In a press release published on PR Newswire on May 21, 2019 S&P Dow Jones Indices “announced the newest additions to its global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) index family. Drawing from two decades of pioneering ESG index innovation, this new set of indices provides performance profiles in line with several headline indices including the S&P Global 1200, Europe 350, S&P/ASX 200 and S&P Japan 500.
The new indices also include ESG versions of S&P DJI’s well-known country and regional large and midcap benchmarks covering the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC). These global ESG indices use enhanced ESG Scores and granular data that underpin the methodology for company inclusions and exclusions.
A total of 22 regional and country ESG indices are part of this global launch:
- S&P/ASX 200 ESG
- S&P Europe 350
- S&P Japan 500 ESG
- S&P Global 1200 ESG
- S&P United States LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Canada LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Korea LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P North America LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Europe Developed LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Mid-East and Africa Developed LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Asia Pacific Developed LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Developed LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Europe Emerging LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Latin America Emerging LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Mid-East and Africa Emerging LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Asia Pacific Emerging Large MidCap ESG
- S&P Emerging LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Global LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Asia Pacific Developed ex Korea ESG
- S&P Asia Pacific Emerging Plus LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Developed BMI ex Korea LargeMidCap ESG
- S&P Emerging Plus LargeMidCap ESG.”
You may read the press release on the PR Newswire internet site.