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Companies and Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading
Today Bas de Groot, a student at the Vrije Universiteit, gave me a great tip for when you are doing research on companies & greenhouse gas emissions. In January 2005 the European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading System (EU ETS) was in operation. Allowances traded in the EU ETS are not printed but held in accounts in electronic registries set up by Member States. The registries system keeps track of the ownership of allowances in the same way as a banking system keeps track of the ownership of money. These registries are overseen by a Central Administrator at EU level in the Community independent transaction log. The website offers information as well as links to the member registries. In these registries you can find out exactly which companies in Europe are registered and for which installations.
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04:52 PM - 23 June 2010Geographical presentation of data
Gapminder World is a nice new free tool which allows you to view data from many organisations on a geopgraphical World map. There is the option to view 400+ datasets from organizations like the International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, World Development Indicators and the OECD. On the website you can also watch demonstrations and download the data itself. The Gapminder World tool is also available for offline use as a desktop tool.
In total Gapminder World offers 200 indicators of Global development. More data may be added and become available through Gapminder World. You can also have your own dataset added if it conforms to the following requirements:
Author information: LinkedIn 06:27 PM - 31 May 2010Socially Responsible Investment
Socially Responsible (or Sustainable) Investment has become more popular over the past few years. A website which offers much information on the subject is the Eurosif website. Eurosif, European Social Investment Forum, was created in 2001 to specifically cover socially responsible investment issues at the European level.
The Eurosif website offers many free publications and reports. It also has a specific free information tool called the 'SRI Funds Service'. Through the tool it is possible to get information on performance and risk measures on European SRI Funds. The fund’s financial information is sourced from Morningstar Europe. The Fund selector allows you to easily use search criteria to find the fund types you are interested in. The selector will then present a list of the funds that match your criteria. At the list level you get information in separate tabs on Returns and Ratings risk. After selecting one of the funds you get more details on this fund including a graph of its performance compared to an index it is part of.
If you need the raw data (like the daily price) over a period of time it is not possible to download that information at the Eurosif website. Datastream, however, is a possible source to get the raw data. You can look up the funds by name through the data category Unit Trusts. After finding and selecting the funds you need it is possible to download the data.
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02:47 PM - 26 May 2010Company overview files updates
Today I have updated two files to make sure they contain up-to-date information. The general file on Company Identifiers & Databases has been updated and the file on the WorldScope coverage:
Company Identifiers & Databases
WorldScope
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11:57 AM - 16 April 2010Worldscope company data
Worldscope is an international database containing financial profiles, fundamental analysis, and stock performance data. Worldscope takes into consideration the variety of accounting conventions now in use worldwide and presents more than 6,000 data variables in a reformatted design that facilitates comparisons between companies within and across national boundaries. Worldscope data variables include financial variables extracted from source documents, data items computed from fundamental variables, general corporate data, including a brief business description, officers, segment data, major shareholders and auditor information, and accounting data items on a company-specific basis. For an overview of the number of companies covered by country I have created an Excel file which is available here.
Worldscope is available through (at least) the following two database suppliers:
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02:48 PM - 23 December 2009
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