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Exploring the S&P 500 ESG Leaders Index – Goldilocks’ Choice of the S&P ESG Index Series
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) launched the S&P 500® ESG Leaders Index in February 2022. The index sits within our S&P ESG index offerings, which has been designed to offer different solutions to reflect the wide range of ESG index investment needs. Sustainable investing continues to gain traction for a multitude of reasons—one being…
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First Rebalance: The S&P/BVL Peru General ESG Index
Just over four months after its launch (on Nov. 8, 2021), the S&P/BVL Peru General ESG Index experienced its first annual rebalancing, effective after the market close on the last business day of April 2022. The S&P/BVL Peru General ESG Index is the first index of its kind in the Peruvian market, measuring the performance…
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Tilting Toward Sustainability with the S&P/NZX 50 Portfolio ESG Tilted Index
As they begin their journey in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, many market participants are realizing that there are multiple ways in which an index methodology can incorporate ESG characteristics. Some strategies will look to screen out particular industry groups or companies participating in various business activities, while other strategies will make relative adjustments…
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The S&P Europe 350 ESG Index – The European Benchmark for ESG-Focused Investors
The S&P ESG Index Series is aimed toward those who are looking to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment products. These indices seek to provide similar overall industry group weights as their underlying index while simultaneously offering an enhanced ESG profile. Within the European equities market, the S&P Europe 350 ESG…
The Rebalance of Power: Tesla, Walmart, & Disney Join the S&P 500 ESG Index, Facebook, Wells Fargo, & Costco Dropped
ESG momentum shows no signs of stopping, with sustainable fund assets nearing USD 2 trillion, following record inflows in Q1.1 Pressure on firms to perform in sustainability rankings has never been higher, as Wall Street’s hottest topic gets hotter still. But what firms benefit from all this heat? From the assets flowing into S&P 500®…
From Large Cap to All Cap: Introducing the S&P MidCap 400 ESG and S&P SmallCap 600 ESG Indices
Whoever said size doesn’t matter, wasn’t talking about ESG. For years, we’ve known that larger companies tend to fare better when it comes to sustainability.1 But thanks to the launch of the S&P MidCap 400® ESG Index and S&P SmallCap 600® ESG Index, that may be about to change. As per the S&P ESG Index…
How Deeper Data Impacts ESG Investing
What’s the material impact of the ESG data and scores on index construction and risk/return? Join S&P DJI’s Jaspreet Duhra, UBS Asset Management’s Andrew Walsh, and S&P Global’s Manjit Jus as they discuss the increasingly important role of market-leading ESG assessments. Watch Now: https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/index-tv/article/how-deeper-data-impacts-esg-investing/
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The S&P/B3 Brazil ESG Index – Introducing Sustainable Investing in Brazil
The search for strategies that identify risks and growth opportunities with a motivation in sustainable investing has never been higher for emerging markets. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing provides a way for investors to go above and beyond traditional financial considerations by focusing on a variety of impactful topics relevant to corporations. These topics…
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Who’s In? Who’s Out? Walmart & Twitter Dropped from the S&P 500 ESG Index, among Other Major Changes
After markets closed on April 30, 2020, the S&P 500® ESG Index underwent its second annual rebalance since it launched in January 2019. Last year, the rebalance resulted in some changes that hit the headlines—most notably, the removal of Facebook from the sustainable version of the iconic S&P 500. With markets currently in turmoil due…
Two Birds, One Stone: How the S&P Paris-Aligned Climate Index Concept Meets the Proposed EU Climate Benchmark Regulation and the Recommendations of the TCFD
As the world continues to pump the gas on a one-way street toward catastrophic climate change, market actors are attempting to slow down the traffic by limiting global temperature rise to within 1.5°C since pre-industrial levels.[1] To date, climate-conscious investors have largely focused on reducing relative portfolio carbon exposure. However, divergent methodologies make fertile ground…
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