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CNBC European Business has put together an extensive list of companies they consider groundbreaking pioneers in the low carbon-emission movement. In their own words:

"The final list was decided on the basis of the degree to which the company had taken a courageous or ground-breaking stance on climate change during the past decade (typically larger corporations), or that it had raced to prominence on the basis of a low-carbon entrepreneurial opportunity (typically a smaller SME or recently listed public company). In either case, the company had to have consciously and explicitly connected climate change to their bottom line. The Carbon Neutral Company’s definition of excellence in this field was borne in mind, involving “integration of climate change policy entailing an extensive discussion of climate change impacts, concrete examples of efforts to mitigate those impacts and an assessment of the company’s performance in relation to industry performance, and national and international efforts to tackle climate change.”

This portfolio consists of their top 15 picks. The full list can be found here. The description for each stock contains CNBC's reason for picking it.

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