Breaking News: Semi-annual Changes to the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index
The Governance & Accountability Institute Would Like to Call Your Attention to Its Long Term Strategic Partner - CRD Analytics and the Semi-Annual Re-Balancing of the NASDAQ CRD Global Sustainability Index, Effective May 18, 2015.
NEW YORK, May 18, 2015 /3BL Media/ — The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), and CRD Analytics today announced the results of the semi-annual re-ranking of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (NASDAQ:QCRD), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, May 18, 2015.
The following nine securities will be added to the Index: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE), Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB), Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE:ED), DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV), FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE:NRG), Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ).
The NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index (NASDAQ:QCRD) is an equally weighted equity index that serves as a benchmark for stocks of companies that are taking a leadership role in sustainability performance reporting and are traded on a major US stock exchange. The Index is made up of companies that have taken a leadership role in disclosing their carbon footprint, energy usage, water consumption, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, employee safety, workforce diversity, management composition and community investing. These are companies that are voluntarily disclosing their current environmental, social and governance risks as well as their revenue opportunities and how it will affect future performance according to the Global Reporting Initiative G3.1/G4 Guidelines. The securities must also meet other eligibility criteria which include minimum requirements for market value, average daily share volume, and price. The Index is evaluated on a semi-annual basis in May and November. For more information about the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index, including detailed eligibility criteria, visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
As a result of the re-ranking, the following nine securities will be removed from the Index: Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM), Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A), Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO), ENI (NYSE:E), Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE:RIO), Vale SA (NYSE:VALE), NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (NYSE:PBR).
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About CRD Analytics
CRD Analytics is a leading provider of independent sustainability investment analytics. Using its proprietary SmartView® 360 Platform, CRD Analytics empowers its clients with actionable and performance-driven information distilled from large sets of complex data including financial, environmental, social, and governance information. CRD Analytics partners with its clients to construct proprietary index-based products – Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), separately-managed accounts, mutual funds and Unit Investment Trusts (UITs). For more information about CRD Analytics, go to http://www.crdanalytics.com.
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Governance & Accountability Institute provides critical information, knowledge management, customized research, strategic counsel, and tailored advisory services to corporate, societal community leaders and institutional investors related to Sustainability, ESG, Corporate Responsibility (CR), Responsible and Sustainable Investment (SRI) and Community Investment (CI) / Impact Investing.
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