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This week's post features items from American Bar Association, Rigzone, gCaptain, WorldStage, PR Newswire, ESG Clarity, Yahoo Finance, Pensions & Investments, EcoWatch, Reuters, Ropes & Gray LLP, edie, Times of San Diego, Forbes, American City and County, GlobeNewswire, Pioneers Post, NPR, DW, Energy Storage News, CarbonCredits.com, Business Wire, Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Scientific American, Yahoo, Publishers Weekly, Tech Xplore, GlobeNewswire, Microgrid Knowledge, Pulse Headlines, Benzinga, pv magazine India, CNN, Times of India and many many more...We scour the web so you don't have to!

                                                  

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

China's cities are running out of cash to pay huge Covid lockdown bills | CNN Business
CNN
“Local governments are under huge pressure from the cost of maintaining zero-Covid, and we can already see this in the debt sustainability of several ...

The state of sustainable products industry: Changes and developments since Covid-19
Times of India
The Covid-19 pandemic put brakes on the well-oiled global commercial industry and forced individuals and corporates alike to re-examine lifestyles ...

The impact of the first United Kingdom COVID-19 lockdown on environmental air pollution ...
Nature
Environmental factors such as increased time indoors and use of ... reduced air pollution during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Building Sector Decarbonization Accelerates - American Bar Association
American Bar Association
Building sector emissions must be decreased for states to reach their GHG reduction targets. State and municipal action in New York and California ...

Decarbonization Of Chinese Power Sector Key In Hitting 1.5C Target | Rigzone
Rigzone
Decarbonizing China's power sector and increasing renewable power sources is key to help limit global warming to 1.5°C.

Shipboard Carbon Capture Project Seeking Proposals - gCaptain
gCaptain
A Singapore-based consortium supporting the decarbonization of the maritime sector is seeking proposals for the development of commercial-scale ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

CSR-in-Action Group announces its 3rd Global Reporting Initiative Certified Training Course
WorldStage
GRI is the world's leading sustainability impact measurement and reporting standards organisation used by over 74% of Fortune 500 companies. The body ...

Sai Life Sciences releases its Sustainability Report 2022 - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
... today announced the release of its Sustainability Report 2022, which has been developed as per the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards ...

GRI beefs up biodiversity standards draft - ESG Clarity
ESG Clarity
Comments on revisions to the GRI Biodiversity Standard are due by 28 February 2023 - chair Judy Kuszewski hopes it will provide best practice.

Renewable Energy Investments:

11 Best Green Energy Stocks to Buy - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
On September 30, investment advisory TD Securities upgraded Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE:BEP) stock to Action List Buy from Buy with a $41 ...

Solar energy attracting more institutional investors - Pensions & Investments
Pensions & Investments
Investments committed to renewable infrastructure hit a record $366 billion in 2021, out of a total of $755 billion overall in energy transition- ...

Renewable Energy, Grid Investments Help Protect Utility Customers in New Mexico ... - EcoWatch
EcoWatch
Fossil fuel prices have risen since Russia invaded Ukraine last February, but investments in renewable energy are helping in New Mexico.

CDP Sustainability:

Companies not doing enough to protect nature, environmental non-profit says | Reuters
Reuters
... have no idea about the damage to nature caused by their supply chains, a report from environmental disclosure platform CDP said on Wednesday.

Climate-related Disclosures and Targets Proposed for U.S. Federal Government Contractors
Ropes & Gray LLP
CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, ... companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. CDP's ...

Firms failing to turn biodiversity commitments into action, CDP warns - edie
edie
As Governments prepare to negotiate mandatory environmental disclosure from 7-19 December at COP15 in Montreal, the data reported through CDP in ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Opinion: Rooftop Solar Made California a Climate Leader - We Can't Throw This Away
Times of San Diego
The good news is the proposal can still be changed, starting with creating a real glidepath to allow for batteries to become available and affordable ...

Why California's $46 Billion Wine Industry Is Better Prepared For Climate Change Than ...
Forbes
Climate change poses a significant threat for all of agriculture, ... Wine grapes are an important industry in California involving 620,000 acres ...

Four strategies for municipalities of all sizes to impact environmental change
American City and County
Municipal leaders across the United States are eager to step up and ... Indeed, in the state of California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, ...

Impact Investing:

The Impact Investing Market Is Expected to Grow At An 18% - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
These millennial investors are adopting sustainable investing to aim for positive change in addressing social and environmental issues and to generate ...

Impact Investing Newsflow: November 2022 edition | The Social Enterprise Magazine
Pioneers Post
The global impact deals, reports and initiatives you need to know this month – all in one place: welcome to Pioneers Post's Impact Investing ...

Impact investing, part 1: Money, meet morals - NPR
NPR
In part one of our two-part series on the topic, we talk to a former C-suite sustainable investing officer at BlackRock on why he thinks ESG, ...   

Energy Storage

Swiss 'water battery' boosts Europe's energy storage plans – DW – 11/30/2022
DW
A Swiss company has built what is being called a giant water battery deep under the Alps that provides an energy storage capacity equivalent to ...

NREL: US utility-scale energy storage costs grew 11-13% in Q1 2022
Energy Storage News
Energy storage costs in the US grew 13% in Q1 2022, said the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a benchmarking analysis.

Batteries From Wood: A Renewable Energy Storage Solution - CarbonCredits.com
CarbonCredits.com
Stora Enso will introduce a sustainable power storage solution with its wood batteries from a renewable carbon source called lignin.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

JetBlue Announces Science-based Emissions Reduction Target and Strategy to Achieve ...
Business Wire
JetBlue's Most Aggressive Near-term Emissions Target Will Require an Increased Focus on Lower-carbon Solutions Within Its Operation and Can Only ...

New Science Based Target Initiative tool for the maritime sector shows how misaligned the ...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
The Science Based Target Initiative, a partnership between Carbon ... providing a tool for companies to assess their performance and plan ahead to ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

5 Billion People Will Face Water Shortages by 2050, U.N. Says - Scientific American
Scientific American
The World Meteorological Organization warns that climate-related ... As with other climate change phenomena, there will be losers and winners, ...

NFL Week 13 winners, losers: 49ers rookie Brock Purdy now is Mr. Relevant - Yahoo
Yahoo
We're used to not expecting much from the Lions, but that's starting to change. Scott Pianowski examines Detroit's impressive win over the Jaguars and ...

Climate Change and the Church: PW Talks with Kyle Meyaard-Schaap - Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Climate change is fundamentally unfair, with winners and losers—disabled folks, people of color, people on the margins.

Microgrids:

Researchers embrace uncertainty to make microgrids better - Tech Xplore
Tech Xplore
Microgrids are smaller, localized electricity grids that can be connected to the main grid of the region, but also can also be disconnected or ...

Battery-free 6G Communications, IoT, Microgrids and Other - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Dublin, Dec. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Battery-free 6G Communications, IoT, Microgrids and Other Batteryless Technology Markets 2023-2043" ...

Proactive Microgrids: Beyond just delivering power, integrating renewables, peak shaving ...
Microgrid Knowledge
Proactive Microgrids: Beyond just delivering power, integrating renewables, peak shaving, energy efficiency, resiliency, and cost savings. Dec. 6, ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Core Asset Wealth Management Launches Socially Responsible Investment Strategies
Yahoo Finance
... companies that harm the environment or society.As socially responsible investing has evolved into Environmental, Social, and Governance su.

How To Build A Socially Conscious Investment Portfolio - Pulse Headlines
Pulse Headlines
Investing in companies that positively impact society can help make a difference while earning a return on investment. Socially responsible investing ...

Core Asset Wealth Management Launches Socially Responsible Investment Strategies
Benzinga
As the name implies, it is an investment process that considers environmental, social, ethical, and governance issues before allocating funds. All ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technology Analysis Report 2022 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
The "Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage Technologies" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

ONGC signs MoU with Shell for carbon capture, utilization and storage - pv magazine India
pv magazine India
India's largest crude oil and natural gas company has signed an agreement with global energy giant Shell for joint study on carbon capture, ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

sustainable-signals-sustainable-investing-opportunities - Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Discover how asset managers have the opportunity to meet asset owners' growing demands for sustainable investment practices, products and ...

Is ESG An Investment Strategy Or The Path To A Sustainable World? - Forbes
Forbes
Is Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and investment strategy or will it help us get to a more sustainable world?

Investing for impact. How to really make sustainable change - The World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum
Here's why that needs investment. in 11 hours. Sustainable solutions should look to improvement before revolution. Image: Climate Visuals ...

Geoengineering:

Solar Geoengineering: The Case for Research Part II - Lawfare Blog
Lawfare Blog
We know very little about the consequences of stratospheric aerosol injection deployment, making it too early to draw conclusions about the ...

Can Geoengineering Cool Our Planet? - Reasons to Believe
Reasons to Believe
None of the geoengineering proposals would do anything to stop the acidification of oceans, lakes, and rivers from greenhouse gas emissions.

White House to study releasing aerosols into the atmosphere to counter climate change
Fox News
This practice, called geoengineering, aims to reflect the sun's radiation from the stratosphere back into space to minimize rising temperatures.

Green Bond Funds:

Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund PIF Follows Green Bond with $17 billion Loan - Bloomberg
Bloomberg.com
Saudi Wealth Funds Follows Green Bond With $17 Billion Loan · PIF also raised $3 billion ethical finance in October · Borrowing comes even as state ...

Complete Guide to Green BondsGreen Bonds • Benzinga
Benzinga
Green bonds are an excellent funding source for issuers looking to finance or refinance a green project or environmentally friendly initiatives.

Analysts urge China to close loophole for green bond issuance by state-owned enterprises ...
South China Morning Post
Enterprise green bonds – those issued by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) ... of funds to green projects and their respective environmental impact, ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Number of climate funds hits new highs - ESG Clarity
ESG Clarity
Low-carbon funds are funds with lower carbon intensity relative to a benchmark. Climate-conscious funds select or tilt their portfolios toward ...

Deloitte: New Low-Carbon Hub Accelerator Designed to Bring Industries Together ... - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Combined with new government funding and policies for developing low-carbon hubs, this momentum provides a rare catalyst to attract private ...

Investa managed funds targeting 100% green finance | Other - PRI
PRI
In 2017, Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF) was the first Australian ... Investa applies our green debt proceeds to low-carbon building ...