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Community Health Risk Assessment:

Risk Assessment: So Much More Than a Regulatory Compliance Tool - TRC Companies
TRC Companies
Risk assessment is a required element in federal and state environmental programs that are assessing potential environmental and/or community ...

North Iowa Community Health Assessment is released | News | kimt.com
KIMT
MASON CITY, Iowa – North Iowans have a new way to understand the health and wellbeing of their communities. The 2024-2026 Community Health ...

FSU team receives $1.9M to examine stressors on child health in rural areas
Florida State University News
Develop and sustain translation, communication and community outreach ... The second project involves a novel risk assessment calculation ...   

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Advocating for decarbonization of the power sector - Microsoft On the Issues
The Official Microsoft Blog - Microsoft
Based on our experience, policies that broaden market access for corporate procurement can help accelerate the transition to a reliable and resilient ...
    
A Strategic Roadmap: Immediate Steps To Meet Decarbonization Goals - Forbes
Forbes
Membership (fee-based). Aug 17, 2023, 07:30am EDT |. By Mike Orth President, Governments and Environment market sector Black & Veatch.

Storage - Rondo Energy Secures $60 Million to Speed Industrial Decarbonization
Renewable Energy Magazine
Rondo based its innovative technology on materials that heavy industry has used for more than a century for heating and heat storage: brick and iron ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

How Companies Will Have to Report on ESG Globally: Explained
Bloomberg Law News
The International Sustainability Standards Board was supposed to create a single global standard for ESG reporting, cutting through an alphabet ...

Geekvape Embarks on a Path to Sustainable Development at a high starting point
Yahoo Finance
This announcement follows its previous enrollment in the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Community on June 29th. With these developments ...

Advance preparation by exporters, govt must comply with EU's carbon tax: GTRI
The Economic Times
A report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has urged the Indian government and exporters to take immediate action to deal with the ...

Renewable Energy Investments:

Aug. 22, 2023: Three Green Energy Incentives Developers, Investors Should Know When ...
Novogradac |
... utility scale clean energy investments. Three incentives–the HOMES Energy Rebate Program, the Internal Revenue Code Section 45L Energy ...

Solar Money in China Drives World Renewable Investment to Record - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
China accounted for about half of a record $358 billion global investment in renewable energy in the first half of this year, thanks to cheaper ...
    
Renewables are projected to make up 25% of US energy production by 2050. - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool
Since August 2022, $271 billion worth of investment in clean energy has been announced in the U.S., more than all clean energy investment in the ...

CDP Sustainability:

CDP: Finance giants underestimating nature-related risks - edie
edie
Discover the implications of CDP's 'Nature in Green Finance' report, highlighting the ... in their strategies and planning for a sustainable future.

Nature “Consistently Overlooked” by Financial Institutions – CDP - Regulation Asia
Regulation Asia
A report by global non-profit disclosure platform CDP has found that ... “Financial institutions must fully commit to addressing environmental ...

CDP: Corporate water stewardship a $2.3trn economic opportunity - Edie.net
Edie.net
CDP has revealed that taking action on water security within the private ... leaders deem clean water and sanitation integral to sustainability.

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

CSU San Marcos Leader Neufeldt Joins in Presidents' Climate Leadership Commitment
Times of San Diego
California State University has established systemwide efforts toward sustainability and climate action; 19 of the 23 CSU campuses have signed a ...

Can Bay Area Political Leaders Solve Climate Change? | Cato at Liberty Blog
Cato Institute
The latter triggered concern from the California Restaurant Association, which filed suit claiming that Berkeley's ban was preempted by federal law.

Incoming: California Climate - POLITICO
Politico
If you're interested in the policy and politics around climate change, ... “California is a strong cornerstone of climate leadership that's stable ...

Impact Investing:

The Week in Impact Investing: Ingenuity - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Agents of Impact have long lived by that credo, this week led by the youthful climate plaintiffs in Held v. Montana who won a landmark ruling ...

Global Impact Investing Industry Report 2023: A $253.95 Billion Market by 2030
Yahoo Finance
Impact investing is crucial in driving positive social and environmental change while generating financial returns. Its importance lies in the ability ...
    
Impact Investing: Empowering the Future through Purposeful Capital
The Tony Elumelu Foundation
At its core, impact investing seeks to generate measurable social and environmental benefits alongside financial returns. Investors, both private and ...

Energy Storage

US reached 15.2GWh of co-located energy storage by end-2022
Energy-Storage.News
Image: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). By the end of 2022, US co-located renewable and energy storage projects totalled 41GW of ...

Long-duration energy storage | The hurdles ahead - Enverus
Enverus
Energy storage is gaining traction as an essential component for maintaining load-generation balance in the modern electricity market.

Benefits of Hydropower for Grid-Scale Energy Storage Highlighted in New NREL Analysis
CleanTechnica
Closed-loop pumped storage hydropower systems rank as having the lowest potential to add to the problem of global warming for energy storage.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Ciena Extends Environmental Commitment with Science-Based Targets - Business Wire
Business Wire
Ciena's new greenhouse gas reduction targets build upon the company's previous goal to be carbon neutral for Scope 1 and Scope 2, and certain Scope 3, ...

Sage's Near-Term Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals Receive SBTi Validation
CPA Practice Advisor
There are only 3200 companies globally with approved science-based targets. ... such as the energy and carbon performance of its workspaces, ...

Driving a Low-Carbon Future: Transflo Partners with SBTi to Substantially Reduce ...
Business Wire
“By partnering with the Science Based Target initiative, ... aligns with the company's mission to improve efficiency in the transportation sector, ...

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Climate winners and losers as the Inflation Reduction Act hits 1-year anniversary
MarketWatch
Incentives for EVs, solar and clean-energy jobs feature in the largest U.S. effort on climate change to date. Republicans aim to undo the IRA's ...

Climate winners and losers as the Inflation -2- | Morningstar
Morningstar
Some 57% disapprove of Biden's handling of climate change, according to a recently released Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. The poll also ...

Microgrids:

NAVFAC EXWC Director Lectures on Microgrids at Stanford University - DVIDS
DVIDS
After the class, Dr. Anderson visited Stanford's microgrid laboratory at the Agramonte Ranch Research and Conservation Center in Half Moon Bay.

EV Batteries, Microgrids Supply Neighbourhood Power When Utility Systems Fail
The Energy Mix
Carriveau said home EV charging and neighbourhood, commercial, and industrial microgrids can “provide important ancillary services back to the central ...

NARUC, NASEO issue microgrid policy framework to assist regulators - Utility Dive
Utility Dive
Microgrids' ability to provide energy resilience raises policy questions “particularly with regard to cost allocation,” say state regulators and ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

ESG's Long History: 1700s to Today - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
From Methodist John Wesley to the Vietnam War. The roots of ESG investing go back centuries.

Social impact investing is 'critical' to addressing pressing societal challenges - FTAdviser
FTAdviser
And while, historically, it has been easy for investors to dismiss social impact investing, Mike Camfield, head of EMEA sustainability research at ...

Is climate change scorching investment portfolios? | Wealth Professional
Wealth Professional
Measuring impact of wildfire risks and climate change-related events remains challenging, says sustainability-focused PM.

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Heidelberg Materials North America and MHI Are Working Toward First Full-Scale Carbon ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
... Materials North America and MHI Are Working Toward First Full-Scale Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Solution for Cement Industry.

Is CCUS the Answer to Climate Change or Just Another Excuse? | Greener Ideal
Greener Ideal
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) involves collecting carbon dioxide — primarily from industrial and commercial sources — to make it ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Market - openPR.com
openPR.com
Carbon Capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is an emission reduction process, which is intended to prevent large amounts of carbon dioxide from ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Hero MotoCorp eyes sustainable growth post-Covid, back to pre-pandemic margins | Mint
Mint
Hero MotoCorp aims for sustainable growth through new product launches and expanding market share. The company is increasing production capacity ...

Cook County Announces $10M Program to Help Small Businesses Reduce Environmental Impact
WTTW News
... during the COVID-19 pandemic are able to benefit from the program. ... led by the county's Department of Environment and Sustainability.

I'm tired of “sustainability” - The Lumberjack
The Lumberjack
Part of a statewide effort to slow COVID-19 cases, Humboldt county enters a heavily restrictive tier. Carlos Holguin Wednesday, November 18, 2020 ...

Data Driven Decision Making Covid Community Climate Behavior:

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Sustainability Investing: 

Renewable Investing ETFs: Sustainability Investing Cleans Up Its Image | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
It has been said that the best investment ideas are often those that are ... Sustainable investing expands that scope further by focusing on not ...

Supply-Chain Sustainability Benefits Investors, Study Finds - WSJ
The Wall Street Journal
Supply-Chain Sustainability Benefits Investors, Study Finds. New research says companies that pay attention to the ESG practices of their suppliers ...

ESG Investing: The Rise, The Decline, and the Quest for Authenticity - Hubbis
Hubbis
In the past decade, investments centered around sustainability have ... a 6% decline in investors valuing ESG or sustainable investing in 2023 ...

Geoengineering:

Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails ...
The Conversation
Some geoengineering techniques are better understood than others. The US is investing in capturing carbon dioxide from the air, but ideas to block ...

Viewpoint: Without more research and guardrails, geoengineering is a costly gamble ... - Phys.org
Phys.org
When soaring temperatures ; Geoengineering, theoretically, aims to restore that balance, either by removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere ...

Green Bond Funds:

NS&I ups 'Green Bonds' returns again - Investors' Chronicle
Investors Chronicle
The NS&I bonds fund green projects in a range of sectors, including transport, renewable energy, energy efficiency and adapting to climate change.

Singapore Plans to Raise Another $1.3 Billion Via Its Green Bond - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Singapore's green bond framework says funds can be used for projects including improving energy efficiency, preventing pollution or natural ...

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) and VanEck Vectors Green Bond ETF (GRNB) - StockNews
StockNews
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund(NYSE:BND): While inflation is easing, it is still elevated, which might prompt the Fed to launch another ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Stocks And Funds For Climate Change Worriers - Forbes
Forbes
However, climate conscious investors should look at the stock holistically. A company with lower carbon emissions is positive, but make sure the ...

China's central government plans more funding for low-carbon technology projects, to ...
South China Morning Post
China's central government will direct part of its budget to pilot projects featuring advanced green and low-carbon technologies to support the ...

Why Are Climate Funds In the Dumps? | Morningstar
Morningstar
The funds comprise a hodgepodge of approaches and asset classes. They include low-carbon funds, green bonds, climate solutions, clean energy/tech ...