Toxic Footprints Europe

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New analysis of one the world’s largest concentrations of petrochemical facilities pinpoints the most polluting producers and exposes investors for overlooking impacts. The report finds the region has released 125 million tonnes of chemicals since 2010, resulting in devastating consequences for human and environmental health, including 24,640 years of health life lost and 57 billion fractions of species affected.

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are booming, synthetic ETFs are re-surfacing and semi-transparent ETFs have recently emerged – but their structures hide entrenched deforestation risk from investors. Planet Tracker identifies the key decision makers for each instrument in the growing ETF universe and calls for specific actions from index providers, ETF sponsors and investors to eliminate hidden deforestation risk in their holdings or indices.