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Coronavirus and Sustainability:

The Ongoing Evolution of Sustainable Business: 2023 Trends Report
The SustainAbility Institute by ERM
The 2023 edition of the SustainAbility Institute's annual report in which we explore the sustainability issues and trends that will shape the ...

COVID, enrollment and sustainability cause Presentation College to close
Dakota News Now
Presentation College announced Tuesday that it will close its Aberdeen campus after the Summer 2023 session.

Energy watchdog expects record high oil demand due to China's COVID reopening
The Hill
Equilibrium & Sustainability ... Demand last year was also restrained by China's coronavirus-related lockdowns, as well as winter blizzards that ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Hydrogen - GenComm Partners Report on Research Into Decarbonization
Renewable Energy Magazine
Pedro Aguilar and Dr Bodo Groß from IZES gGmbH a German based partner on ... “Turning the electricity generation sector away from fossil fuels is ...

U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization issued by four key government agencies
Modern Materials Handling
The blueprint highlighted how the transportation sector of the largest source ... Spencer Shute, Principal Consultant at Proxima, a Chicago-based ...

A roadmap for decarbonizing California in-state aviation emissions
International Council on Clean Transportation
This approach would burden other sectors with the cost of ... Based on existing methodologies for crediting zero-emission vehicles on the ground, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Explainer: Why Global ESG Audits Will Be 'Limited' at First - Bloomberg Tax
Bloomberg Tax
Initially, the checks will be less strict than for financial reporting, ... CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative, which sets voluntary ESG ...

CECP Global Exchange Report Finds 98% of Surveyed Companies Use Voluntary ...
Yahoo Finance
A strong majority of companies (98%) use some form of voluntary standards for ESG reporting, with the Global Reporting Index (GRI) used by 63%.

Reporting | Gilead
Gilead Sciences
... United Nations Sustainable Developmental Goals (UN SDGs), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and more.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable Energy Is Growing Quickly Worldwide - Here Are The Industry Trends Investors ...
Forbes
As more people worry about climate change, renewable energy is gaining traction. Investors have started looking for opportunities in the industry.

Congress Pushes US Energy Transition Through Tax Credits — But Will It Work? - Forbes
Forbes
Investment in renewable energy projects in the United States has ... in climate and clean energy investments could help cut U.S. greenhouse gas ...

Sunrise brief: IRA to drive $114 billion in U.S. renewable energy investments by 2031
pv magazine USA
Also on the rise: Is NEM 3.0 based on flawed modeling? Virginia governor kills Ford-CATL battery plant, calling it a “front for the Chinese ...   

CDP Sustainability:

Essity on CDP's A List for Sustainability - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
... sustainability by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP. ... Based on data reported through CDP's 2022 Forests questionnaire, ...

Grupo Bimbo Receives the Highest Rating and Recognition for
GlobeNewswire Press Release Distribution
The Mexican company obtained CDP's prized "A" rating, reflecting its commitment to leading the way in environmental transparency and performance ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

CalCAN looks to new Senate committee leadership for climate and ag issues
Morning Ag Clips
Works to ensure California farmers get the financial incentives and technical support needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

California's storms lead Democrats to cry 'climate change' even as experts disagree
Washington Examiner
Any bad weather that happens in California is climate change, which is convenient, given that climate change is the justification California leaders ...

These 6 GOP leaders will shift Congress on climate - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The six House lawmakers largely oppose government action to address climate change, even as their districts confront serious floods, droughts, heat ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in Impact Investing: Cred - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
January 20, 2023 | The Brief. The Week in Impact Investing: Cred. The team at. ImpactAlpha. TGIF, Agents of Impact! Ground truth.

Global Impact Investing Market Report 2022-2026 & 2030 Featuring Key Players
Yahoo Finance
Impact investing refers to a general investment strategy that helps investors make investments with the intention of generating positive, measurable ...

Why international DFIs are looking to African startups to scale impact investing efforts
TechCrunch
In addition to backing VC funds in the region, the organization aims to make more direct equity investments in startups, adding to the four ...

Energy Storage

5 reasons why thermal storage may finally be set to take off - Canary Media
Canary Media
You don't need a battery to store energy. A class of technologies known as thermal storage can do the job too, and it even has some potential ...

Noon Energy raises $28M for a whole new kind of long-duration storage
Canary Media
With its carbon-based storage tech, startup Noon could be among the first to commercialize clean energy storage that can power the grid for days.

EU announces its own 'Inflation Reduction Act' for renewables and energy storage
Energy Storage News
european union EU energy storage commission ursula von der leyen The European Parliament in Brussels. Image: European Parliament.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Jack Henry Signs Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Commitment Letter - PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Science-based emissions reduction targets support the company's commitment to a low-carbon transition. MONETT, Mo., Jan.

Orbia Receives Independent Validation from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for ...
Business Wire
We are confident that by transitioning to renewable sources of energy, optimizing production processes for efficiency and investing in new ...

Teva's Ambitious Climate Targets Externally Validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Business Wire
Teva's Ambitious Climate Targets Externally Validated by the Science ... implementing energy efficiency projects, introducing low-carbon truck ...   

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Daily on Energy: Shah dishes on $700m Ioneer loan, bracing for losses, and 'picking ...
Washington Examiner
Notably, it changed its entire mine plan after it was found to ... Avoiding picking winners and losers: Out of the 125 applications that have been ...

Ross Douthat: Five rules for an aging world - The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune
Climate change is less of a risk than a population bust. ... principles that will separate winners and losers, guideposts for anyone seeking ...

Winners and Losers in McKee's Budgets - GoLocalProv
GoLocalProv
Proposes directing $4.5 million to the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) beginning in January 2024 and a total of $31.5 million over ...

Microgrids:

California PUC's delay of microgrids program harms disadvantaged communities
Utility Dive
This delay in community microgrid development means more vulnerability to heat waves, wildfires, power shutoffs and pollution, especially in ...

Microgrid Market Size Worth USD 23.49 Billion, Globally, by 2029 at 15.2% CAGR
GlobeNewswire
According to Fortune Business Insights, the global microgrid market size is projected to grow from USD 8.74 billion in 2022 to USD 23.49 billion ...

Industria Power Completes Construction of 1MW Solar Microgrid for IWP Coachella
Yahoo Finance
IWP was awarded a California Energy Commission (CEC) Advanced Emergency Microgrid grant to help with project funding.   

Socially Responsible Investing:

Don't be blinded by the ESG premium, says top PM | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
But we won't buy a stock solely because it has a high ESG rating,” says Francis Sabourin, portfolio manager and investment advisor at Francis Sabourin ...

Accelerate ESG Work to Achieve Impacts, Say CEOs - Banking Exchange
Banking Exchange
A United Nations survey finds company bosses in favor of greater impact investing to achieve Sustainable Development Goals Work to achieve impacts ...

PRI in Person & Online: Breakout 2C - Sustainable investing: sovereigns' friend or foe?
UN PRI
Integrating ESG considerations in sovereign bond portfolios is more challenging than other asset classes but the size of the market offers huge ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Webinar on the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Market - IDTechEx
IDTechEx
Webinar Title: The Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Market: Will It Finally Take-off? Date: Friday 27 January 2023.

Global Carbon Capture and Storage market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 7.7% By 2032
GlobeNewswire Press Release Distribution
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) will be important to the UK net-zero energy aspirations. The UK Prime Minister's 10 Point Plan ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Investing in Sustainability | Food Engineering
Food Engineering
There are many reasons for wanting to make a facility more sustainable. ... that while sometimes technology might be too unproven to invest in, ...

House Democrats launch sustainable investing caucus - The Hill
The Hill
The caucus will advocate for policies sought by the sustainable investment industry, sometimes called environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

How To Make ESG Investing Real And Meaningful - Forbes
Forbes
In the investment world, ESG is now commonly used to describe mutual ... on labor and environmental performance in their global supply chains.

Geoengineering:

Mexico bans solar geoengineering experiments after startup's field tests - The Verge
The Verge
Mexico plans to crack down on solar geoengineering after it says a startup went ahead with field tests without its consent.

Mexico plans to ban solar geoengineering after rogue experiment - Climate Home News
Climate Home News
Geoengineering refers to the act of deliberately changing the Earth's systems to control its climate. One theoretical proposal has been to spray ...

Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering, forcing startup to pause operations - CNBC
CNBC
Make Sunsets was testing the idea of cooling the atmosphere with sunlight-reflecting chemicals in Baja, but came under widespread criticism.

Green Bond Funds:

Green Bond Sales From Automakers Could Double In Global EV Push - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) -- Automakers looking to fund their transition to electric vehicles could potentially borrow about $28 billion in green bonds globally ...

Dedicated green and social bond funds face SFDR uncertainty - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
Swiss Life's green bond fund has a minimum requirement of 90 percent of assets to be invested in green bonds, with no restrictions on the remaining 10 ...

India Enters Green Bond Market With $1 Billion Debut Auction - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
India's first sovereign green bond will go to auction Wednesday, and policy ... state-run insurers and pension funds as well as foreign investors.

Low Carbon Funds:

Goldman Sachs & Others Close Over $6 Billion Climate Fund - CarbonCredits.com
CarbonCredits.com
Goldman Sachs raised $1.6 billion for its first private equity fund ... net zero targets where growth capital is key to a low-carbon transition.

Temasek Funds Biotech Firm Living Carbon for GMO Super Trees - CarbonCredits.com
CarbonCredits.com
Don't be misled by the low carbon prices on our dashboard over the last few months… Carbon has drawn a LOT of capital over the... Carbon Credits ...

Boston Startup Raises $40 Million to Develop New Low-Carbon Cement Technology
Yahoo Finance
... $40 million to develop a new technology to produce low-carbon cement. ... Investors Seek to Pull $20 Billion From Core Real Estate Funds.