Carbon Footprinting Demystified

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16 min listen
Carrie Wang, Michael Disabato
June 14, 2024
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When it comes to climate altering carbon emissions, investors, like asset managers and banks, used to only measure their direct carbon emissions from their buildings and purchased electricity. But now, they are being asked by regulators, stakeholders, and clients to report on the emissions associated with their investment portfolios – a much more complicated and vital task. In this episode, guest Carrie Wang explains to host Mike Disabato why portfolio carbon footprinting is so important to the future of investing and so complicated.
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Michael Disabato
Michael Disabato
Vice President, MSCI Research
Carrie Wang
Carrie Wang
Vice President, MSCI Research

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