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These publicly traded companies are doing the most to help prevent climate change

Author:     Lorie Konish
Source:     CNBC
Publication Date:     WED, MAR 20 2019 • 9:00 AM EDT
 Link: These publicly traded companies are doing the most to help prevent climate change
Stephan:   A small group of corporations are trying to do something about climate change. Here's the list. Buy their products, just as you don't buy anything made by Exxon-Mobil or Bayer/Monsanto

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KEY POINTS

  • A new ranking of publiclytraded companies identifies which ones are making clean energy a priority, both through revenue and through socially responsible decision-making.
  • The list, which is updated every six months, has been expanded to include new sectors, which means some surprise names came out on top of the list.
  • While there is no index that has been created based on this list, you may want to keep these names in mind when evaluating your holdings.

You’re concerned about climate change. But chances are, you don’t know what’s really in your investment portfolio and whether your investments are helping or hurting the cause.

A new ranking is working to help change that.

As You Sow, a nonprofit foundation, has teamed up with Corporate Knights, a research and financial information products company, to rank 200 companies by how well they are making clean energy a priority.

That includes how much in revenue they receive through clean energy. It also screens out companies […]

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