabi to support the decarbonization of the shipping sector and its role in the transition towards a global energy sector based on renewables.

We may have to recalibrate the country's decarbonization effort - Mint
Mint
But it is the shift towards green hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (DRI) processes in the steel industry along with the use of renewable energy ...

IRENA and Industry Leaders Launch the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization - BNamericas
BNamericas
About 25% of global GDP is produced by the industrial sector, which also emits around 28% of GHG emissions. Partnerships based on dialogue and ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

'Greenwashing is fraud': JSE companies mull climate change pandering - Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
The head of the Global Reporting Initiative says the practice deserves strong repudiation because it misleads investors and other stakeholders.

Group Urges Australia to Require Country-By-Country Reporting - Bloomberg Tax
Bloomberg Tax
Australia should require large multinational companies to report the ... of the Global Reporting Initiative Tax Standard on the issue, PIRC said.

Renewable Energy Investments:

7 Best Clean Energy ETFs to Buy Now | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
The act was designed to incentivize a shift in the American industrial, manufacturing and technology sectors to a renewable energy focus.

Best Solar Energy Stocks to Invest In 2022 - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Learn to make money while investing in green energy companies like these solar stock industry leaders. Profit while investing for the world you ...

Top Energy Stocks for September 2022 - Investopedia
Investopedia
Two key reasons to invest in the energy sector ... renewables, production, transportation, ...

CDP Sustainability:

CLEARLOOP JOINS CDP AS AN ACCREDITED SOLUTIONS PROVIDER - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
CDP is the global non-profit which runs the world's environmental disclosure system used by over 13,000 companies and 1100 cities, states and regions ...

NTT DATA Launched Japan's First Greenhouse Gas Emissions Visualization Service ...
NTT Data
CDP, an authoritative international NGO in the area of climate change, collects environmental information from companies and municipalities around ...

Italy's CDP agrees debut EUR 100mln loan for AFC to support transition in Africa - ZAWYA
ZAWYA
CDP, with assets totalling over 400 billion euros, is providing the bilateral ... The focus on sustainably reducing Africa's energy deficit led to ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California Legislators Pass Ambitious Package Securing Climate Leadership
Environmental Defense Fund
California legislators just passed a strong climate package that will drive meaningful progress towards achieving carbon neutrality, ...

California Approves a Wave of Aggressive New Climate Measures - The New York Times
The New York Times
Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has sought to portray himself as a climate leader as he has raised his national profile and begun drawing speculation ...

Secretary Yana Garcia joins CalEPA at pivotal moment for climate and environmental justice
California Environmental Protection Agency - CA.gov
Garcia previously served in various leadership roles at CalEPA focused on environmental ... With California on the front lines of climate change, ...

Impact Investing:

IMPACT app review: Choose from 13 socially responsible investing categories - Business Insider
Business Insider
IMPACT is an Interactive Brokers-owned app offering socially responsible investing for those who want to make a difference with their investments.

Advancing Health Equity Through Impact Investing - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Impact investing is one way we are helping to bridge these gaps, by providing resources that support resilient and sustainable health care systems ...

Net-zero targets drive increase in impact investing - Professional Pensions
Professional Pensions
The global goal to reach net zero by 2050 is driving an increase among pension funds towards impact investing, according to new research by DWS ...

Energy Storage

MIT report: non-technical barriers to energy storage and how industry is getting around them
Energy Storage News
Cost and material availability are the main non-technical barriers to energy storage deployment at scale, according to a new MIT report.

Facts about Battery Energy Storage | Enel Green Power
Enel Green Power
As renewable energy continues to grow in the US and Canada, so does the demand to install utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) to ...

Comparing Battery Chemistries For Energy Storage Solutions - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
Common applications for energy storage include energy shifting, such as storing renewable energy to be used at another time or storing grid power to ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Science Based Targets Initiative Approves Saint-Gobain's CO2 Emission Reduction Target
Nasdaq
(RTTNews) - Committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, French building materials firm Saint-Gobain (CODGF.PK) announced Friday that the ...

L.E.K. Consulting Joins Science Based Targets Initiative to Affirm Commitment to Carbon Reduction
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- L.E.K. Consulting, the global strategy consulting firm, today announced it has aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative ...

Geotab emissions strategy meets Paris Agreement criteria | FleetOwner
Fleet Owner
SBTi defines best practices in setting science-based targets to help mobilize companies toward a low-carbon economy. The SBTi was established in a ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

The tech winners and losers of the pandemic | The Economist
The Economist
Summer reads · War in Ukraine · The Biden presidency · Climate change · Coronavirus ... The tech winners and losers of the pandemic.

Patterns of winners and losers among Britain's moths | surfbirds
Surfbirds.com
Climate change is also likely to be factor for both groups of species, threatening moths adapted to colder conditions in upland areas but enabling ...

Microgrids:

Report: How many jobs will microgrids produce?
Microgrid Knowledge
Data from a microgrid jobs report finds that every $1 million invested in microgrids creates 3.4 skilled jobs and $500000 in additional economic ...

Microgrids demonstrate versatility of battery tech and applications - Energy Storage News
Energy Storage News
Microgrids are self-contained energy networks which can either be connected to the main grid or separate from it. They can also be both of those ...

What does your utility think of microgrids?
Microgrid Knowledge
Customers often wonder how their electric utility will respond if they decide to put in a microgrid. The answer is an aggravating, “It depends.”  

Socially Responsible Investing:

Best Socially Responsible Investing Apps of September 2022: ESG Funds and More
Business Insider
Best for ESG investing: IMPACT by Interactive Brokers · Best for automated investing: Betterment mobile app · Best for sustainable investors of all ...

How To Find And Invest In Socially Responsible Companies In 2022 - The Urban List
The Urban List
When looking into responsible or ethical investing, you'll often see the term ESG; ESG refers to environmental, social, and governance ...

Is Socially Responsible Investing Profitable? - Real Daily
Real Daily
Are you an investor that is socially conscious, "green" or ethical? Someone who wants to make sure your investment goes into a company that makes ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Coal and Carbon Capture Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act | Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper
Coal and Carbon Capture Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act ... to encourage carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects.

Equinor and Wintershall's New Partnership Eyes An Extensive Carbon Capture Hub
Carbon Herald
The world's biggest carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) event called Carbon Capture Technology Expo Europe is happening… October 19, 2021.

'First of its kind' underground CO2 storage project approved near Kemmerer | County 17
County 17
This will be the first time BLM has issued a policy allowing for permanent underground CO2 storage. TAGS; Carbon Capture Utilization and Sequestration ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

9 Best Green Stocks and ETFs to Buy | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
... cars by 2035 and the Inflation Reduction Act's support for renewable energy seems to be creating new momentum for environmental investing.

Best Socially Responsible Investing Apps of September 2022: ESG Funds and More
Business Insider
You may be able to invest directly in SRI portfolios, trade ESG funds, or sift through sustainable 

 

10 Best ESG Stocks for 2022: Sustainable Investing | GOBankingRates
GOBankingRates
Modern investors looking to build portfolios that are both profitable and ethical incorporate non-financial criteria known as environmental, ...

Geoengineering:

News-Flash-September-2022 - The Way
The Way
... Engineering Documentary ( Geoengineering Watch ) · DANE WIGINGTON AND MIKE ADAMS DECODE THE GEOENGINEERING DEATH VECTORS FOR GLOBAL GENOCIDe

Green Bond Funds:

Aktia Launches Rare Dark Green Corporate Bond Fund - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Aktia Bank PlcPress release 1 September 2022 at 11.00 a.m. Aktia Launches Rare Dark Green Corporate Bond Fund In addition to long-term financial.

HY manager fears complexity around green bonds will hamper growth - Citywire
Citywire Selector
Receive breaking news emails with incisive analysis and cutting edge commentary from our award winning team. Access to our unique fund manager ...

7 Best Clean Energy ETFs to Buy Now | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
Of particular interest is its strong climate focus, which includes the ... Here's a list of the seven best clean energy exchange-traded funds, ...

Low Carbon Funds:

CalSTRS to move billions in equities to low-carbon index | Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
Where do you think the target range for the federal funds rate will fall at the end of 2022? Current level. Up ...

Low Carbon closes on £230m financing facility to fund 1GW solar pipeline - Business Green
Business Green
Renewable energy investor Low Carbon has raised £230m to develop 1GW of large-scale solar PV projects in the UK and the Netherlands, having ...

9 Best Green Stocks and ETFs to Buy | Investing | U.S. News
US News Money
In addition to green companies, there has been a proliferation of funds that hold those stocks. "In 2018, the ESG fund marketplace had finally ...