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Daily news digest from the world of affordable housing and impact investing

The week ahead in climate policy

This week’s most important ongoing climate policy stories.

Cutting carbon by ‘electrifying everything’

Sponsored: Electrifying infrastructure is an investment in the future. From buildings to vehicles, electrification can be done with technology we have right now.

The week in climate policy: 4 updates you need to know

Permitting reform holds up renewable energy transmission in the West; the EU is getting serious about ocean conservation.

These Chicago CEOs are pioneering circularity

Local startup innovators share their origin stories and what’s next for the Windy City’s circular economy leadership.

From Concept to Reality: Real-life sustainability and ESG case studies on realizing the promise of generative AI

AI holds great promise: Better answers. Saving time. Driving revenue. Until now, these promises have been largely conceptual, especially when applied to specific verticals such as sustainability and ESG.

Leading Trends in Supplier Diversity: Your 2024 Roadmap to Success

Get ready to navigate the new nuances, challenges and opportunities that 2024 brings to your diverse supplier program

Accelerating Climate Action with Diversified Carbon Removal Portfolios

Chief Sustainability Officers and their other C-Suite peers are entrusted with developing companies’ net zero strategies while optimizing budgets and mitigating risks. The urgency of climate action is compelling leaders to explore innovative solutions; this has brought carbon removal technologies to the center stage of the climate action discourse.

What Comcast learned from issuing its $1 billion green bond

The market for sustainability bonds reached almost $940 billion in 2023, with more growth expected in 2024.

These workshops offer an alternative to throwaway culture

Repair clinics bring power to the people. Here’s why businesses should care.

EPA named 9 new ‘forever chemicals’ it wants out of supply chains

Manufacturing and chemical industries are responding to the new business-as-usual.

DOE awards $4 million to build regional energy incubators

Here are the innovation hubs that were awarded grants from the U.S. DOE to support clean energy startups in their regions.

‘The pace of growth is breaking us’: Utilities, corporations grapple with grid decarbonization

With growth in electricity demand ahead, companies seek new ways to buy and get credit for zero-carbon energy.

HSBC, Google team up to deploy $1 billion in climate tech financing

These two powerhouses are joining forces to accelerate the decarbonization of global companies.

Does the SEC climate rule really matter? Investors will still demand disclosure

Attacks against ESG reporting have done little to dampen investors’ demand for consistent and comparable sustainability information.

What’s Missing in Your Sustainability Reporting: Focus Areas for 2024

GHG emissions reporting has dominated the sustainability disclosure landscape in recent years. However, that’s starting to change. As regulators and investors recognize the holistic nature of the climate crisis and its impacts on business strategy, they’re honing in on additional interrelated ESG issues. Yet despite increasing pressure, critical areas of sustainability reporting remain largely overlooked.