(NSF International: Ann Arbor, MI) -- NSF International, a public health and safety organization, and Trucost Plc, a global provider of environmental data and analysis, have announced the availability of a new report entitled, "Carbon Emissions—Measuring the Risks." This free report examines the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 companies in several different sectors, including industrial goods and services.

Many U.S. companies may soon have to pay for GHG emissions under the planned cap-and-trade program, an approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives to companies achieving reductions in pollutant emissions. This report looks at the GHGs emitted by S&P 500 companies in several sectors that NSF works with: chemicals, food and beverage, health care, industrial goods and services, personal and household goods, automobiles and parts and retail.

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