The Merchants Trust PLC

Greenhouse gas emissions & sustainability report data

📊 Latest report period: 2024🗂️ Report periods on file: 2024, 2023, 2020, 2019

In its 2024 reporting, The Merchants Trust PLC disclosed greenhouse gas emissions of 79.6K tCO2e/year. Figures are as stated in the company's own report and may use different boundaries, units or methods (for example market-based vs location-based Scope 2), so compare with care.

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GHG Emissions
79.6K tCO2e/year
2024

📈 Emissions by Report Period

Report periodHeadline emissions figure reported
202479.6K tCO2e/year
2023114.2K tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)

Each row is the headline figure extracted from a different report; scope coverage and methodology can change between years.

✅ Reported Environmental Achievements

🌱 ESG Focus Areas

EnvironmentalSocialGovernance

⚠️ Challenges & Risks +

  • Lagging portfolio performance behind the benchmark (-2.5% vs +1.9%) due to rising interest rates favoring higher-growth companies and idiosyncratic issues affecting several investee companies.
  • Persistent selling of UK equities exacerbating share price moves.
  • Concerns about a squeeze on companies leading to economically sensitive parts of the stock market underperforming.

📋 Report Information

Reporting Period: 2024
Frameworks: TCFD