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Methane Emissions:

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $350 Million to 14 States to Reduce Methane ...
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $350 Million to 14 States to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas Sector as Part of ...

Federal methane strategy calls for improved, cost-effective landfill emissions tracking technologies
Waste Dive
It recognizes that current walking survey surface emission measurement practices are “not able to detect all anomalous emissions at a landfill,” and ...

DOE, EPA To Award $350 Million to 14 States For Mitigation of Methane Emissions
National Energy Technology Laboratory - Department of Energy
“Investing in projects and programs that significantly reduce methane emissions is an important priority to slow the harmful effects of climate change ...   

Sector Based Decarbonization:

Ara Partners Raises $3 Billion to Invest in Industrial Decarbonization - ESG Today
ESG Today
... companies based in the U.S., Canada and Europe, with the potential to achieve carbon emissions reductions across sectors. The fund has already ...

Adaptation, Resilient Buildings Sector Highlighted During COP 28 - SDG Knowledge Hub
SDG Knowledge Hub - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... based perspectives. One ... The event shared how different organizations are accelerating decarbonization and resilience in the building sector ...

Ara Partners closes $2.8B for third climate fund - Axios
Axios
... decarbonizing industrial sectors like green fuels, metal recycling and low carbon chemicals. ... companies; and London-based biogas developer CycleØ.

Data Driven Decision Making:

Data-Driven Decision Making In Retail - Forbes
Forbes
Data-driven decision making (DDDM) goes beyond intuition or observation to include data analysis. This helps with the accuracy of predictions, as well ...

2024: A Year for Doubling Down on Data-Driven Decision Making - Markets Media
Markets Media
2024: A Year for Doubling Down on Data-Driven Decision Making · 1. Client retention will become even more critical · 2. Banks will seek out tools to ...

Q&A: Wyatt Pontius on data-driven decision making, industry challenges & AI's role in ...
Recycling Product News
As the metal recycling sector grapples with changing waste streams and an overall push for greater efficiency and sustainability, ...

Global Reporting Initiative:

People & Appointments: GRI names Fries as next chair - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has named Jessica Fries as the next chair of its supervisory board. She joined the board in 2019 and has ...

ESG landscape in Latin America takes shape to balance risks and opportunities
Thomson Reuters
... global frameworks and collaborative initiatives aimed at promoting sustainability and corporate governance. ... Reporting Initiative and jointly ...

Oxfam challenges ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips on secretive tax practices with ...
Oxfam America
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the world's most utilized corporate reporting framework. The companies' current lack of transparency, Oxfam ...

Community Health Risks From Climate Change:

45 million children at risk of poor health, malnutrition, displacement & learning loss in ... - UNICEF
UNICEF
... weather and climate hazards. To address the humanitarian needs of children and communities impacted by climate change, and other crises in the ...

Climate and Health Outcomes Research Data Systems (CHORDS) - Facilitating the Linking ...
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Climate change is affecting not only our environment but also our health. For example, increased droughts, drier soils, and record high ...
    
Mine Action and the Resilience of Communities to Climate Change - World - ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb
... health and contribute to the increase of hunger and poor nutrition in areas ... effects of climate change in explosive ordnance-affected settings.

Renewable Energy Investments:

Building a Thriving Clean Energy Economy in 2023 and Beyond | The White House
The White House
This included the largest investment in reducing carbon emissions in American history. The clean energy investments in the agenda—primarily in the ...

Renewable Energy Giants: 3 Stocks Outshining Solar and Wind - InvestorPlace
InvestorPlace
... investments and stimulate the hourly Renewable Energy Credit (REC) market. For context, clean hydrogen funding increased by 222% and storage by 51 ...

Finally, some good climate news: 5 clean energy milestones we hit in 2023 - Fast Company
Fast Company
The transition away from fossil fuels relies on expanding renewable energy and adopting electric appliances. · Clean energy investments outpaced those ...

CDP Sustainability:

A masterclass in minimising environmental impact with a sustainable mindset
World Finance
This ambitious strategy has guided us to be the only glass packaging company to reach the highest score – an A – in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) ...
    
The Buzz About U.S. Corporate Sustainability Reporting Trends - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
G&A's Sustainability Highlights ( 12.01.2023 )NORTHAMPTON, MA ... CDP, TCFD, UN Sustainable Development Goals, and Science Based Targets ...

Fitch Affirms CDP RETI at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings
Liquidity and Debt Structure. Sustainable Liquidity: CDP RETI's liquidity is structurally weak for an investment-grade holding/parent company, as it ...

California's Leadership in Climate Change:

How California climate action will cut tax revenue - CalMatters
CalMatters
... climate leaders like California to step up…. If we can do it in ... “The agreement we signed won't change what California is doing because California in ...

State Leaders Warn of Risks to Southern California Rail Corridor | Planetizen News
Planetizen
The coastal rail corridor between San Diego and Santa Barbara faces growing risks from coastal erosion and climate change, according to a California ...

Edison CEO on Climate Change Challenges in California - Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
Edison International CEO, Pedro Pizarro, spoke Dec. 5 on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in Dubai with Yousef Gamal El-Din on Bloomberg ...

Impact Investing:

Proposals To Rebuild America, Reinvent US Capitalism Have A Name: Impact Investing
Forbes
Roy Swan leads the Ford Foundation's Mission Investments team, advancing social justice and equality via impact investing.

Impact Investing Is Already 2024's Biggest Financial Trend | Glamour UK
Glamour UK
Impact investing refers to investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, social, and environmental impact alongside a ...

The Week in Impact Investing: Shared Prosperity - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Great awakening. One of my all-time favorite books is “The Fourth Great Awakening“ by the Nobel Prize-winning economist ...

Energy Storage

Grid-scale powers record US energy storage installs despite project delays | Recharge
Recharge
Led by grid-scale, US energy storage installations surged 35% to a record 2.35GW in the third quarter despite widespread project development ...

Clean energy factories, thermal storage get boost from new tax credits - Canary Media
Canary Media
The IRS just released rules on incentives for clean energy manufacturers that make stuff in the U.S. Long-duration storage and thermal batteries ...

CEC Awards $30 Million to 100-Hour, Long-Duration Energy Storage Project
California Energy Commission - CA.gov
SACRAMENTO — The California Energy Commission (CEC) today approved a $30 million grant to Form Energy to build a long-duration energy storage ...

Climate Change and Satellites:

How hyper-sensitive satellites could combat climate crises from space - Quartz
Quartz
Pixxel's Awais Ahmed will put a constellation of six satellites in space in early 2024.

Oceanography, sea floor mapping and satellite combine to map world's strongest current
Phys.org
"Knowing how to deal with human-induced climate change brings an urgency to tracking down the heat and carbon pathways in the global climate system.

Science Based Carbon Performance Targets:

Setting science-based targets for airports - ADS Advance
ADS Advance
Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo, is working with its airport partners to help them set science-based targets through the Science ...

Hilton Celebrates Strong Year of Positive Environmental and Social Impact, Recognized for ...
Hospitality Net
Hilton was the first major hotel company to set science-based carbon targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Its award ...

Hilton 7th year on DJSI: Strong environmental & social impact - Travel And Tour World
Travel And Tour World
... performance, Hilton reaffirms its unwavering dedication to ... based carbon reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Climate Change Winners and Losers:

Winners and losers in the new global climate deal - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Winners · Losers · Win some, lose some · More on climate change.

Cop28's winners and losers: from fossil fuel firms to future generations - The Guardian
The Guardian
Cop28's winners and losers: from fossil fuel firms to future generations ... change despite growing global alarm about climate disruption. The US ...

COP28: Winners and losers in the new global climate deal - Modern Diplomacy
Modern Diplomacy
It was indicative of the frustrations and distrust such nations on the front lines of climate change often feel at these talks — that large, developed ...

Microgrids:

Microgrids a Win for Both Owners and Grid Operators - POWER Magazine
POWER Magazine
A microgrid can span multiple properties, generating and storing power at a dedicated/shared location, or it can be contained on one privately owned ...

Microgrids can drive resiliency, efficiency and profitability: JLL | Utility Dive
Utility Dive
A hospital covered in solar panels. The on-site energy that microgrid systems can provide is especially important for healthcare facilities, like the ...

Can Microgrids Speed the Transition to Electric Trucks?
Heavy Duty Trucking
Joshua Goldman, vice president of E-mobility at microgrid and DER deployment advisor Xendee, says off-grid energy sources offer resiliency from ...

Community Health Risk Assessment:

The importance of risk stratification and pop health in value-based care
Health Data Management
... community health outcomes. By leveraging the rich data ... risk assessments, improving patient interactions and adhering to evolving standards.

Risk Assessment for public health related to Dengue in the Americas Region - 12 December 2023
ReliefWeb
Lack of engagement and mobilization of local communities in vector control activities: Surveillance systems, integrated vector management, community ...

Lucas County Health Assessment report: 2022-2023 results - WTOL
WTOL
"If we want to improve our community's health, we have to routinely assess what our biggest challenges are. ... RELATED: How parents can reduce the risk ...

Socially Responsible Investing:

How one asset management firm adopted a new framework for ESG - CNBC
CNBC
Newday Impact Investing believes that using a new yardstick could provide a more diversified and holistic view of an investment beyond current ESG ...

Ethical Investing, Wealthy Returns: ESG's Role in Financial Markets | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
In this exclusive interview, we sit down with Sean Chin MQ, and we'll discuss advice for individual investors interested in ESG and ethical ...

ESG investing caught in culture war crosshairs in 2023 | Insights | Ropes & Gray LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
As 2023 draws to a close, ESG investing — the consideration of environmental, social and governance factors in investment and proxy voting ...

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage:

Could the Ohio River Valley be a carbon capture and storage hub?
The Statehouse News Bureau
It's called carbon capture, utilization and storage, or CCUS. “Carbon capture and storage is a set of technologies that allow anybody to capture ...

Three Carbon Capture And Storage Projects Selected To Receive $890M From DOE
Carbon Herald
... storage sites on the Gulf Coast. The project is also assessing the utilization of graywater cooling in its operations in order to reduce the use ...

Global Carbon Capturing Across Industrial Applications Industry Report 2023 - Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
Carbon capture utilization and storage is gaining industry traction as a highly effective decarbonizing strategy. Global efforts to combat climate ...

Coronavirus and Sustainability:

Business travel emissions drop as many firms fly less -survey - Reuters
Reuters
Advocacy group Transport and Environment has said that a 50% reduction in business travel from pre-COVID levels is needed this decade to cap global ...

Walmart's Pandemic Port Squeeze - Civil Eats
Civil Eats
We talk with Elizabeth Sturcken for an up-close look at the sustainability alliance between the environmental nonprofit and the retail behemoth.

Sustainability LIVE Net Zero: Sandeep Chandna, Tech Mahindra
Sustainability Magazine
Chandna understands that the coronavirus pandemic had a major impact on the world we see today, but believes that technology is at the forefront of ...

Sustainability Investing: 

Sustainable Investing: Definition, Benefits and Tips - BOSS Magazine
BOSS Magazine
What is sustainable investing? ... Sustainable investing is a specific investment approach aimed at generating long-term returns while simultaneously ...

Ethical Investing, Wealthy Returns: ESG's Role in Financial Markets | Nasdaq
Nasdaq
... sustainable investing, and align your investment ... This market presents unique opportunities to invest in environmental sustainability while ...

5 ESG Funds That Rebounded in 2023 - Morningstar
Morningstar
ESG Investing Performance Over the Long Term. Despite recent performance challenges, sustainable funds outpaced conventional peers and a traditional ...

Geoengineering:

Is Geoengineering The Answer To The Global Climate Crisis? - Forbes
Forbes
Geoengineering, particularly with the intent of cooling the planet, involves large-scale interventions in the Earth's climate system. In fact, it ...

Is It Time To Embrace Geoengineering? | OilPrice.com
Oil Price
Geoengineering refers to deliberate, large-scale interventions in Earth's natural systems to counteract climate change or mitigate its effects. These ...

Fact Check: NASA's RS-25 is a rocket launch system, not geoengineering machine
Reuters
Geoengineering is a concept where technology could be used to offset some of the effects of climate change by either reflecting sunlight back to space ...   

Green Bond Funds:

New European Green Bond Standard is a game-changer | White & Case LLP - JDSupra
JD Supra
Massive funding needs. The EU's green transition will require additional investment of €620 billion annually until 2030, according to a July 2023 ...

Unleashing sustainable bonds to bridge the SDG funding gap - ImpactAlpha
ImpactAlpha
Green and sustainable bonds enable investors to deploy capital at scale into impactful SDG investments in emerging markets.

Information regarding the interest payment to the AUGA group green bond owners
Yahoo Finance
... funds to Nasdaq CSD, SE for payment of the interest for the Company's 20000 bonds with a nominal value of EUR 1000 each, issued under the base ...

Low Carbon Funds:

Global Sustainability-Focused Funding Was Pretty Flat In 2023 - Crunchbase News
Crunchbase News
That includes several that picked up $1 billion or more in funding. The most heavily funded is Verkor, a French startup focused on low-carbon battery ...

Tracking the low-carbon transition - ETF Stream
ETF Stream
Index funds, including ETFs, can provide exposure to strategies with a focus on preparing for, being aligned to, benefiting from and/or contributing ...

Canada's biggest banks come in at bottom of low-carbon finance ranking - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
National Bank was a notable outlier, coming in at $1.10 in low-carbon funding for every dollar put toward fossil fuels in its $14.9 billion in ...

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