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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Study: Pandemic disrupted city sustainability efforts, yet increased focus on initiatives
Phys.org
The COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to reexamine their priorities. Local governments were no exception, and a new study from the University of ...

When Does Collaboration Become Collusion? - The New York Times
The New York Times
... to antitrust regulation while negotiating collective sustainability ... during the earliest and darkest months of the coronavirus pandemic, ...

Star Alliance: COVID has accelerated importance of environmental sustainability | CAPA
CAPA - Centre for Aviation
Mr Goh said: "When COVID arrived, it became clear to many that as flying was grounded to a standstill, skies were clearer and air was cleaner, and ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

How the US Inflation Reduction Act will impact the economy | World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is widely recognized as a compelling nudge from the US government to private sector and investors to decarbonize ...

Amendments to Massachusetts' Clean Energy Standard Finalized, Accelerating ... - JD Supra
JD Supra
... Progress Towards Decarbonization of the State's Electricity Sector ... The standard is based on a percent of total electricity sales, ...

Unique Ship-to-Shore Power System Helps Accelerate Decarbonization Efforts in Maritime Sector
T&D World
After initially meeting at a trade show in 2008, the company selected NovaTech Automation, a Pennsylvania-based provider of the industry-leading ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Four-in-Five Big Companies Report With GRI Standards - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the independent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for ...

VF Corporation Publishes Sustainability & Responsibility Report for Fiscal Year 2022
VF Corporation
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), a global leader in ... Examples of brand initiatives featured in the report include the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Top 5 Renewable Energy Stocks For Q4 2022 - Forbes
Forbes
Renewable energy continues to show great potential for investors. But which renewable energy companies you should be watching?

What you need to know about investing in renewable energy stocks - Gulf Business
Gulf Business
Green energy investments also perform better as they are less affected by economic downturns. There are plenty of options for beginner investors to ...

Who is the Largest Investor in Renewable Energy? | AltEnergyMag
AltEnergyMag
In 2022 chinese investment in clean energy is the highest worldwide. China pumped more than 90 billion USD into clean energy research and ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP questionnaire to add ISSB's climate disclosure standard - IR Magazine
IR Magazine
CDP, the environmental disclosure platform, has announced it will incorporate the International Sustainability Standards Board'

CDP to use ISSB climate standard in global platform - Environment Analyst
Environment Analyst
Global non-profit CDP is to incorporate the International Sustainability Standard Board's (ISSB's) IFRS S2 climate-related disclosures standard ...

ESG round-up: CDP to incorporate ISSB climate disclosure standard - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
The latest developments in sustainable finance: InfluenceMap ranks 'obstructive' firms; ECB says climate work 'crucial' for pricing stability.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California's climate crisis is intensifying quickly and taking a heavy toll on residents, new data reveals
CNN
“The stark reality of climate change in California is clear: record-high temperatures, an unrelenting drought, and unprecedented wildfires. The ...

New Report Shows Grim Picture of Escalating Climate Crisis in California - NBC Bay Area
NBC Bay Area
Watch: West Coast Leaders Sign New Climate Agreement. play video ... Newsom Signs California's Sweeping New Climate Change Package. play video ...

Our New California Organizing Director on Fighting For the Future - Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch
California is a defining policy entity on climate. That gets me excited because there's a lot of potential here for California to be a real leader. A ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investing: What You Need To Know | Greener Ideal
Greener Ideal
Impact investing is a type of investment that aims to generate both monetary return and social or environmental impact.

Watch Barclays' Freier on Sustainable, Impact Investing - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
Marie Freier, Global Co-Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment Banking at Barclays, discusses the outlook for sustainable and impact investing.

L Catterton launches impact investing platform - Fashion Network
Fashion Network
News business : Private equity firm L Catterton has launched an impact investing platform dedicated to supporting social impact companies.

Energy Storage

Net-zero heat: Long-duration energy storage to accelerate energy system decarbonization
McKinsey
Thermal energy storage has the potential to greatly contribute to decarbonizing global heat and power, while helping to ensure the energy system ...

California starts using $380 million for long duration energy storage
Energy Storage News
California funds hybrid battery storage project in first grant from US$380 million long duration package · LinkedIn · Twitter · Reddit · Facebook · Email.

Enel and Brenmiller inaugurate 24MWh thermal energy storage system in Italy
Energy Storage News
Israel-based Brenmiller's energy storage unit has been deployed at a power plant in Santa Barbara, Tuscany, and will help the plant to use renewable ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Nearly All Companies Will Miss Net Zero Goals Without At Least Doubling Rate of Carbon ...
Newsroom | Accenture
Based on an analysis of commitments to emissions reduction and data ... in the number of corporate targets validated by the Science-Based Targets ...

If we act today, we can halve the emissions of the built environment by 2030
World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
... with global science-based targets to limit global warming to 1.5 °C. ... How do we integrate carbon performance into valuation processes and ...

Join the Conversation: Reaching net-zero by 2050 - Biznews
Biznews
The goal of reaching a net-zero economy by 2050 is front and centre for ... committed to using carbon budgets to develop science- based targets to ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

The winners and losers of climate change | IFLR
IFLR
“Climate change doesn't just impact the health of the planet, it impacts the health of its people, its democracy, and rules of law. That's why ...

Hedging Against Currency Swings Separates Winners From Losers This Year - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
... progress and led to backsliding by some measures over the past year, but countries are spending more to address climate change. Just In ...

Winners, losers named in electric car race - Australian Associated Press
Australian Associated Press
While electric vehicle manufacturers Polestar and Tesla topped the Climate Council's Race to Zero Ranking on Tuesday, Australia's top three car brands ...

Microgrids:

Global Microgrid Market Report 2022 to 2028: Rising Use of Internet of Things (IoT) in ...
Business Wire
The global microgrid market is estimated to witness growth at a CAGR of 10.73% during the forecast period 2022-2028. Companies Mentioned. Hitachi Ltd ...

Distributed energy resources and microgrids
Smart Energy International
The microgrid exchanges electrical energy with the large-scale power system when it is operating in grid-connected mode. Energy service providers can ...

Military microgrids demonstrate Xendee platform to enhance operations - pv magazine USA
pv magazine USA
The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking to microgrids to shore up resilience on military bases in the United States and abroad.

Socially Responsible Investing:

How can the investment industry achieve ESG clarity? - Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
Confusion in ESG terminologies creates greenwashing challenges for both investors and asset managers, say experts.

ESG—Not Your Father's SRI | National Association of Plan Advisors
National Association of Plan Advisors
ESG is often thought of in the same framing as socially responsible investing, or SRI. While there are some potential overlaps in focus, ESG is ...

Green Investing: ESG and Socially Responsible Investment - The Armchair Trader
The Armchair Trader
ESG and SRI are acronyms that are bandied around a great deal, but what do they mean and how is this useful for the small investor?

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Global Market Report 2022: Incorporation of Large ...
Yahoo Finance
The "Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market by Service (Capture, Transportation, Utilization, Storage), Technology (Chemical Looping, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market is Projected to Gain $4.9 billion by 2027 ...
Yahoo Finance
... the recent study by MarketsandMarkets™. The increasing use of carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage in oil & gas industry is one of the most s.

ExxonMobil plans carbon capture hub in southern UK - C&EN - American Chemical Society
C&EN - American Chemical Society
ExxonMobil is planning a carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) hub called the Solent Cluster on the southern coast of England.

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable investing: down but not out - POLITICO
Politico
Sustainable investing: down but not out ... Total assets in global sustainable funds dropped from $2.28 trillion in June to $2.24 trillion at the ...

Watch Barclays' Freier on Sustainable, Impact Investing - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
Marie Freier, Global Co-Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment Banking at Barclays, discusses the outlook for sustainable and impact investing.

4 Steps to Building a Sustainable Portfolio | Morningstar
Morningstar
These emissions are causing global warming. Katherine: Many investors choose to build sustainable portfolios, or invest in companies that are helping ...

Geoengineering:

America's defence department is looking for rogue geoengineers | The Economist
The Economist
DARPA's assumption is that any attempt at unilateral geoengineering would use a technique called stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI).

Geoengineering Has A Major Problem | by Will Lockett | Predict | Nov, 2022 | Medium
Medium
Before we dive into this study, we first need a quick recap of what geoengineering is. Geoengineering refers to a group of technologies that reduce ...

Cooling the Earth by reflecting sunlight: How it would work - Interesting Engineering
Interesting Engineering
Solar geoengineering refers to a group of techniques aiming to change the amount of solar radiation that Earth receives to mitigate global ...

Green Bond Funds:

Fund managers rejecting a fifth of green bonds as quality concerns continue
Responsible Investor
RI analysis of green bond funds shows significant proportion of green bonds are being rejected on sustainability grounds.

Explainer: Decoding COP27: the many shades of green bonds | Reuters
Reuters
Impact bonds also tend to be less liquid, making them less attractive for investment funds. Scaling up impact finance while ensuring positive outcomes ...

India unlikely to offer tax sops for first sovereign green bond issue - source - Reuters
Reuters
Currently, few domestic and foreign government bond investors have separate funds that exclusively target green securities.

Low Carbon Funds:

Europe's fund houses lead the low-carbon transition, but that's not enough - Financial News
Financial News
Naïm Abou-Jaoudé is president of European Fund and Asset Management Association and chief executive of Candriam. The annual Conference of the ...

Vanguard Environmental Fund Now Available for Investment - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Global Environmental Opportunities Stock Fund is ... tailwinds driven by the global transition to a lower-carbon economy.

How to Fund the Climate Transformation | Economist Impact
Economist Impact
Companies that lead this effort will unlock value for all their stakeholders, positioning themselves to gain market share in a low-carbon economy