The FTSE4Good index series, launched in 2001, used transparent metrics of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance to select its constituents, incentivizing companies to improve their sustainability practices. Some regarded the approach of the new index as a fad. At the time, many ...
than 2.9 ESG Rating of lower than 2.4 Step 1 Step 2 Exclude companies based on controversies and business activities Companies with exposure to "significant controversies" are not eligible for addition to the Index Series, and in the most extreme cases current index constituents will be ...
TheFTSE4Good Bursa Malaysia Indexconstituents are selected from the constituents of the FTSE Bursa Malaysia EMAS Index and screened in accordance with the transparent and defined ESG criteria. FTSE Russell has partnered with Taiwan Index Plus (TIP) Corporation on theFTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index. ...
Twenty years ago, FTSE introduced a new kind of equity index amidst considerable public scepticism. TheFTSE4Good index series, launched in 2001, used transparent metrics of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance to select its constituents, incentivizing companies to improve their sustain...
The article reports on the removal of British oil and gas producer Cairn Energy from the FTSE4Good responsible investment index in May 2008 as part of efforts to eliminate firms that do not comply with the climate change criteria. Twelve new British companies were accepted as index constituents....