Trucost - global environmental benchmark provider

Trucost is a global environmental research organisation which helps companies and investors understand the environmental impacts of business activities.

Widely regarded as the benchmark provider of environmental footprint data, Trucost has analysed over 4,500 companies, including coverage of the FTSE All-Share, S&P 500, Russell 1000, ASX 200 and Nikkei 225 indices.

In 2006 Trucost was commissioned to write the UK Government's environmental reporting guidelines for business.

Trucost has a database of the environmental impacts and disclosures of over 4,000 companies, with the world's largest record of greenhouse gas emissions. It analyses company emissions and natural resource efficiency. Trucost presents these in financial as well as quantity terms to help fund managers and analysts understand how environmental issues could affect companies' future earnings.

Leading fund managers, such as GLG, use the information to compare companies in a given sector and identify stocks with superior environmental performance.