New ISS STOXX whitepaper analyzes cost of portfolio “greening”
27 Nov 2023
New ISS STOXX whitepaper analyzes cost of portfolio “greening”
With more asset owners and investors adopting net-zero objectives, a first question that arises is that of how much it costs to transition a portfolio from “brown” to “green.” A new whitepaper from ISS LiquidMetrix and STOXX seeks to answer this question by analyzing the trading costs involved in such a shift. The authors consider the cost of moving a standard holding of European equities as defined by the STOXX® Europe 600 to two versions of the index that comply with the European Union Climate Benchmarks regulation: the STOXX® Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark (“PAB”) and the STOXX® Europe 600 Climate Transition Benchmark (“CTB”).