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Businesses urged to protect market cap with sustainability investments
Companies considering scaling back their sustainability initiatives in response to the economic downturn have today been urged to “think twice” after research released yesterday by consultancy giant AT Kearney showed that those businesses with the most effective green strategies tend to outperform their rivals financially.
The new study, entitled Green Winners: The Performance of Sustainability-focused Companies in the Financial Crisis, looked at 99 companies that feature on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the Goldman Sachs SUSTAIN focus list of green companies, and assessed their stock price performance over the six months up to November last year. Read more
Source: Business Green
SAM and Dow Jones Indexes launch global and North American blue-chip sustainability indexes
SAM, the sustainability investment specialist, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, have added four additional blue-chip indexes to the family of Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). The new indexes provide market participants with tools to track sustainability leaders in the U.S., North America and globally.
The methodology for the new indexes applies the same approach as the Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability 40 Index and Dow Jones EURO STOXX Sustainability 40 Index. The sustainability scores are derived from a comprehensive annual assessment of general as well as industry-specific criteria covering issues such as corporate governance, risk management, emissions, water and energy consumption, human capital development and stakeholder relations. Read more (pdf) (DJSI)
Source: CSR Europe
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