www.trucost.com
Phone: 44 207 160 9800
Fax: 44 207 160 9841 |
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22 Chancery Lane
London, WC2A 1LS
United Kingdom |
| Established in 2000
Securities covered: 4500 |
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# of employees: 20-50
Broker/dealer license: No |
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| Trucost is an independent environmental research provider with offices in New York, Boston and London. The firm’s clients include: corporations, institutional investors, government departments and associated agencies. Analysts help investors understand how business environmental impacts could affect future earnings. The company has built a database of environmental impacts and disclosures, maintaining the world’s largest record of corporate greenhouse gas emissions. Trucost offers data and analysis on the emissions and natural resource usage of over 4,500 companies worldwide. Coverage includes the FTSE All-Share, S&P 500, Russell 1000, Nikkei 225, DJ STOXX 600, MSCI World Developed, MSCI Europe, MSCI Asia ex-Japan and ASX 200 indices.
Trucost outlines a company’s environmental impacts in quantitative and financial terms. Institutional investors and fund managers use the information to assess the carbon or environmental footprints of their portfolios, identify differences in performance, address environmental risks and create structured products with lower carbon or environmental impacts. Trucost’s clients include BlackRock, Crédit Agricole Asset Management, Deutsche Bank, Fond de Réserve pour les Retraites, GLG Partners, Hermes Pensions Management Ltd, Merrill Lynch, NYSE Euronext, UBS and VicSuper. |
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Corporate Action: May 6, 2009- The Corporate Library today announced it has entered into a partnership with Trucost and will begin offering clients two of Trucost’s products: the environmental impact ratio and the company briefing. |
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BUSINESS MODEL
Independent |
PRIMARY PRODUCT
Research |
CLIENT TYPES
Institutional
Corporate |
MARKET CAP
Small Cap, Mid Cap, Large Cap |
GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Emerging Markets |
METHODOLOGY
Specialized: ESG – Environmental, Social, Governance |
ASSET CLASSES
Equities |
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