News 2010

Carbon efficient funds set to grow under plans for UK Green Investment Bank

14 July 2010
Funds that provide a carbon tilt to favour low-carbon companies could see a rise in UK investments under proposals to reserve increases in ISA limits for green/low carbon ISAs.


Formula One unveils ground-breaking carbon emissions reduction programme using Trucost data

30 June 2010
The Formula One Teams Association [FOTA, whose membership comprises all current Formula One teams] is pleased to announce today that, using Trucost's unique approach, Formula One has become the first international sport to have inaugurated a comprehensive and externally audited carbon emissions reduction programme.


Newsweek to publish Green Rankings 2010

25 June 2010
Newsweek will publish Green Rankings 2010, its second annual listing of the environmental performance of the 500 largest public companies in America, in October 2010.  This year Newsweek expands the Rankings to include the Global 100, a listing of the environmental performance of the 100 largest companies in the world.


UNIT4 launches Sustain4 – the fastest and most reliable Environmental Performance Management solution for business

17 June 2010
UNIT4 Business Software Ltd, the world's leading provider of change-embracing enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business software, has partnered with Trucost to launch Sustain4, an environmental performance management solution to help executives understand and improve their environmental and business performance.


Beyond BP: implications for investors

15 June 2010
Is this the environmental disaster that will make capital markets start taking the environmental impacts of companies seriously?


CalPERS to hire Trucost and F&C for corporate governance research

19 May 2010
The $205.1bn (€165bn) California Public Employees' Retirement System plans to award corporate governance research contracts to the UK-based firms Trucost and F&C.


Power Utilities: Who's Hot?

18 May 2010
Trucost research finds that carbon costs for utilities companies could equate to almost 12% of revenues, on average.


Calling corporate social responsibility to account

07 May 2010
Net Impact's Conrad Young and Trucost's Paul Druckman analyse how accountants can help value sustainability.


Mason Hardy partners with Trucost

20 April 2010
Mason Hardy and Trucost have established an exciting partnership, building on Mason Hardy's reputation as an innovative management consultancy that focuses on the refinement of strategy and the delivery of sustainable outcomes.   


Two Tomorrows announces partnership with Trucost

26 March 2010
Two Tomorrows, the leading sustainability consultancy, has partnered with Trucost to offer their clients the most in-depth data for environmental measurement, strategy and management.


Agriculture: a growing investment

14 March 2010
Trucost provides data on use of traditional pesticides to produce rice.


World's top firms cause $2.2tn of environmental damage

19 February 2010
Trucost calculated cost of environmental damage for a UNPRI and UNEP report, due to be published in June 2010.


Green Business: reputations and reality

17 February 2010
Do the corporations that benefit from environmentally-conscious purchasing and investment choices deserve their green halo? 


Natural Logic and Trucost join forces to offer next generation sustainability consulting and analytics

09 February 2010
Strategic alliance will provide clients with unparalleled access to environmental impact data and strategic advisory services.


Trucost finds ASX 200 carbon emissions rise as Australian emissions trading package hangs in the balance

02 February 2010
Greenhouse gas emissions from companies listed in the ASX200 have risen by 13% over three years. Unless the Australian Parliament approves legislation to apply a price to carbon, the rising trend in emissions looks set to continue. 


Carbon reporting challenge for utilities

27 January 2010
Utility firms in the UK could soon have to publicly report their company-wide greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Change Act 2008 sets a deadline for the UK Government to introduce mandatory reporting of emissions by companies by April 2012.


Powering Asia: issues for responsible investors

22 January 2010
Trucost is delighted to have contributed to the "Powering Asia: Issues for Responsible Investors" Report, published by Singaporean based research house, Responsible Research. 


Trucost and Value Line announce collaboration on data and managed funds

11 January 2010
Trucost's partnership with Value Line includes joint creation and marketing of funds covering, among other vehicles, mutual funds & separately managed accounts.


London pioneers city-wide carbon reduction across public procurement

06 January 2010
London is set to be the first city worldwide to unilaterally reduce its carbon footprint across public procurement thanks to a ground breaking collaboration between Trucost, the global environmental data provider and Capital Ambition, London's Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership.