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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Can infection control be environmentally sustainable? - AAMC
AAMC
COVID-19 resulted in millions of tons of health care-related waste. Here's what teaching hospitals are doing to protect people and the ...

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

Has the UN reached its sustainable development goals? Yes and no - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
COVID accelerated progress on healthcare and digitalization but we need further collaboration to ensure more is done. The 2022 report on the status of ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

2022 Global Status Report renews call to decarbonize building sector by 2050 - USGBC
USGBC
The circumstances arising from these converging challenges show the fragility of a volatile, fossil fuel–based energy system and its limited ...

Full decarbonization of U.S. aviation sector is within grasp - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
Oct. 14, 2021 — Replacing petroleum-based aviation fuel with sustainable aviation fuel derived from a type of mustard plant can reduce carbon ...

4 ways the food and consumer goods industries can decarbonize their supply chains
The World Economic Forum
Eighty percent of emissions in the food and consumer goods sector come from their ... Early Careers, Nature-Based Solutions, World Economic Forum.

Global Reporting Initiative:

Booz Allen Releases 2022 Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Report
Business Wire
... within the report and other publicly available sources align with the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Reporting Standards; ...

Waters Highlights ESG Progress and New Commitments in its 2022 Report - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
... its ESG objectives via industry frameworks such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Renewable Energy Investments:

InvestEU for renewable energy - European Commission
European Commission - European Union
Eiffel Investment Group and the European Investment Fund backed by InvestEU announce innovative equity bridge solution to support renewable energy ...

EIB Global & AllianzGI to invest US$100m in renewable energy
Energy Digital Magazine
EMCAF and EIB Global to invest US$25m and US$75m respectively into Alcazar Energy Partners II for renewable energy projects around the world.

Africa renewable energy investment at 11-year low: research - Tech Xplore
Tech Xplore
Investment in renewable energy in Africa fell to its lowest level in more than decade last year despite the continent's huge potential, ...

CDP Sustainability:

COP27: markets welcome CDP's integration of ISSB standards | IFLR
IFLR
CDP will incorporate the International Sustainability Standards Board's (ISSB) IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) S2 ...

CDP questionnaire to add ISSB's climate disclosure standard - | Corporate Secretary
| Corporate Secretary
CDP, the environmental disclosure platform, has announced it will incorporate the International Sustainability Standards Board's (IS.

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Plan to Protect Federal Supply Chain ...
The White House
... Federal Sustainability, the Administration is proposing the Federal ... including the CDP environmental reporting system, the Task Force on ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

To cap breakthrough year, California's climate blueprint needs two key changes - CalMatters
CalMatters
But fossil fuel corporations have spent millions of dollars to convince CARB and many state leaders to look the other way. Carbon capture interests ...

California State Assembly Leadership Set to Continue Legacy of Ambitious Climate Action
Environmental Defense Fund
“Most recently, Speaker Rendon ensured that California's slate of climate legislation adopted at the end of the 2021-2022 legislative session elevated ...

California's climate goals are ambitious. A Clean Energy Deployment plan can help get it there.
Clean Air Task Force
The state is a leader in climate and clean energy policy with goals of 100% zero-carbon electricity sales and economy-wide net-zero greenhouse gas ...

Impact Investing:

ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG - Stanford Social Innovation Review
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Impact, on the other hand, is forward looking. It is a strategy used to define the types of investments an investor is targeting. In fact, one of the ...

The Week in Impact Investing: Deliver - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Acrecent raised $34.8 million from impact investors to lend to Puerto Rico's small businesses… Brazil's Franq raised $12 million to democratize access ...

Citizen Mint Launches Its Impact Investing Platform Designed to Solve Global Challenges
Yahoo Finance
The platform intends to positively impact society and the environment through alternative investments while seeking competitive returns.

Energy Storage

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $350 Million For Long-Duration Energy ...
Department of Energy
Historic Investment from President Biden's Agenda Will Accelerate Deployment of Energy Storage Technology and Support an Affordable, Reliable, ...

US government launches US$350 million long-duration energy storage demonstration funding
Energy Storage News
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits zinc hybrid cathode battery storage manufacturer Eos Energy Enterprises. Image: Eos via Twitter.

Long-duration energy storage to get $350M boost from Dept. of Energy
Canary Media
Some say it's the key to unlocking a decarbonized grid. Will a new pot of federal funding be enough to push long-duration storage into the ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Kindred's climate targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
By committing to these goals, Kindred strengthens its process to develop and align its carbon-reduction targets to science-based standards throughout ...

Eversource Enhances its Carbon Reduction Goals by Committing to Science-Based Target
Business Wire
Eversource Energy is collaborating with the Science Based Target initiative to adopt science-based measures of its carbon emissions reductions.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Analysis: Winners and losers from the 2022 election so far | CNN Politics
CNN
The battle for Senate control is a nip-and-tuck affair, with Democrats currently netting a single seat in Pennsylvania. Key races in Arizona and ...

I was a lead author on the climate report that won Al Gore the Nobel Prize. Here's what we ...
Fortune
Reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), ... There are still winners and losers in this world, but many more winners, ...

The Winners and Losers in the 2022 Midterm Election Governors Races - Route Fifty
Route Fifty
Get caught up on all the action from Election Day, and who the next top government executives will be in the 36 states that held gubernatorial ...

Microgrids:

Community Microgrids
Microgrid Knowledge
In Oregon, which suffers from the effects of climate change, two cities are developing community microgrids. The projects reflect new models ...

Newsletters | Microgrid Knowledge
Microgrid Knowledge
Subscribe to our free Microgrid Knowledge Newsletter, edited by seasoned energy journalist Elisa Wood. Get an inside look at how microgrids change the ...

DOE Seeks Public Input on Its Microgrid Program Strategy - Husch Blackwell
Husch Blackwell
The objective of the Microgrid R&D Program is to facilitate transition to a more resilient, reliable, and decarbonized electricity infrastructure in ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Why 20% of advisors are talking to their clients about ESG | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
Advisors should talk to clients about sustainable investing since they have a growing interest in it. “Surveys show that 80% plus of investors ...

Santander launches its first social investment fund with (RED)
Santander Group
The multi-theme fund will invest in global equities of innovative companies ... Santander Asset Management has 71 socially responsible investment ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global Market to Reach $6.78 Billion by 2031
GlobeNewswire
Dublin, Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage Global Market Opportunities And Strategies To 2031" report ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Global Market Report 2022 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- The "Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Market by Service (Capture, Transportation, Utilization, Storage), ...

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Market Projected Growth Until 2031
EIN News
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) involves a number of methods and technologies for removing carbon dioxide from flue gas and the ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

The tenacity of ESG investing | The Economist
The Economist
But for all the talk of a backlash, during this year's downturn sustainable-investment funds have been much more resilient than the rest of the market ...

A New Paradigm for Sustainable Investing - YouTube
YouTube
Sustainability has gained so much traction in finance that it's reshaping the global flow of capital and creating a new class of corporate winners ...

Exploring ESG Investing: An ESG Path Forward | PLANSPONSOR
PlanSponsor
Asset allocators Zach Stein and Andrew Siwo discuss different approaches to ESG and sustainable investing .

Geoengineering:

Biden Gives the Go-Ahead on Researching Ways to Reflect the Sun's Rays
Popular Mechanics
A five-year study will find out if solar geoengineering can be a powerful ally in the fight against climate change.

As the planet warms, risks of geoengineering the climate mount - ASPI Strategist
ASPI Strategist
Solar radiation management is the most troubling geoengineering idea. The objective is to block sunlight entirely by deploying satellite sunshades ...

Perhaps to save the planet we need to damage it even more - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
Geoengineers simply want to take control. Atmospheric researchers hope ...

Green Bond Funds:

India's first green bonds to fund new climate finance projects | Reuters
Reuters
The Indian government's first ever green bonds will focus on funding solar power projects, followed by wind and small hydro projects, ...

Canada's PSP fund to double issuance of long-term green bonds | Reuters
Reuters
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) aims to more than double the C$1 billion ($749 million) value of sustainable ...

Green bonds' funds marked for clean energy, pollution control - The Economic Times
The Economic Times
India's maiden sovereign green bond issuance will fund projects in nine categories, the government said. These include renewable energy, ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Kerry announces -- and is immediately criticized for -- a new plan to raise money for climate action
CNN
There is a significant financing gap: the IEA said it expects global investments in low-carbon energy to increase to $2 trillion a year until the ...

After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid - The New York Times
The New York Times
Several European leaders at COP27 announced funds to help poor nations ... “This all happened despite our very low carbon footprint,” he said.

EU to funnel $3 billion into clean tech - C&EN - American Chemical Society
C&EN - American Chemical Society
“The EU Innovation Fund will support even more clean tech projects than ... In its first low-carbon project funding round, introduced 2 years ago, ...