08 December 2008
The financial relevance of integrating environmental factors into investment management is highlighted in a new book co-edited by Trucost Vice President Cary Krosinsky and Nick Robins, head of the HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence.
21 November 2008
The report, commissioned by the superannuation fund VicSuper, reveals that companies in the ASX200 have responded to calls for greater carbon disclosure. Trucost's analysis of their carbon performance shows that most are unlikely to face significant carbon costs under the planned emissions trading scheme in Australia.
10 November 2008
Mercer has become the first global investment consultancy to provide carbon footprint analysis to clients, using Trucost greenhouse gas emissions data.
24 October 2008
Trucost's world-leading database on corporate greenhouse gas emissions underpins the European low-carbon index and first ever carbon-efficient ETF, managed by BNP Paribas Asset Management.
22 September 2008
Trucost's environmental measurement tools will support NSF's environmental certification, verification and auditing services.
09 September 2008
The carbon footprints of 14 Superannuation Investment Managers are identified in research by Trucost. The report looks at the carbon intensity of 100 portfolios that employ different investment styles
08 September 2008
Trucost performs carbon audits of Henderson Industries of the Future fund and Henderson Global Care UK Income fund for a consecutive third and fourth year respectively.
28 July 2008
Trucost's analysis of the oil sands industry in Canada identifies variations in project carbon intensity and exposure to rising operating costs
04 July 2008
Trucost has analysed how indirect carbon costs could financially affect manufacturers in different industries and countries. Electricity prices with carbon costs would put profits of large electricity users such as aluminium producers at risk in carbon-intensive countries.
06 June 2008
Trucost has published research into vehicle manufacturers' exposure to carbon constraints on product-in-use and production emissions.
13 May 2008
Trucost measurements of the carbon emissions of companies in equity funds held by ASN Bank helped the bank achieve a first in publishing information on the carbon efficiency of its portfolios.
06 May 2008
Trucost carbon data is now available through Style Research, enabling asset managers to directly access information about the carbon impacts of portfolios.
10 April 2008
A global carbon standard to measure and verify beverage company greenhouse gases will use an input-output model based on Trucost's modelling and database to identify carbon-intensive sections of supply chains.
11 March 2008
Trucost's data and analysis of business' carbon emissions underpins the UBS Europe Carbon Optimized Index, which allows investors to benefit from an economically responsible, carbon-efficient investment that matches benchmark returns and potentially gains from rising carbon costs.
21 January 2008
Virgin Money is launching a unique "Virgin Climate Change Fund" which uses Trucost data to provide the public with the opportunity to invest in high profit-growth companies which are environmental leaders in their fields.