Patent ID: 7636681
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method that comprises: selecting by a computing device a targeted investment fund from a plurality of investment funds; retrieving by the computing device a filter associated with the targeted investment fund, in which the filter comprises at least one criteria for evaluating a security; generating by the computing device a list of at least one targeted security, in which the at least one targeted security is excluded from the targeted investment fund based on the at least one criteria of the filter; calculating by the computing device a carbon footprint of the targeted security; calculating by the computing device an amount of carbon credit necessary to neutralize the carbon footprint; purchasing by the computing device the amount of carbon credit necessary to neutralize the carbon footprint; combining by the computing device the targeted security with the purchased carbon credit in order to generate a rehabilitated security having a neutralized carbon footprint; and storing by the computing device the rehabilitated security in a trust.