12/05/2007

Carbon emission equity index launched

From IPE.com: ECPI has created a Carbon Winners Equity Index which looks at the performance of companies in the electricity, steel manufacturing and oil & gas industry. Worldwide firms in these three sectors are checked for low carbon business models and effective reduction policies.

The data used by Italy-based, SRI-focused research and index company ECPI is collected by corporate consultancy Arthur D. Little which recently created a global carbon advisory service. "Emissions management will more and more represent a source of competitive cost advantage for the quickest compliant companies.

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