NZX50: Who's cutting emissions the quickest?

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Thu, 16 Nov 2023

Most corporates talk about their emissions reductions as a journey, but for many this ride has been bumpy.While we may hope, or expect, emissions reduction to be represented as a steady downward line, a strange effect of the pandemic years is that more companies in the NZX50 managed to reduce their emissions in one year (18) than they did over the course of two (11).Proportionally, Channel Infrastructure (72%), Goodman Property (66%) and Manawa Energy (66%) registered the largest reduction in total emissions over their past financial year. ...

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