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Indian Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily (C) strikes the gong during the launch of new 'BSE-Greenex' index at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai on February 22,2012. BSE launched a new index, Greenex, the first of its kind in the country which tracks environmentally-friendly companies based on a methodology provided by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. The index will comprise of firms that have minimum carbon footprint. The BSE will issue guidelines for investors to help them understand the relationship between the amount of carbon footprints of each firm and the respective impact on its investment and returns.

Indian Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily (C) strikes the gong during the launch of new 'BSE-Greenex' index at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building in Mumbai on February 22,2012. BSE launched a new index, Greenex, the first of its kind in the country which tracks environmentally-friendly companies based on a methodology provided by the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. The index will comprise of firms that have minimum carbon footprint. The BSE will issue guidelines for investors to help them understand the relationship between the amount of carbon footprints of each firm and the respective impact on its investment and returns.