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> based on a detailed analysis of the investments of 125 of the richest billionaires in some of the world's biggest corporates and the carbon emissions of these

> based on a detailed analysis of the investments of 125 of the richest billionaires in some of the world's biggest corporates and the carbon emissions of these investments. These billionaires have a collective $2.4 trillion stake in 183 companies. Oh, come on. Counting the carbon emissions of the companies in their stock portfolio is completely absurd.

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cool_dude85 2y ago
Why's that? The companies broadly exist to make money for their shareholders, and the shareholders decide what the company does. Couldn't Exxon's shareholders agree to immediately cease Exxon's oil production, for example?
- gruez 2y ago
  And what do you think will happen next? That oil production would cease? Or would another company take its place?
- kortilla 2y ago
  It’s double counting. You can’t hold the shareholders accountable for the emission and then also blame it on the person that burns it in a jet engine.