New STOXX indices offer biodiversity investing solutions

End-investors and regulators are increasingly turning their attention to the problems of resource exploitation, climate change, pollution and the negative effects of invasive species. As the focus shifts to preserving our biodiversity, asset allocators and portfolio managers must find answers to balancing traditional investment objectives with biodiversity requirements.

We recently launched the ISS STOXX Biodiversity indices to help investors address nature-related challenges. The index suite offers two categories of indices that exclude companies identified as being involved in activities causing harm to biodiversity, include those whose activities and solutions support relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and reduce the portfolio’s carbon intensity.

Antonio Celeste
Director for Sustainability Product Management, Qontigo

"The ISS STOXX Biodiversity framework offers a complete toolkit for investors and can be customized to incorporate additional objectives and constraints."

To find out more about the ISS STOXX Biodiversity indices please visit our website.

* For each of the sustainability objectives an Objective Score is calculated. These company-specific scores assess the overall impact of a company's product portfolio on the achievement of a given objective. They are calculated by multiplying the net sales shares generated with relevant products/services with the numeric scores assigned to them. All Objective Scores range on a scale from -10.0 (i.e. 100% of net sales are generated with products/services classified as having a significant obstructing impact) to 10.0 (i.e. 100% of net sales are generated with products/services classified as having a significant contributing impact).

** This is based on the share of revenues a company derives from products and services identified as contributing to the achievement of a given objective and ranges from 0% to 100%.

STOXX Ltd. and Qontigo Index GmbH (together "Qontigo") and its licensors, research partners or data providers are not providing investment advice through the publication of indices or in connection therewith.​

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