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Sector Based Decarbonization:

SAF Production: Haffner Energy Launches a Game-Changing Solution - Business Wire
Business Wire
Haffner Energy is in discussions with leading industry players (airlines, ... SAF is essential to the decarbonization of aviation.

Industry - Energy System - IEA
IEA
Mission Possible Partnership is promoting decarbonisation across the industrial value chain, with the Science-Based Targets initiative attempting ...

Sectoral Climate Alliances for Higher Ambitions: Putting Plurilateral Climate Cooperation on ... - ORF
ORF
Increasing the ambition for industrial decarbonisation through ... The identification of relevant sectors can be based on a set of factors, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

GUESS Releases ESG Report for Fiscal Years 2022-2023 | Business Wire
Business Wire
GUESS' ESG Report is prepared in accordance with globally recognized frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Universal ...

NUS and PwC Jointly Release Sustainability Counts II, affirming Fosun International's ...
PR Newswire
Based on the principles of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Task Force on Climate-Relate
Fastenal Releases 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report
Business Wire
d Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the study focuses ...

Fastenal Releases 2023 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report
Business Wire
The report, which recaps Fastenal's performance and progress in 2022, was produced with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Danish Investor Is Raising €12 Billion for Renewable Energy Fund - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is looking to raise €12 billion ($13 billion) to invest in renewable energy, making it among the biggest ever ...

You Don't Have to Pick a Winner in Clean Energy. Here's Why. | The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
That's why investors looking to get into the clean energy space might like Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP 1.62%). This limited partnership has ...
    
We can't defeat climate change by investing in a handful of countries. The world needs to ... - Fortune
Fortune
Achieving this goal will require a wide range of clean energy technologies–but two areas are especially important: energy efficiency and renewable ...

CDP Sustainability:

More firms report on deforestation, yet few have plan to stop it - CDP - Reuters
Reuters
... risk has risen 300% over the last five years, yet most have no plan in place to stop it, environmental disclosure platform CDP said on Thursday.

Enterprise Singapore and CDP launch new environmental disclosure programme for ...
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and CDP, a global non-profit organisation specialising in environmental disclosure for ...

'A matter of 'when', not 'if'': CDP warns billions of dollars at risk if corporates fail to curb deforestation
Business Green
"Companies and financial institutions are already on track to lose billions but if deforestation continues at this rate the economic and environmental ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

California Hydrogen Leadership Summit Encourages Expanded Access to Emerging Fuel
Advanced Clean Tech News
Nearly 550 leaders from across state government and the hydrogen industry ... mitigate climate change, diversify and strengthen its energy supply, ...

California's Farmworkers Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change - KQED
KQED
“It was just a nightmare this winter, watching this play out first in Planada and then in other communities,” said Madeline Harris of the Leadership ...

California Needs Leadership on Electric Rail
Streetsblog California
With climate change creating greater uncertainty over water supplies, electrolysis hydrogen is simply not a realistic replacement for fossil fuels in ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in impact investing: Leaning in - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
In this holiday-shortened week, celebrate the creativity, resilience and grit that Agents of Impact bring to the work every day. Racial equity ...

Impact investing on social issues through PE | UBS United States of America
UBS
While impact investments can be found across the spectrum of private market investments, we find an opportunity set within venture capital and growth ...

The widening appeal and goals of impact investing - IG
IG
Impact investing can be defined as 'investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside ...

Energy Storage

Energy storage - IEA
IEA
The most widely-used technology is pumped-storage hydropower, where water is pumped into a reservoir and then released to generate electricity at a ...

Developers get zoning exemptions for 800MWh Massachusetts BESS projects after ...
Energy Storage News
Two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Massachusetts have been granted key approvals, ending a situation described as a ...

What's stalling energy storage system production in 2023? - Design World
Design World
Jabil announced the findings of its 2023 global survey of energy storage and battery solution providers. The results reveal a steady expansion in ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Space Matrix Leads the Way to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 - Passionate In Marketing
Passionate In Marketing
The Science Based Targets initiative, a collaboration between CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), ...

The Bank of England's Climate Transition Plan
Bank of England
Performance against the carbon action plan is both an operational and ... In April 2022 the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) published ...

Airports start to come clean on carbon footprints - IFR
IFR
The sustainability performance targets specify a 10% cut in carbon emissions ... in addition to science-based targets and external verification.

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Energy Stocks: Q2 Winners And Losers - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Energy Stocks: Q2 Winners And Losers. Editor OilPrice.com ... More Top Reads From Oilprice.com: Climate Change Threatens Outdated Infrastructure.

AIM WINNERS & LOSERS: i(x) Net Zero surges as BP invests in WasteFuel - Morningstar
Morningstar
Distil notes that the market remains uncertain in the current economic climate, particularly with the UK's planned duty increases effective from ...

US climate envoy John Kerry criticises big oil for backtracking - Yahoo News
Yahoo News
Energy firms have been criticised for backtracking on climate change pledges. Senator Kerry told the BBC said that any changes to these promises were ...

Microgrids:

Global Microgrids Market to Reach $82.3 Billion by 2030 - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
In the changed post COVID-19 business landscape, the global market for Microgrids estimated at US$23.2 Billion in the year 2022, is projected to ...

Study: Microgrids Could Reduce California Power Shutoffs—to a Point
Inside Climate News
A new study suggests that microgrids equipped with solar panels, a wind turbine, a gas engine and batteries could minimize the impact of power ...

San Diego goes big on microgrids
The San Diego Union-Tribune
The city of San Diego is about to install the first of eight microgrid projects in various areas that will use solar power and operate independently ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

3 ESG Stocks in Focus for the Socially Responsible Investor - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Investors should keep a tab on Pool Corporation (POOL), Salesforce (CRM) and Microsoft (MSFT), which deeply cares about sustainability ...

What is ethical investing? MintGenie explains
MintGenie
Investors and fund managers are increasingly looking for businesses that are socially responsible and financially viable in order to meet current ...

The impact of a sustainable approach to investment | World Finance
World Finance
With an increasing number of investors engaged in the ethical considerations of where they choose to invest, KBC has, over three decades, ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Market Analysis Report 2023
Yahoo Finance
Dublin, July 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Global Market for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) 2023-2040" report has been ...

Cash-flow modeling shows carbon capture and storage can help meet climate goals
Policy Options
Our analysis also underscores the importance of the proposed federal carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) investment tax credit to the ...

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) market is projected to grow - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Visiongain has published a new report entitled Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Market Report 2023-2033: Forecasts by Type (CCS Technology ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Tackling the “triple environmental crisis” and building forward from the COVID-19 pandemic
who.int
WHO Team. Centre for Environment & Health (BON), Living & Working Environments (LWE), Multisectoral Partnerships for Environment & Health (MPE), ...

How Sustainability Staff in Schools Drive Cost Savings Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
FacilitiesNet
A report from the Center for Green Schools highlights the benefits of adding sustainability and environmental health staff to preK-12 schools.

Resilience research: Preparing for AI and ESG developments - Sustainability Magazine
Sustainability Magazine
COVID-19 fallout teamed with climate anxiety and global political unrest leaves the future harder to track than ever before, meaning businesses need ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

The impact of a sustainable approach to investment | World Finance
World Finance
We offer more than 200 sustainable and responsible investment funds, which gives our clients the opportunity to invest in companies and countries ...

Stepping up sustainable investing, Wealth - THE BUSINESS TIMES
The Business Times
INVESTING using an ESG (environmental, social, governance) lens has become a standard in investment management today.

Investing in sustainability now will ensure a futuristic green workforce - EducationTimes.com
Education Times
We need to focus equally on equipping youth with a sustainability mindset and upskilling our current workforce, writes Manav Subodh ...

Geoengineering:

The U.S. and EU take cautious steps toward geoengineering - Axios
Axios
Any geoengineering option, be it solar radiation management (SRM) or marine cloud brightening, would be a stopgap measure while countries work to cut ...

What is geoengineering? US govt open to studying idea that blocking Sun rays could cool Earth
ThePrint
'Geoengineering' literally means interventions that change the way the Earth's systems work. A White House report released last week suggested the ...

Should we use geoengineering to tinker with the planet? - Geographical Magazine
Geographical Magazine
'If humans continue on the current emissions path,' reads the Oxford Geoengineering Programme's website, 'and are unlucky and the climate response ...

Green Bond Funds:

'Turning point' for green bond impact reporting standards - Environmental Finance
Environmental Finance
Impact reporting by green bond funds saw a transformational rise in standards over the past year, a report has found.

Green bonds take big lead over fossil-fuel debt deals - The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Almost $350 billion was raised from green bond sales and loan ... and it's unclear precisely how all these funds are being used and what this ...

Iberdrola issues €850 million in green bonds to support renewable development - PV Tech
PV Tech
Iberdrola issued the bond last week, with 142 investors providing the company with funding in exchange for returns in the future. Iberdrola set the ...

Low Carbon Funds:

FEMA Funding Low-Carbon Materials in Public Assistance Projects in Guam
FEMA
FEMA is starting to fund low-carbon materials in public assistance projects, thanks to the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Is iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) a Strong ETF Right Now?
Yahoo Finance
Making its debut on 12/08/2014, smart beta exchange traded fund iShares MSCI ACWI Low Carbon Target ETF (CRBN) provides investors broad exposure ...

Low Carbon Earth Accelerator Program 2023 - fundsforNGOs
fundsforNGOs
Deadline: 31-Jul-23 The Low Carbon Earth is looking for passionate founders ... New Grantmaking Initiatives | Small, Large, and Seed Grant Funding ...

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