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Methane Emissions:

Wartsila's 31DF Engine to Reduce Methane Emissions by 41% - Cruise Industry News
Cruise Industry News
Stefan Nysjö, vice president of power supply at Wärtsilä Marine Power, said: “Our work around reducing methane slip and GHG emissions is part of ...

NASA Flights Link Methane Plumes to Tundra Fires in Western Alaska
NASA
Scientists are studying how fire and ice drive methane emissions in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, within which the refuge is located. U.S. Fish and ...

EPA Unveils Food Waste Landfill Emissions, Management Recommendations

Environment+Energy Leader
They are found to be 80 times more potent than carbon emissions in terms of global warming, and methane exposure causes about 1 million premature ...

Sector Based Decarbonization:

IFC Report: Potential Construction, Building Decarbonization Strategies
Environment+Energy Leader
The IFC claims that energy-saving measures paired with sustainable investment in the construction value chain may curb sector-wide emissions by ...

Introducing GreenBiz's Climate Tech Startup of the Year
GreenBiz
... decarbonize the notoriously dirty industry sector. Gabriel Kra ... based decarbonizing solution, securing third. The what, why and where of Carbon ...

Government, AstraZeneca launch 500 EVs for decarbonization - ANTARA News
ANTARA News
Hendiarti noted that the effort to lower carbon emissions generated by the transportation sector ... As for fossil-based fuel four-wheeled vehicles, the ...

Data Driven Decision Making:

Customer insight platforms: 5 reasons why your business needs it - Wire19
Wire19
... data-driven decision-making. By providing actionable insights, they allow you to make decisions based on what your customers actually want and need.

Human-AI Collaboration Enables CRE To Work Faster and Smarter | Altus Group Insights
Altus Group
Data-driven insights to power decision-making. The world of commercial ... decision-making based on process efficiency. In CRM systems, AI analyzes ...

Aiding food security and sustainability efforts through graph neural network-based consumer ...
Nature
The ability to make accurate ingredient predictions with incomplete data, in an autonomous way, allows these methods to support key decision making ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

Hexion Awarded EcoVadis Silver Sustainability Rating - Business Wire
Business Wire
... globally. EcoVadis ratings are based on international sustainability ... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards and the ISO 26000 standard.

ESG and its Impact On Real Estate - Lexology
Lexology
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). With investors and lenders placing an ...

National Foods Holdings Limited releases its 2023 Annual Report - AfricanFinancials
AfricanFinancials
Sustainability Reporting. The Group continues to apply the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) standards and, over the years, has aligned its ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

COP28: Why going beyond net zero is necessary to protect public health - Monash Lens
Monash Lens - Monash University
... community adaptation to both current and future climate changes. While net ... health risks linked to climate change. However, this is a very slow ...

Learning to See the Climate Crisis Children and Young People's Perceptions of ... - ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb
52% of young people are alarmed about climate change, with predominant concerns: biodiversity loss, health threats, and broad climatic changes.

Climate: Government faces legal challenge over failure to protect frontline communities
Friends of the Earth
... communities directly affected by climate change and protect them as ... risk from the dangerous health outcomes associated with soaring temperatures.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Top 10: Renewable Energy Companies in the USA
Energy Digital Magazine
Founded in 1925, NextEra Energy is one of America's largest capital investors in infrastructure, with between US$50bn and US$55bn in new ...

Indonesia, Vietnam energy transition financing under G7-funded plans | Reuters
Reuters
There will be five areas for investment that include accelerated renewable development, upgrade of transmission and early retirement of coal-fired ...

USDA provides millions to Vermont and NH for rural energy programs
Vermont Business Magazine
The Agency is also investing $145 million in 697 renewable-energy and energy-efficiency projects across the U.S., including 12 in Vermont ...

CDP Sustainability:

Answer the urgent call to action: how our Accredited Solutions Providers can support you
CDP

This year, we have seen a remarkable surge in environmental data reporting, with more than 23,000 companies disclosing through CDP. Among them are ...

More than 2,000 high-emitting firms urged to set science-based emissions targets - Yahoo
Yahoo
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a non-profit to which firms can voluntarily share data on their environmental performance, is calling on firms ...

GB : CDP Report - Climate Change 2022 - MarketScreener
MarketScreener
In 2021, in response to climate change issues: GB Auto launched four CNG-powered passenger car models as part of our shift to sustainable mobility ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

Celebrating a record-setting investment in climate research for California
University of California
... leadership in climate ... climate change.” Senator Ben Allen of California's 24th District addresses climate scientists and State and UC leaders in.

Gov. Newsom: CA can learn a lot from China - CalMatters
CalMatters
... leadership on renewable energy and how decades of partnership with China to tackle climate change have paid off with concrete progress. The ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom on what the Trip to China Accomplished
Sierra Sun Times
But we face a shared threat in climate change. Emissions and pollution do not stop at borders. We can either refuse to work with the world's ...

Impact Investing:

Impact Investors Seek Partnership On Capital Mobilisation - YouTube
YouTube
Impact Investors Seek Partnership On Capital Mobilisation. 185 views · 13 hours ago #business #businessnews #tinubu ...more. TVC News Nigeria. 961K.

Four hurdles in path of impact investing in Nigeria - Businessday NG
Businessday NG
The growth and development of Impact investing in Nigeria is faced with four distinct hurdles from bridging the gap of product availability...

Real-world impact outweighs portfolio decarbonization, Asia-based investors say
Pensions & Investments
Emissions rise from smokestacks and cooling towers in China. Institutional investors should ultimately aim for real-world decarbonization rather than ...

Energy Storage

Closed-loop CO2-based energy-storage system slated for Wisconsin
Chemical Engineering
Alliant Energy (Madison, Wis.; www.alliantenergy.com) was recently selected to receive a $30-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office ...

Flow Battery Market Poised for Growth as Energy Storage Needs Expand
POWER Magazine
When it comes to energy storage, most people are quite familiar with lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. They are, of course, commonly used to power ...

California Now Has A Little Over 6,600 MW Of Energy Storage - CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica
Battery storage was, and still is, a big part of the answer. Ten years ago in California there wasn't that much energy storage capacity though, ...   

Climate Change and Satellites:

New Keene-made technology helps spot gas leaks from space - NH Business Review
NH Business Review
Imagery produced by the satellite sensors developed locally will have a global impact on environmental research and climate change mitigation, ...

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

N/A

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers from the first College Football Playoff rankings in 2023 - MSN
MSN
Winners and losers from the first College Football Playoff rankings in 2023 ... Climate tracking: Following the changes in climate over time. False ...

Microgrids:

Microgrid Market to Grow at CAGR of 16.4% by 2032, Driven - GlobeNewswire
GlobeNewswire
Covina, Nov. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microgrid is primarily powered by distributed generators, batteries, and renewable resources such as solar ...

Clean Energy Microgrids Industry Scenario – Ge Grid Solutions, Gham Power, Gridscape
Argyle Report
The Clean Energy Microgrids Market Report Contains 132 pages Including Full TOC, Tables and Figures, and Chart with In-depth Analysis Pre and Post ...

Microgrid fuelling Pulau Ubin's shift from diesel to renewable energy - YouTube
YouTube
Most of Pulau Ubin's main village now runs on solar power, accounting for more than 90 per cent of its energy needs. This is thanks to an expanded ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

N/A

Socially Responsible Investing:

Definitions for responsible investment approaches | Technical guide - UN PRI
UN PRI
This guide (available as a pdf download) looks at the following: setting a responsible investment policy and sound governance, ESG integration in ...

Environmental, Social and Governance investing requires research, expert advice
Rochester Business Journal
There is no governmental standard rating/scoring system for ESG currently, but there are several established third-party rating agencies.

Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors v. Fiduciary Duty - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Daily
Asset managers have a fiduciary duty to act in your best interests. Does that include considering ESG factors when investing your money?

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Cosmo Energy And Toshiba Collaborate To Explore CCU Strategies - Carbon Herald
Carbon Herald
... CO2 at a high conversion rate. Relevant: Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Industry Meeting: Pioneering the Future of CCUS Technology Integration.

Navigator cancels pipeline - The Clinton Journal
The Clinton Journal
SPRINGFIELD — Navigator CO2, a Nebraska-based company specializing in carbon capture ... carbon capture, utilization and storage projects. Richart said ...

Battery Storage Inverter Market: Critical Insight, Regional Overview, Industry Size and ...
EIN News
Battery storage inverters enable efficient storage of excess energy ... carbon-capture-utilization-and-storage-ccus-market-to-reach-7-0-bn ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Pomona College greenhouse gas emissions up amid changing climate, covid recovery
The Student Life
... sustainability education, with the ultimate vision of achieving carbon net neutrality by 2030, a goal known as CN2030. “Carbon neutrality means ...

Pfizer posts quarterly loss as covid drug sales plummet after pandemic - Irish Examiner
Irish Examiner
“We want to hear more from management on the path to sustainable growth with the covid reset behind us.” The fortunes of Pfizer are closely ...

Crocco recognised for sustainability efforts - Eco-plastics in Packaging
Eco-plastics in Packaging
Coronavirus · Financial Results · Investments · Legislation/Regulations · Mergers & Acquisitions · Resins & Raw Materials · Waste Management.

Sustainability Investing: 

Planning for an IPO? | Barclays CIB
Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank
As we've seen in recent years, the interest in sustainable investing has grown and with it the relevance in the IPO context. Investors need depth ...

Canadian pension funds look Down Under for private, sustainable assets
Pensions & Investments
Leaders in direct investment, Canadian pension funds continue to expand their investments in Australia.

President Biden Announces Over $5 Billion to Support Rural Communities During Investing ...
USDA
... sustainability. President Biden will also discuss how Bidenomics and his Investing in America agenda are ensuring rural Americans do not have to ...

Geoengineering:

Weathered : Cool Us or Kill Us? Did Geoengineering Cause a Huge Famine? | KCTS 9
KCTS 9
As we contemplate solar geoengineering, we need to look at the risks first.

Green Bond Funds:

Local Climate Bonds Toolkit guides councils to £3billion green funding
Environment Journal
Local authorities face a major funding shortfall for essential services, leaving little in the pot for decarbonisation.

Verqor scores $11 million to provide digital credit to Mexico's farmers - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
... Climate Week, investors and funders … Africa | September 13, 2023. How Africa's pension funds are financing the continent's infrastructure gap.

MENA investor community key force in unlocking $4trln per year in Climate Finance
ZAWYA
4. UAE takes lead in climate tech funding, raises $401mln. 5. Citi moves Russia country officer to oversee ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Banks pumped more than $150bn in to companies running 'carbon bomb' projects in 2022
The Guardian
... financing to 80% for low-carbon sources by 2030. A spokesperson said: “BNP Paribas is turning the page on fossil fuels and is focused on ...

Franklin Templeton launches three active fixed income ETFs - Investment Week
Investment Week
... low-carbon future. The new funds will be managed by members of Franklin Templeton's European fixed income team, David Zahn, head of European fixed ...

Lessons from raising Europe's biggest climate fund - Sifted
Sifted
... low-carbon energy inventions over the past decade. But with a dearth in later-stage funding, startups are in desperate need of larger sums of ...

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