Dow Jones Indexes and SAM, an investment boutique focused on sustainability investing, announced the launch of its European sustainability index series.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Europe indexes complement the global Dow Jones Sustainability index series and include broad benchmark as well as blue chip indexes for Europe and the Euro zone. The new indexes are designed to serve as benchmarks and to underlie index-linked investment products such as funds, exchange-traded funds, structured products, futures and options.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index measures the performance of companies in terms of sustainability in Europe. As of September 8, 2010 the index includes 150 components, which is 47% of the free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones Europe Total Stock Market Index. The top five components of the index are Nestle S.A. (NESN.EX), HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.L), Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), Total S.A. (NYSE: TOT) and Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD).
The Dow Jones Sustainability Eurozone Index measures the performance of the leading companies in terms of sustainability in the Euro zone region. As of September 8, 2010 the index includes 84 components, which is 49% of the free-float market capitalization of the Dow Jones Eurozone Total Stock Market Index. The top five components of the index are Total S.A., Banco Santander S.A., Telefonica S.A. (NYSE: TEF), Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) and BNP Paribas S.A. (BNP.DE).
The Dow Jones Sustainability Europe 40 and Dow Jones Sustainability Eurozone 40 indexes track the performance of the 40 largest sustainability leaders in the Europe and Euro zone region respectively. Components are weighted by their sustainability score and thus based on economic, environmental and social criteria. The top five components in the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe 40 are Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (NOVB.DE), Nestle S.A., Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (NYSE: PHG), Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RTP) and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LMVHF.PK).
The top five components in the Dow Jones Sustainability EuroZone 40 are Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, BMW AG (BMW.DE), Siemens AG and Heineken N.V. (HNKF.EX).
Companies for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are selected based on an assessment of long-term economic, environmental and social criteria. All indexes are free-float market capitalization weighted and calculated in euros and US dollars.
Dow Jones Indexes is the marketing name for CME Group Index Services LLC, a joint venture company which is owned 90 percent by CME Group Inc. and 10 percent by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA).
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