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Carbon handprints: a new approach to climate-focused equity investing - AllianceBernstein

How can investors gain confidence that an equity portfolio is invested in companies that are really helping to address climate risk?

Posted on Apr 14, 2022

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... Instead of focusing exclusively on a company’s carbon footprint, AllianceBernstein believe investors should look at a company’s carbon handprint. In contrast to a carbon footprint, which measures the negative impact of a company’s operations on the environment, a carbon handprint measures the positive impact, or carbon avoided, by using a company’s products.

These products represent the positive solutions to global climate challenges created by a company. From clean energy to recycling, transportation to energy efficiency, diverse companies with a big carbon handprint are making major contributions to solving the world’s climate crisis.

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