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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

The Sunday Read: 'What Does Sustainable Living Look Like? Maybe Like Uruguay'
The New York Times
As environmental collapse threatens, the journalist Noah Gallagher Shannon explores the lessons in sustainability that can be learned from looking ...

Approaching COVID‐19 with epidemiological genomic surveillance and the sustainability of ...
Wiley Online Library
COVID-19 is an acute respiratory illness caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case was reported in ...

Asia-Pacific Leaders Seek Unity on War, Economic Ills, Virus - USNews.com
USNews.com
The threat of a coronavirus resurgence remains, with China reporting ... promoting sustainable trade and investment and environmental goals,.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

COP must reverse rising pessimism over building sector decarbonization, new study argues
Phys.org
Social media engagement with climate policy events is vital to reducing building emissions and ensuring environmental justice, research led by the ...

'Private sector is a fundamental player to increase the current decarbonization figure ... - BNamericas
BNamericas
“If approved, this initiative will increase investment in renewable energy since the generators that today produce energy based on fossil fuels will ...

Accelerating global decarbonization | Interview with Rachel Delacour, CEO and Co-Founder ...
EU-Startups
Based in France, the B2B startup targets large enterprises and helps them ... biggest challenges and opportunities facing the climate tech sector?

Global Reporting Initiative:

MGM Resorts International : Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Index 2021 | MarketScreener
Market Screener
Number. Title. MGM Response. GRI 102: General Disclosures. Organizational Profile. 102-1. Name of the organization. MGM Resorts International ...

Global Charity Slams Big Oil For Non-Transparent Tax Practices | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
They want the three supermajors to publish tax transparency reports that follow the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative – a ...

Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips challenged over tax practices - CNBC
CNBC
Oil majors have been repeatedly criticized for their global tax operations. ... “US extractive companies Hess and Newmont publish GRI-aligned tax ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Investing In Renewables Sector — A Look At The Largest Renewable Energy Companies
Forbes
Investing in renewables is as easy as picking an individual stock, mutual fund, or exchange-traded fund (ETF) focusing on green energy. It is ...

Energy Digital news roundup: renewable energy investments
Energy Digital Magazine
This week at Energy Digital, we looked at Egypt's green energy ambitions, JinkoSolar's solar module manufacturing & green hydrogen plants.

Carlyle seeks $1.6 bln for second renewable energy fund -sources - Reuters
Reuters
Carlyle Group Inc is seeking at least $1.6 billion for its second private equity fund that will invest in assets focused on renewable energy and ...

CDP Sustainability:

Atlanta dubbed climate action leader by nonprofit CDP - Reporter Newspapers
Reporter Newspapers
CDP is a global nonprofit that runs the world's environmental discourse ... In Atlanta, the Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience is ...

City of Atlanta One of 122 Global Cities and Counties Named Climate Action Leader on CDP ...
Atlanta, GA
With leadership from the Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience, ... CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world's environmental ...

City of Santa Monica is One of 122 Global Cities and Counties Named Climate Action ...
SantaMonica.Gov
"Santa Monica is proud to be recognized by CDP for its efforts to reduce carbon emissions and create a sustainable community," said Chief ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Slashing greenhouse gases: California revises climate change strategy - CalMatters
CalMatters
The new version of California's climate plan sets a more stringent — some say unrealistic — target for cutting greenhouse gases.

California Releases World's First Plan to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Pollution
Gavin Newsom - CA.gov
Throughout California, leaders from the environmental, clean energy, ... “The science is clear: to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, ...

Inside lawmakers' climate trips to Egypt, Japan - CalMatters
CalMatters
Climate change is set to be a central focus of the California ... labor, environmental, utility and local government leaders — were State ...

Impact Investing:

Demand For Impact Investing Is Rising. Here's Why - Forbes
Forbes
However, the general population still needs to familiarize themselves with this term. Simply put, impact investing is a type of investment that seeks ...

Impact Investment Structure Draws New Capital Into Sports - Sportico.com
Sportico.com
Athlete Unlimited's unique capital structure, one that caps investors' financial returns and awards any surplus to key stakeholders and the ...

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

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Is The Backbone Of The Renewable Revolution | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
Energy storage is emerging as a key piece of the renewable puzzle, and the race is on to develop long-term storage that is scalable and ...

The crucial need for energy storage is key to the future of clean energy
Boise State Public Radio
George Crabtree is the director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research and an expert on batteries. GEORGE CRABTREE: The lithium-ion battery ...

Energy Vault expands into Europe, green hydrogen and starts building gravity storage system in US
Energy Storage News
Image: Business Wire. Energy Vault has provided a dizzying variety of updates in its Q3 results, covering European battery storage, a green hydrogen ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

ASSA ABLOY's climate targets validated as science-based - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
"We have robust plans in place to reduce our energy consumption by applying our manufacturing footprint program and energy efficiency measures at our ...

Riviera - News Content Hub - Science-based emissions targets created for maritime sector
Riviera Maritime Media
Science-based Target Initiative's (SBTi) targets for maritime show that ... including carbon markets, pollution taxes, energy efficiency targets ...

Focus on BAT's Low-Carbon Transition Plan climate targets - British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco
Getting a plan in place, with science-based targets, helps to challenge the organisation and drive performance. I'm excited and encouraged by how ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

COP27 winners and losers - GZERO Media
GZERO Media
World leaders and climate warriors will soon be departing from the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, closing out this year's COP27 climate ...

GZERO Media - COP27 Winners & Losers - YouTube
YouTube
What are the key takeways from the COP27 climate summit in Sharm ... to climate change — pay countries struggling in the face of environmental ...

Winners, Losers and Lessons from SBF - WSJ
Wall Street Journal
... that the world will end in 12 years unless climate change is addressed according to their prescriptions, losers whine. Winners sell ESG funds.

Microgrids:

Microgrids Market to Rise at 11.3% CAGR during the Forecast Period from 2021 to 2031 ...
Yahoo Finance
Transparency Market Research Inc.- In 2020, the global microgrid market size stood at US$ 63.5 Bn. The global microgrid market projections ...

The many facets of the VERGE 22 microgrid - GreenBiz
GreenBiz
The renewable energy generation, management and storage infrastructure behind the VERGE conference microgrid offer inspiration for organizations ...

Global Remote Microgrids Market to Reach $14.3 Billion by 2027 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Remote Microgrids Industry" ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

New Biden rule allows socially conscious investing by retirement plans - Reuters
Reuters
The rule will make it easier for retirement plans to invest in socially responsible funds and companies, though it requires investment decisions ...

How To Become The ESG Company You Want To Be - Forbes
Forbes
A 2020 report from the US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment found that investments prioritizing sustainability grew from $12 ...

University of Michigan to invest $300 M in socially responsible companies, Ono says
Detroit Free Press
“Yet ESG investing and supporting small, local banks are among the many ways we can work more strategically to reinforce and uphold our obligations to ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

GS Caltex to enter carbon capture, utilization and storage sector - KED Global
The Korea Economic Daily
The remaining carbon dioxide will be sent to landfills at home and abroad for underground storage. Under the carbon treatment method, CCUS technology ...

GS Caltex Forms A Consortium To Enter Carbon Capture
Carbon Herald
In addition to setting up the carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) consortium, GS Caltex will also address the supply of blue hydrogen.

Potential of CCS in Africa Highlighted During COP 27 | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD
SDG Knowledge Hub - International Institute for Sustainable Development
South Africa's Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage pilot project funded by the World Bank and the South African government; ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Is sustainable investing still a good strategy? | UBS United States of America
UBS
The long-term performance of sustainable investments remains strong on an absolute and relative basis, despite underperformance in the past year.

How to Differentiate Sustainable Investments | Morningstar
Morningstar
I'm using the term “sustainable investing” to encompass three commonly used terms: ESG (short for “environmental, social, and governance”), socially ...

Sustainable Investing Summit 2022 Takeaways - Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Not unlike climate change, the mental health crisis is a daunting challenge requiring large-scale solutions. At the Sustainable Investing Summit, ...  

Geoengineering:

Dimming the Sun to Cool the Planet Is a Desperate Idea, Yet We're Inching Toward It
The New Yorker
The idea behind solar geoengineering is essentially to mimic what happens when volcanoes push particles into the atmosphere; a large eruption, such as ...

What is geoengineering – and can it save the planet? | The Week UK
The Week UK
Geoengineering is “one of the most controversial and consequential climate change-fighting tactics yet”, said The Daily Beast's science writer ...

White House Admits We Might Need to Block the Sun to Stop Climate Change
The Daily Beast
The report will be dedicated specifically to a form of geoengineering known as solar radiation management. This is a technique that essentially ...

Green Bond Funds:

A $300 Billion Bond Market Holds the Key to Solving the Climate Crisis - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
Renewable energy is the most popular type of project. Around 46% of bonds cite this purpose for at least some of the funds raised. But it can be hard ...

Lenovo Included in Bloomberg MSCI Green Bond Index for the First Time - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Bloomberg MSCI Green Bond Indices offer investors objective and robust measure of the global market for fixed income securities issued to fund ...

A framework for sovereign green bonds a step in the right direction but has miles to go
Mongabay-India
SGrB issuances under the framework will help the government tap funds from potential investors for public sector projects to reduce carbon intensity ...

Low Carbon Funds:

The Carrot and the Stock: In Search of Stock-Market Incentives for Decarbonization
International Monetary Fund
Financial markets can support the transition to a low-carbon economy by redirecting funds from highly emissive to clean investments.

Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Raises Over $1 Billion, One of the Largest Inaugural Sector ...
Business Wire
Fund Targets Low-Carbon Real Assets in Energy, Water, ... close of its inaugural fund, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Fund LP (the “Fund”), ...

As COP27 Focuses on Financing Climate Transition, Options for Climate Fund Investors Widen
Morningstar
We explore the mix of offerings available to investors as they seek to decarbonize their investments and help finance the transition to a low-carbon ...