Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are the first global method to track financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. Based on the cooperation of Dow Jones Indexes, Stoxx Limited and the SAM Group, they provide asset managers with reliable and objective benchmarks to manage sustainability portfolios.

More and more, investors are diversifying their portfolios by investing in companies that set industry-wide best practices in sustainability. Corporate sustainability is attractive to investors because it aims to increase long-term shareholder value through managing risks derived from economic, environmental and social developments. Also, sustainability leaders are increasingly expected to show superior performance and favorable risk/return profiles.

The Indexes are selected by a systematic assessment and include only the leading sustainability companies worldwide.