Zug (September 21, 2020) - Qontigo announced the results of the annual review of the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index. This index offers a representation of the leading global companies in terms of environmental, social and governance criteria, based on their ESG scores.

“The STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index is a showcase for best-in-class companies who target the growing number of investors that are prioritizing sustainability in their investment decisions. European companies are highly represented among the index constituents, underscoring the importance of these topics to European companies,” said Stephan Flaegel, Global Head of Indices & Benchmarks at Qontigo.

The STOXX Global ESG Leaders index offers a representation of the leading global companies, compliant with the UN Global Compact, in terms of environmental, social and governance criteria, based on ESG indicators provided by Sustainalytics. Each ESG category has its own index in order to offer maximum flexibility. The STOXX® Global ESG Environmental Leaders, STOXX® Global ESG Social Leaders and STOXX® Global ESG Governance Leaders indices consist of companies that are leading in each of the three criteria and range above average in the other two. All components of the specialized indices together build up the roll-up index, the STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index.

After the review, the main index now comprises 415 constituents, 73 stocks have been added, while 71 companies are no longer part of the index. In total, 266 companies are headquartered in Europe; 81 companies are based in North America and 68 companies are located in Asia Pacific. All changes are effective as of today.

The following overview lists the number of companies included in the STOXX Global ESG Leaders Index per country. A more detailed overview is available per request.

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