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title: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of an Index: How Low Can You Go?
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4692326/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4692326
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4692326
featured: 2024-01-17
citations: 0
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Reducing the Carbon Footprint of an Index: How Low Can You Go?

The article suggests that investors can lower the carbon footprint of their index-based portfolio by over 50% by focusing on low carbon emission stocks and limiting high-emission companies.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4692326
- Identifier: SSRN 4692326
- Released: 2024-01-12
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 33 (2024-01-17): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-17/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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