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Sector Based Decarbonization:

Decarbonization in the Oil and Gas Sector: What Investors Should Know - Investing.com
Investing.com
Oil and gas companies are actively decarbonizing operations across all segments. Strategies include renewable energy adoption, carbon capture and ...

Aluminum sector prepares for circular transparency - Recycling Today
Recycling Today
Sustainability and decarbonization targets in numerous industry sectors, ... Texas-based global aluminum industry consulting firm Harbor Aluminum ...

Interview: How Can Airports Lead The Industry's Decarbonization? - Simple Flying
Simple Flying
Leading the decarbonization. The aviation industry globally is committed to reducing its environmental impact. Airlines, for example, are acquiring ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

EU climate rules align with ISSB and GRI sustainability standards - Accounting Today
Accounting Today
... and take account of discussions with the International Sustainability Standards Board and the Global Reporting Initiative to offer a high ...

ESG reporting standards and their impact on internal audit - Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards · Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards · The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial ...

Williams Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - Business Wire
Business Wire
Williams' 2022 Sustainability Report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and references the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Renewable Energy Investments Bring Big Benefits to Full Belly Farm, Inc. in Guinda
California Climate Investments
By investing in sustainable energy production, carbon sequestration through good soil management, cover crop production, and efficiency, ...

How renewable energy investments can help manage the risks facing DC members
Schroders
2022 highlighted several risks for defined contribution pensions (DC), many of which could have been addressed by renewable energy investments.

UNCTAD Report 2023: Bridging The Renewable Energy Investment Gap In Developing Countries
Mondaq
In the face of a climate crisis, renewable energy investment has become an urgent global need. However, as per the World Investment Report 2023, ...

CDP Sustainability:

Companies reporting through CDP are well prepared for ESRS | News | IPE
Investment & Pensions Europe
The majority of companies reporting through CDP, the non-profit organisation that runs the global environmental disclosure system for companies, ...

SM ENERGY PUBLISHES UPDATED ESG DISCLOSURES INCLUDING THE CDP, TCFD ...
PR Newswire
PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company") (NYSE: SM) today announced the publication of its updated environmental, social and governance ...

ESG Watch: Investors hail end to 'alphabet soup' of sustainability disclosure with new ISSB standards
Reuters
Emmanuel Faber, chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board ... Disclosure scheme CDP will integrate its questionnaires to companies ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Clearing the Air: California's Leadership on Clean Trucks - News and blogs
News and blogs - Environmental Defense Fund
About this blog ... Expert to expert commentary on the science, law and economics of global climate change and clean air. Looking for Climate Talks?

CA Launches Grant Program to Support Native American Tribes on Ancestral Land Return ...
YubaNet
CA Launches Grant Program to Support Native American Tribes on Ancestral Land Return, Nature-Based Solutions that Help Combat Climate Change.

10 California Community Leaders Everyone Should Know About - Patch
Patch
From students in leadership to company executives, these California ... She emphasizes community colleges' role in tackling climate change, ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in Impact Investing: Hot Streak - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! You deserve a break, and so do we. The ImpactAlpha team will be off next week. We'll be back in your in-box on Monday, ...

Future Focus: Sustainable & Impact Investing Considerations For Family Offices - Forbes
Forbes
Impact investing allows families to engage all members across multiple generations in investment decisions based on shared values. In doing that it ...

Impact Investing Market all set to rise at growth rate of 17.22% CAGR - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
The impact investing market is to grow by USD 503.95 billion from 2022 to 2027. However, the growth momentum will progress at a CAGR of 17.22% ...

Energy Storage

Fire safety working group to ensure New York energy storage sites are 'safe and effective'
Energy-Storage.News
New York governor Kathy Hochul has responded to concerns about energy storage fires with a new Inter-Agency Fire Safety Working Group.

As Texas hits 112F, here's how big battery storage is keeping the grid online - Electrek
Electrek
Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, tells us how big battery storage is helping to keep the Texas grid online.

Spearmint Energy begins commissioning of 150MW/300MWh Texas BESS project
Energy-Storage.News
Spearmint Energy is nearing the completion of its first project, a 150MW/300MWh battery storage system in Texas using Sungrow BESS equipment.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

ESG in the Dutch banking sector - Lexology
Lexology
By linking financial terms to sustainable performance, these provisions ... In 2023, the Science Based Target initiative verified Triodos Bank's ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

The members of Congress who have made the switch to electric vehicles
Washington Examiner
LINCOLN DINNER: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE IOWA FUNDRAISER ... subcommittee and has staunchly opposed the administration's climate efforts, ...

CrossTalk | Winners & losers - One News Page VIDEO
One News Page
CrossTalk | Winners & losers: The Biden administration and NATO world are fascinated with ... Narrative manipulations do not change hard reality.

Special Presentation: EXTREME: Bring Content Closest to User - YouTube
YouTube
The winners and losers from rising rates and falling wealth ... AI for Energy Systems. Climate Change AI•2.8K views.

Microgrids:

Where are all the microgrids? | Rhetoric & Reason - New Times San Luis Obispo
New Times San Luis Obispo
Where are all the microgrids? ... Sammy Roth, the reporter who covers energy issues for the LA Times, recently had occasion to express the received ...

Power to the People: Microgrid Gives Community Control of Its Energy
POWER Magazine
These microgrids, serving a specific area and supported by renewable energy and other distributed energy resources (DERs), help achieve a sustainable, ...

Opinion: Microgrids can help us power tribal communities while embracing renewable energy
San Diego Union-Tribune
With microgrids, tribal communities can reduce their reliance on a system that has historically not prioritized their needs.

Socially Responsible Investing:

Congress Is Holding Hearings to Ban Responsible Investing Funds - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
About 90% of S&P 500 companies publish their environmental, social, and governance information. Read on to find out why some lawmakers want ESG to ...

ESG investing is in line with fiduciary duty
ESG Clarity
On the surface this has three parts. First, investors wanting to invest in line with their values. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds in ...

Sustainability frameworks: Paving the way to sustainable investing in the financial sector
The Times of India - IndiaTimes
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) are fundamental factors that gauge a company's dedication to sustainability and ethical ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Global Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Growth Opportunities Forecast to 2040
Yahoo Finance
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) will play a huge role in the global shift toward decarbonization of industries in the decades ...

Study highlights carbon capture, utilization and storage potential for North Sea 'super basin'
Phys.org
A research study led by the University of Aberdeen has identified areas of a North Sea gas 'super basin' with the greatest potential for storing ...

Global Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Market Report 2023-2040 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
The "The Global Market for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) 2023-2040" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

ASHE to recognize health care facilities for sustainability measures | AHA News
American Hospital Association
... 10 health care facilities with 2023 Sustainability Champion Awards for ... The latest Updates and Resources on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

COVID-19 led to increased anxiety for families with children with neurodevelopmental conditions
News Medical
COVID-19 led to increased anxiety for families with children with ... and ecological sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic: Human, societal, ...

Load shedding, Covid accelerate sustainable printing - IT-Online
IT-Online
Load shedding, Covid accelerate sustainable printing. Jul 27, 2023. South Africa's load shedding crisis, following hard on the heels of the ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Future Focus: Sustainable & Impact Investing Considerations For Family Offices - Forbes
Forbes
Why apply trillions of dollars of investment towards initiatives that seek to improve sustainability, promote social equality increase responsible ...

Sweetgreen CEO on Q2: Investors starting to see sustainability in business model
YouTube
Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what happened to the stock after earnings Friday, what would bolster the ...

AI & Sustainable Investing: Use & Potential | Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Learn the biggest applications of artificial intelligence for sustainable investing, risks and questions ESG investors should ask when assessing ...

Geoengineering:

'We're changing the clouds.' An unforeseen test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth
Science
The natural experiment created by the IMO rules is providing a rare opportunity for climate scientists to study a geoengineering scheme in action— ...

Q&A: Experts discuss the geoengineering methods for reflecting sunlight to cool Earth
Phys.org
As concerns about climate change intensify, researchers are exploring the potential for large-scale human intervention in the Earth's climate ...

A Sun Shield over Earth? Catch an Asteroid, and It Might Work - Scientific American
Scientific American
Interest in climate geoengineering — also known as solar radiation modification — is on the rise as the planet's temperatures continue to climb. But ...

Green Bond Funds:

Goldman Sachs launches corporate impact and green bond funds
Funds Europe
The Goldman Sachs Global Impact Corporate Bond Fund seeks to invest in green, social and sustainable bonds across the corporate credit spectrum that ...

GSAM launches Article 9 corporate impact and green bond funds - Citywire
Citywire
The USD Green Bond fund will invest globally in corporate and government bonds, as well as investment grade credit. It will build on GSAM's existing ...

Goldman Sachs Asset Management launches corporate impact and green bond funds
Investment Week
More specifically, the Global Impact Corporate Bond fund will invest in green, social and sustainable bonds across the corporate credit spectrum, ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Record Heat, Climate Policies Energize Low-Carbon Investing | AB - AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein
However, through best practices, technology, proper funding and effective public policy, companies and countries alike can lower or prevent carbon- ...

Financing Fair, Inclusive and Just Transitions to a Sustainable Future | UNFCCC
UNFCCC
Entire economies and societies, including all sectors, must be transformed and redirected to a low-carbon and climate-resilient future.
    
Venture capital firm A/O launches $275 million fund to tackle CO2 emissions | Reuters
Reuters
Venture capital firm A/O launches $275 million fund to tackle CO2 ... firms aligning their portfolios with the transition to a low-carbon economy.