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Trucost regularly publishes research on important environmental issues that impact companies and fund managers. Details of, and free access to, this research are available below. If you wish to receive Trucost research as it is published please subscribe to our email News Update by sending an email. (Trucost does not pass your email address or personal information to third parties.)
    • June 2nd, 2009 - Carbon Risks and Opportunities in the S&P 500
    • Trucost's analysis of 500 of the largest companies in the United States finds that financial risk from carbon costs varies greatly. The study, commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute (IRRCi), examines the global greenhouse gas emissions, carbon intensity and exposure to carbon costs of companies in the S&P 500 Index.
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    • June 2nd, 2009 - Policy briefing: Carbon Reduction Commitment
    • Trucost's policy briefing provides a practical guide and action plan to help businesses and public sector organisations prepare for the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
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    • April 8th, 2009 - Carbon Counts USA: The Carbon Footprints of Mutual Funds in the US
    • Trucost analysis of 91 US mutual funds reveals a wide variation in carbon footprints. The research covers 75 of the largest equity funds and 16 major sustainability/SRI funds, and examines greenhouse gas emissions associated with eight investment styles.
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    • February 23rd, 2009 - Eurosif Shipping Sector Report
    • Eurosif partnered with Trucost to assess six critical environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges and opportunities facing the shipping industry. Findings show that six of 11 shipping companies in the MSCI All World Developed Index analysed by Trucost could face a loss if they had to pay for emissions including carbon dioxide.
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    • December 3rd, 2008 - Corporate Research Briefing: Carbon Reduction Commitment
    • Trucost has analysed how prepared FTSE All-Share companies are to comply with requirements to disclose carbon emissions from electricity use under a planned UK emission trading scheme.
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    • November 21st, 2008 - Trucost was commissioned by Australian pension fund VicSuper to analyse the carbon disclosure and performance of companies in the S&P ASX200.
    • Analysis of Trucost carbon data on ASX200 companies shows that carbon disclosure has improved since the 2007 study. The VicSuper Carbon Count 2008 also examines the exposure of companies to carbon costs under the planned emissions trading scheme in Australia - the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
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    • September 9th, 2008 - Carbon Counts 2008: The Carbon Footprints of Australian Superannuation Investment Managers
    • Trucost has measured the carbon impacts of 100 portfolios in 14 Super Funds, highlighting the effects of different investment styles on carbon performance.
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    • September 8th, 2008 - Carbon audit of Henderson Industries of the Future Fund
    • Trucost data on the greenhouse gas emissions of companies in the Henderson Industries of the Future Fund reveal that the Fund is 40% more efficient than the MSCI World Index, the fund's benchmark.
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    • September 8th, 2008 - Carbon audit of Henderson Global Care UK Income Fund
    • Trucost analysed data on the greenhouse gas emissions of companies in the Henderson Global Care UK Income Fund. The fund's carbon performance has improved significantly since the analysis was conducted in 2007, indicating reduced portfolio exposure to carbon costs.
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    • July 28th, 2008 - Research Note: Oil sands: Exposure to energy and carbon costs
    • Trucost has assessed how carbon intensity could affect profit opportunities from oil sand projects.
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    • July 4th, 2008 - Research Note: Manufacturers' profits at risk from indirect carbon costs
    • 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.
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    • June 6th, 2008 - Research Note: Trucost analyses carbon emissions of vehicles in use
    • Trucost has published research into vehicle manufacturers' exposure to carbon constraints on product-in-use and production emissions.
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    • 12th December 2007 - Carbon Neutrality Report 2007
    • Study published on carbon neutrality and carbon offsetting in the FTSE All-Share index, commissioned by Standard Life Investments/the Environment Agency Pension Fund.
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    • 11th December 2007 - Carbon Counts Asia 2007: Carbon Footprints of Asian Investment Funds
    • Carbon exposure of Asian listed companies and investors: study identifies opportunities to reduce risk.
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    • 11th October 2007 - Environmental reporting by FTSE All-Share companies analysed by Trucost
    • The Environment Agency has published Environmental disclosures: The Second Major Review of Environmental Reporting in the Annual Report & Accounts of the FTSE All-Share for the year ending 31st March 2007. Its first review was in 2004.
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    • 9th October 2007 - Carbon Disclosure Project
    • This year Trucost has analysed climate change disclosures by FTSE 350 companies, on behalf of the Carbon Disclosure Project. Trucost has identified emerging reporting trends since companies responded to last year's questionnaire, and examined levels of quantified reporting on greenhouse gas emissions data.
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    • 25th September 2007 - Trucost Launches Carbon Report on ASX200 for VicSuper
    • Trucost was commissioned by VicSuper, one of Australia's largest pension funds, to produce a report analysing the carbon emissions, intensities, exposures, and disclosure levels of Australian companies in the S&P ASX200.
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    • 16th July 2007 - Carbon Counts 2007: The Trucost Carbon Footprint Ranking of UK Investment Funds
    • Carbon Counts 2007 provides valuable information to fund managers looking to control and measure the risks associated with carbon emissions in their portfolios, as well as individual investors seeking to get the most out of their investments while taking greater responsibility for the environment.
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    • 29 January 2007 - Trucost research reveals that less than half of the world’s largest electric utilities disclose their carbon emissions to investors
    • Trucost analysed responses by 265 companies in the Electric Utilities sector to the Carbon Disclosure Project climate change questionnaire in 2006.
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    • 20th November 2006 - Trucost and the Environment Agency report on environmental disclosures of FTSE All-Share under the requirements of the European Union Accounts Modernisation Directive
    • The majority of the first 100 companies in the FTSE All Share to file annual reports fail to disclose environmental performance indicators according to Government guidelines.
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    • 20 September 2006 - Trucost research for investors reveals increasing environmental disclosure by FTSE 100 companies with FTSE 250 companies lagging significantly
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    • 19 September 2006 - ASrIA and Trucost launch the Official Report for the First Carbon Disclosure Project in Asia
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    • 3 July 2006- Standard Life Investments in association with Trucost and the Environment Agency release report, ‘Carbon Management & Carbon Neutrality in the FTSE All-Share’
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    • 12 June 2006 – Carbon Counts: Trucost’s Carbon Footprint Ranking of UK Investment Funds
    • Trucost research measures the carbon intensity of 44 main UK investment and mutual funds, revealing the best and worst performers in terms of their carbon footprint. The funds amount to approximately £45bn, and are managed by 28 different fund managers.
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    • 24th January 2006 - Trucost and Defra announce the publication of Environmental Key Performance Indicators - Reporting Guidelines for UK Business
    • Environment Minister, Elliot Morley, says: "The Business Review represents a significant advance in narrative reporting standards, including those for environmental reporting. But these reports required under the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive need not be a burden. To help companies make the most of these opportunities, we have produced a set of new easy-to-use guidelines."
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    • 8th December 2005 - Trucost conducts survey of UK companies' awareness of their environmental reporting obligations
    • Trucost finds that only 9% of UK companies are aware that their environmental reporting obligations continue despite the OFR being abandoned.
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    • 28th November 2005 - Trucost Guide - EU Accounts Modernisation Directive
    • Trucost outlines the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive which still applies to all medium and large GB companies, including listed companies, despite the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) being abolished.
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    • 1st August 2005 - Trucost Sector Report - Climate Change and the UK Transport Sector
    • Trucost's analyses the impact of the UK Road Transport sector on climate change.
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    • 20th July 2005 - Trucost Guide - Requirements of the OFR
    • Trucost explains the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) regulation that applies to all UK listed companies for financial years starting on or after 1st April 2005.
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    • 18th July 2005 - Trucost Briefing - EU Emissions Trading Scheme: UK National Allocation Plan Update
    • Trucost analyses the UK National Allocation Plan for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
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    • 27th June 2005 - Trucost helps Defra Produce Environmental KPI's - Reporting Guidelines for UK Business
    • New UK regulations require Directors to report on their environmental KPIs and Trucost has helped Defra (the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to produce the Environmental KPIs - Reporting Guidelines for UK Business. These Guidelines will make it easier for business to address their most significant environmental impacts and to report on them in a way that meets the needs of their shareholders and other stakeholders.
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    • 13th June 2005 - Henderson reveals investment implications of carbon emissions in two reports - research & analysis by Trucost
    • Today Henderson Global Investors reveals the investment implications of carbon emissions in two pioneering reports. In the first study of its kind The Carbon 100 evaluates the total carbon emissions of the FTSE 100. Alongside this, Trucost's carbon audit - How Green is My Portfolio? - reveals Henderson's fund as 32% less carbon intensive than the FTSE All Share.
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    • 1st April 2005 - Trucost Guide - EU Accounts Modernisation Directive
    • Trucost explains the EU Accounts Modernisation Directive that applies to medium and large unquoted GB companies.
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    • 17th January 2005 - Trucost Briefing - New Non-Financial Reporting Regulations in Germany
    • Trucost's report analyses how the environmental impacts of metal mining companies affect company's valuations.
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    • 6th December 2004 - Trucost Sector Report - Metal Mining Sector: Between a rock and a hard place
    • Trucost's report analyses how the environmental impacts of metal mining companies affect company's valuations.
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    • 3rd December 2004 - Trucost Briefing - OFR Update: Sensible compromise or climb-down?
    • On Thursday 25th November 2004 the DTI published the final Operating and Financial Review (OFR) regulation to a mixed reception. This Trucost Briefing analyses what this means for companies, investors and auditors.
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    • 4th November 2004 - Trucost Briefing - OFR and EU Modernisation Directive
    • Trucost publishes a review of the Operating and Financial Review (OFR) and EU Modernisation Directive, following the possible phased or delayed introduction of the OFR.
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    • 26th August 2004 - Trucost Special Report - Developing Key Performance Indicators for UK Companies
    • Trucost publishes a special report revealing the environmental KPIs that companies could include in their OFR's in order to provide shareholders with the required information and comply with the new regulation.
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    • 15th July 2004 - New Report: 'Environmental disclosure in the FTSE All Share'
    • The Environment Agency commissioned Trucost to carry out research that revealed less than a quarter of FTSE All Share companies make any quantitative environmental disclosures in their Annual Reports and Accounts, despite new DTI regulation calling for this from January 2005.
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    • 18th June 2004 - Trucost Briefing - OFR Update
    • Trucost publishes a review of the Operating and Finanical Review (OFR), which will apply to all UK listed companies for financial years beginning in 2005 onwards.
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    • 4th May 2004 - Trucost Special Report - Climate Change And The S&P500
    • Trucost analyses the S&P500 constituents for carbon dioxide emissions disclosures, provides estimates of emissions for those companies that do not disclose and applies abatement costs to those emissions, helping companies and investors to forecast which companies will be most financially affected.
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    • 23rd March 2004 - Trucost Sector Report - Emissions Trading and European Aviation
    • Trucost looks at the implications for the European Aviation Industry, should it be included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from 2008 as is the UK Goverment's stated objective.
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    • 5th March 2004 - Trucost Briefing - Environmental Reporting - Expect More
    • Trucost analyses the ever-increasing burden of environmental reporting that company directors are facing, stemming in part from a wider legislative focus on improving corporate governance standards.
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    • 9th February 2004 - Trucost Briefing - EU Emissions Trading Scheme: UK Draft National Allocation Plan 2005-7
    • Trucost analyses the UK National Allocation Plan, the UK Government's draft allocation proposals under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, which will come into force on 1st January 2005.
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    • 30th October 2003 - Trucost Briefing - EU Emissions Trading Scheme
    • Trucost sheds light on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and plans to analyse some likely scenarios of the National Allocation Plan (which will determine who the winners and losers ultimately are).
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    • 10th July 2003 - Trucost Briefing - OFR has important implications for Director's liability
    • This one-page document highlights important issues for company directors and investment managers in relation to the recent release by the Operating & Financial Review Working Group on Materiality, including detailed assessment of future environmental liabilities that companies may have to disclose.
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    • 20th June 2003 - Trucost Briefing- US Environmental Reporting for UK Companies
    • Trucost has issued a briefing to companies and investors regarding environmental reporting requirements and the impact of recent legislation for U.K. companies listed in the U.S.
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