EEEM sees rising returns thanks to climate change investment

Energy efficiency and energy management (EEEM) received over $184billion of climate change stimulus funds and saw the strongest returns, rising 16% year to date, of the four climate sectors outlined in the latest quarterly review of the HSBC Climate Change Index published by HSBC Global Banking and Markets Research.

Between January 2004 and June 2009, climate change investments have outperformed global equities despite the recent dislocation in the market and the continuing economic downturn, according to the report. The outperformance by the HSBC Global Climate Change Benchmark index versus global equities over this period currently stands at 46%.

"Over the past eight months policymakers and governments have chosen to include some form of climate component in their economic recovery plans and globally, we

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