12 November 2021

SSE Initiative: Carbon emissions in public markets in G20 countries

The UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative launches today a new Policy Brief on Carbon emissions in public markets. The research analyzed carbon emissions in public markets of over 2,000 companies on 22 stock exchanges in G20 countries.

  Key findings include:

• The top 100 issuers on the Shenzhen exchange in China and the Nasdaq exchange in the United States have the lowest levels of Scope 1 emissions.
• Over half of Scope 1 emissions from the top 100 issuers in the G20 are emitted by companies listed on just 5 exchanges.
• Collectively, the 2,199 largest issuers in the G20 produce 5,225 million metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent direct Scope 1 emissions.
• There are enormous differences between exchanges on the Scope 1 emissions of their top 100 issuers.
• All exchanges will have to work with issuers to support the net zero transition. The starting point is understanding the market baseline.

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