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Thomson Reuters Announces ESG Indexes
Thomson Reuters is launching a family of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) indices, the first new indexes in our field for years. Back in the mid-2000s they were trendy, with about a dozen launching in the space of a few years. Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Indices are being developed with S-Network Global Indexes, a specialist index design firm, “as an objective [...]
Ikea’s People & Planet Positive Sustainability Initiative
Earlier this week Ikea announced a new, global sustainability strategy under which, among other things, the company will generate more power than it uses from renewables and make its products more sustainable. The company, famous for its flat-pack furniture and wordless, infographic instructions, is no stranger to sustainability and renewable energy, in fact, the majority [...]
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes 2012 – 2013 Company Rankings
Here are the 2012 ranking of companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) as announced by Sustainability Asset Management (SAM). SAM is an investment boutique focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) manages about $6 billion in assets through a variety of financial products. As [...]
The Global Green Economy Index (SM)
As reviewed in a May 10, 2012, the 3rd edition of the annual Global Green Economy Index (GGEI) will launch this September. It measures perceptions and performance of 27 National & City Green Economies. The GGEI has a new index measuring cities, in addition to the 27 nations already being tracked. The enhanced 2012 GGEI [...]
NASDAQ Updates Clean Edge Green Energy Index
NASDAQ has announced the results of its semi-annual evaluation of theNASDAQClean Edge Energy Index. The following securities will be added to the index: AIXTRON AG (AIXG) , A123 Systems, Inc. (AONE) , Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (GPRE) , UniversalDisplay Corporation (PANL) , Power-One,(PWER) , Satcon Technology Corporation (SATC) , STR Holdings, Inc. (STRI) , [...]
Deutsche Bank and NASDAQ OMX Introduce Clean Tech Index
DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA), the climate change investment and research business of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management business, and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) recently introduced the DB NASDAQ OMX Clean Tech Index (DBCC). The index is an accurate, real-time representation of the globalclean technology sector, including clean energy, energy efficiency,transport, waste management and [...]
Solar Index Climbs 6% Since Thursday
Dow, NASDAQ up, too The20 Solar Stocks Index (20SSI) has gained nearly 27 points since lastyear’s close Thursday of 448.15 to finish at 474.82, a 5.95% climb.Both the Dow and NASDAQ have begun 2010 well, respectively gaining 144points to 10572.02 (up 1.38%) and 40 points to 2308.71 (+1.74%) so farthis very new year. All but [...]
Japan the only top-tier country in IDC’s ICT Sustainability Index
IDC announced the complete results from the ICT Sustainability Index,which ranks the ability of the G20 nations to use Information andCommunications Technologies (ICT) to reduce their CO2 emissions. IDCranked Japan as the only top-tier country in the Index with a score of16, which means that Japan has the greatest potential of reducinggreenhouse gases from focused [...]
IDC readies ICT Sustainability Index ahead of UN’s COP15 Climate Change Conference
IDC today announced that it has completed an index, the ICTSustainability IndexTM, that scores a country’s ability to useinformation and communications technologies (ICT) to effectively reduceits CO2 emissions. The complete results will be released at a pressconference in Copenhagen on December 10th. The ICTSustainability Index ranks the individual countries that make up theG20, who also [...]