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Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonizing the chemical industry - McKinsey
McKinsey
Based on this analysis, four levers of decarbonization typically have the largest effect: steam generation, heat integration, electricity procurement, ...

Place-based federal investment can chart a new future for regions dependent on fossil fuel
Brookings Institution
Nonetheless, any nationwide decarbonization strategy should also ... oil and gas extraction sector grew at one-third of the national average rate.

BBVA publishes its clients' progress toward decarbonization for first time
BBVA
Emissions declined in all sectors with published decarbonization indicators. ... Its goal is to classify each sector based on its sensitivity to ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Warby Parker Publishes 2022 Impact Report - Business Wire
Business Wire
Repeat), Warby Parker tracks and annually reports its impact on stakeholders following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. Using these ...

8 top ESG reporting frameworks explained and compared | TechTarget
TechTarget
SASB Standards. · CDSB Framework. · GRI Standards. · CDP. · Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. · United Nations Global Compact.

Publication of 2022 Sustainability Report - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
The 2022 Sustainability Report, aligned with the Global Reporting Initiative standards, aims to assist stakeholders to further understand our ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

The top 10 renewable energy companies investing in overseas projects
Investment Monitor
When assessing the top renewable energy companies investing overseas based on 2022 project numbers, Enel leads the way.

Government spending on clean energy is ramping up globally. Here's why it matters
The World Economic Forum
“The largest share of clean energy investment support is now heading to low-carbon electricity ($290 billion), followed by mass and alternative ...

China's Top Oil Companies To Invest $14.5 Billion In Renewable Energy | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
China's leading oil and gas companies are ramping up their renewable energy investments, pledging $14.5 billion to renewable energy projects by ...

CDP Sustainability:

Mitsubishi Electric Named CDP Supplier Engagement Leader for Three Consecutive Years ...
Business Wire
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its environmental efforts related to supply chains have earned the company ...

2022 Sustainability Dialogue with Experts (Environment) | Nomura Research Institute (NRI)
World Business Council For Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Paul Dickinson founded CDP in 2000 with an ambition of creating a global economic system that operates within sustainable environmental boundaries and ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Following California's lead, EPA proposes national standards to ramp up electric cars
Jefferson Public Radio
If enacted, the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed standards would be among ... California's leadership and changes in consumer demand.”.

Following California's Lead, EPA Proposes National Standards To Ramp Up Electric Cars | LAist
LAist
California's leadership and changes in consumer demand. — Peter Zalzal, Environmental Defense Fund. The proposed rules extend beyond Biden's goal ...

Impact Investing:

5 Things to Keep in Mind About Impact Investing - Morningstar
Morningstar
Impact investing is a lot like traditional investing, except with the added criteria of finding companies or funds that can make a positive impact on ...

Why impact investing goes further than ESG investing - Mint
Mint
Impact investing, on the other hand, refers to funds allocated to businesses driving environmental or social change, thereby creating impact. Having ...

The Week in Impact Investing: Renewal - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! We'll be off Monday and back in your inboxes Tuesday, April 11. 🗣️ In good faith. This week's convergence of Ramadan, ...

Energy Storage

Tesla to Build New China Plant for Energy-Storage Battery - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
The new factory, where Tesla will manufacture its high-capacity battery for energy storage, is scheduled to break ground in the third quarter this ...

Tesla to build Shanghai factory to make Megapack batteries - Reuters
Reuters
Chinese battery giant CATL (300750.SZ) has also been deepening its collaborations with clients including Tesla in energy storage battery supplies, ...

Flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage | MIT News
MIT News - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A modeling framework by MIT researchers can help speed the development of flow batteries for large-scale, long-duration electricity storage on the ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Foxconn GHG Reduction Targets Validated by SBTi - I-Connect007
I-Connect007
The validation by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) means Foxconn's ... Foxconn first committed to ambitious carbon reductions in 2021, ...

ESG - Hotel News Resource
Hotel News Resource
The following data show energy efficiency, carbon emissions and water ... Robust commitments to science-based reduction targets and timelines.

CDL First in Southeast Asia To Apply Two-Pillar ESG Disclosure Framework in Its 16th ... - CSRwire
CSRwire
CDL's key 2023 ESG performance highlights include: ... its interim 2022 target and is on track to achieving its Science Based Targets Initiative ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Opinion | Can Trade Wars Help Save the Climate? - The New York Times
The New York Times
Even calling it a battle reflects our hope that climate change will ... Climate policy generates “new economic winners and losers,” Aklin and ...

Letter: Your top sources for climate change news - Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Enterprise-Record
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): ... California population winners and losers: The fastest growing and shrinking counties ...

The Biggest Winners and Losers of the 2023 Denver Election - Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville, FL
And Tafoya, a longtime activist in the Denver area, repeatedly centered his focus on environmental issues and climate change, ...

Microgrids:

City BPU Proposes Microgrid Project With Grant Funding | News, Sports, Jobs - Post Journal
Post Journal
To increase the reliability and resiliency of the city, the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is considering a new microgrid system.

Paperwork comes through for county 'microgrids' | Local News | wallowa.com
Wallowa County Chieftain
comish microgrid 6332.jpg. Joe Basile, Community Energy Program manager at Wallowa Resources, briefs the Wallowa County Board of Commissioners ...

Why Chelsea, Massachusetts, is installing a microgrid system - Yale Climate Connections
Yale Climate Connections
Why Chelsea, Massachusetts, is installing a microgrid system. For oCCne thing, it will help the city keep essential services running during power ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

Sustainable Finance and Socially Responsible Investing Are Changing Finance - BBN Times
BBN Times
Impact investing is also a popular approach that aims to contribute to the achievement of measured positive social and environmental impacts.

A Masterclass in Sustainable Investing - Nasdaq
Nasdaq
By Shawn Reynolds, Portfolio Manager, Global Resources, Environmental Sustainability Integrating ESG into investment processes means analyzing ...

CapIntel wants to solve ESG investing's Catch-22 | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
New wealth tech module's rating and scoring metrics can help seize opportunity from 'modern investors,' says CEO.   

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

New IEA Report Shows 80% Increase In Carbon Storage Capacity
Carbon Herald
Thus, 2022 was a very significant year for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), with over 140 new projects announced, some of which ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry Significant Growth and Forecast to 2030
The SEM Weekly
We have also focused on PESTLE, SWOT analysis of the global Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage market. This is often the most recent report ...

Simplifying Carbon Capture and Sequestration with Carbon America - AZoCleantech.com
AZoCleantech.com
The carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) process is currently the point ... Options for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage GAO-22-105274.

Coronavirus and Sustainability:, ,

News Medical
The global impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ... and unique socioeconomic and environmental impacts and zoonotic ...

Promoting sustainable diets: Overcoming challenges to transform consumer behaviors
News Medical
Currently, there is widespread agreement that consumers should switch to sustainable diets, which are described as diets with low environmental ...

The Upside of ESG: Why Strong Sustainability Programs Matter to Modern Enterprises
JD Supra
What Is ESG and How Is It Related to Sustainability? · Environmental concerns such as climate change, carbon emissions, natural resource depletion, and ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

A Masterclass in Sustainable Investing - Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Sustainable Investing Considerations: Sustainable investing strategies aim to consider and in some instances integrate the analysis of environmental, ...

Timeline and History of ESG Investing, Rules and Practices - TechTarget
TechTarget
Many events, trends, actions and milestones over the past three decades have imbued businesses and investors with a stronger social, environmental and ...

What's Next Summit Go Deeper Session: Rethinking Sustainable Investing - Axios
Axios
In addition, investors today increasingly have to take risk management of environmental factors into account when making investments as increasing ...

Geoengineering:

Should We Research Geoengineering? by Peter Singer - Project Syndicate
Project Syndicate
Should We Research Geoengineering? ... In 2010, when Ken Caldeira and David Keith published “The Need for Climate Engineering Research,” proposals to ...

Na geoengineering dey cause climate change? - TheCable
TheCable
One social media post claim sey na geoengineering dey cause climate change. Di post still claim sey di smoke wey dey comot from aeroplane wen e ...

David Keith joins University of Chicago to lead Climate Systems Engineering initiative
UChicago News - The University of Chicago
“Geoengineering is a controversial new tool in our toolbox for not only better understanding the science of climate change, including the impact of ...

Green Bond Funds:

ADB Eyes Cheaper Funds for Sri Lanka, Green Bond Support - Bloomberg
Bloomberg News
The Asian Development Bank is considering more concessionary funding for Sri Lanka and support for green bond issues as part of its assistance to ...

Green Bonds Post Record Quarter as Issuers Pounced Before Banking Turmoil - Bloomberg
bloomberg.com
Green bond sales saw the busiest quarter on record as all kinds of ... But, governments are continuing to seek funds for environmental projects.

State-run REC raises $750 mn via green bonds - Mint
Mint
The funds raised from this bond sale will be used for financing green projects in approved by the RBI from time to time and in accordance with the ...

Low Carbon Funds:

New York Common Commits $1.3 Billion to Sustainable Program | Chief Investment Officer
Ai-cio.com
“These investments will position the fund well for the future as the world transitions to a low-carbon economy,” DiNapoli said in a release.

Banking turmoil dampens shine of ESG funds at end of strong Q1 | Reuters
Reuters
ESG funds have historically owned bank shares because of their relatively lower carbon emissions, Boakye said, although versus traditional funds ...

What's needed to scale low-carbon hydrogen? - Greenbiz
Greenbiz
... the first half of the funds dedicated to this effort through the ... That could include hydrogen made from fossil fuels with carbon capture or ...

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