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BNY Mellon Investment Boutique Sees Ways to Develop More Environmentally-Friendly Portfolios

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BNY Mellon Investment Boutique Sees Ways to Develop More Environmentally-Friendly Portfolios

Author: Fórmate a Fondo

  1. The Mellon Capital paper, Green Beta: Carbon Efficient Investing, notes that investors can take steps to make their portfolios more environmentally friendly even if they retain their exposure to the carbon-intensive sectors of the stock markets
  2. Utilities and energy and materials companies account for more than 75 percent of the overall carbon emissions intensity of the Russell 3000 index
  3. Many high carbon intensity companies tend to have lower volatility, larger market capitalizations, relatively high yields and tend to be oriented toward value instead of growth, according to Mellon Capital