BIS paper says investors can cut carbon footprint ‘with relative ease’

Passive investors can achieve substantial carbon reduction with simple approach, authors say

The Bank for International Settlements, Basel
Photo: Ulrich Roth

Investors can achieve a significant drop in the carbon footprints of their portfolios using a simple strategy that has little impact on diversification or returns, research published by the Bank for International Settlements finds.

Building benchmarks portfolios with decreasing carbon footprints sets out a method with which an investor could achieve a 64% reduction in carbon emissions associated with their portfolio over a 10-year period. By spreading the exclusion of polluting companies over

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

Most read articles loading...

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.