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Colorado pension fund loses US$2.7 billion by not divesting from fossil fuels

Corporate Knights

Divesting from fossil fuels isn’t just good for the planet. billion in returns over the last 10 years by not divesting from fossil fuels. In 2016, Corporate Knights analysis showed that the New York State Common Retirement Fund lost at least US$5.3 It can be good for financial returns, too.

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Clean200 - Resources

Corporate Knights

The ranking was first calculated on July 1, 2016, and publicly released on August 15, 2016, by Corporate Knights and As You Sow. Clean 200 Methodology The Clean200 are the largest 200 public companies ranked by clean revenue. The current list has been updated with data through January 29, 2025.

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Clean200 - Resources

Corporate Knights

The ranking was first calculated on July 1, 2016, and publicly released on August 15, 2016, by Corporate Knights and As You Sow. Clean 200 Methodology The Clean200 are the largest 200 public companies ranked by clean revenue. The current list has been updated with data through January 29, 2025.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

For years, seven of the top 10 companies on the Dow Jones Index were oil companies until 2016 when most fell out of the top 10, leaving only Exxon. This helps explain why more than $11 trillion have been divested from fossil ownership, even before the University of California announced that it was divesting its $80 billion portfolio.

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Report: Meet the top 200 companies investing in a clean energy future

Corporate Knights

Since our first report was launched in the summer of 2016, a great deal has changed in the world. On this score, as of January 31, 2022, the Clean200 has outperformed its MSCI ACWI peers by 3.94% since the Clean200 was launched in July of 2016. Cement carbon laggards Companies in the cement industry that were divested by NBIM.

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Clean 200 list shows sustainable companies on path to dominate global economy

Corporate Knights

They also beat the global benchmark MSCI ACWI by 30% from July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025. on a sustainable-revenue-weighted basis, outperforming the MSCI ACWI index (162.0%) and the MSCI ACWI/Energy Index of fossil fuel companies (76.7%) on Total Return Gross USD Basis from the Clean200 inception of July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025.

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List of Clean 200 companies captures the green transition in full flight

Corporate Knights

Between July 1, 2016, and January 15, 2024, Clean200 companies generated a total return of 103.5%. In 2016, we created the Clean200 in response to investors saying, ‘If we divest fossil fuels, there is nothing to invest in.’” through those years. through those years. dollars.