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The 24 best companies to invest in if you care about not destroying earth

Oscar Williams-Grut   

The 24 best companies to invest in if you care about not destroying earth

A general view of the giant polar bear puppet outside the Shell Building on September 2, 2015 in London, England. As part of the protest, 64 activists and puppeteers manoeuvred a giant polar bear puppet the size of a double decker bus to rest just metres away from Shell's front entrance. It's intended the polar bear titan will remain fixed there until Shell's Arctic drilling window ends later this month. (Photo by)

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A giant polar bear puppet put outside the Shell Building in London by environmental protestors on September 2, 2015.

London-based startup ET Index is trying to encourage "green" investment by providing investors with carbon emission data and tracking, both for portfolios and individual companies.

The company tracks direct greenhouse gas emissions, as well as factoring in things like electricity consumption, supply chain, and other indirect emissions.

ET Index has produced a live ranking of 800 biggest companies in the world, based on relative emissions and weighted to allow comparison of the biggest to the smallest on the list.

Each business is given an intensity score, which gives the tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent produced per $1 million (£650,000) in revenue. The worst performer produces 62,120 tonnes per $1 million, the best just 910.

Check out the 24 best performers, with the lowest carbon emissions to revenue ratios.

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