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An Index for Green Mutual Funds
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Socially responsible mutual funds are a fast-growing sector of the investment business. Most funds need a recognized index against which they can measure their progress. The result is an increasing number of indices - most introduced in just the past couple of years - that are designed to provide guidance to investors in green and socially responsible investment products.
Here are some of these indices:
WilderHill Clean Energy Index - this well-known index incorporates 47 stocks in the fields of renewable energy harvesting, power delivery and conservation, cleaner fuels, energy storage, energy conversion and greener utilities.
WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index - an index of international companies in the renewable energy business, as well as energy conversion, storage, conservation efficiency and pollution control. It comprises 89 companies in 20 countries.
S&P Global Clean Energy Index - S&P is recognized as an international leader in the provision of stock market indices. The Clean Energy Index is comprised of 30 large stocks from 10 countries, with both energy producers and technology and equipment providers, and spanning the biofuel, geothermal, hydro-electric, solar energy and wind energy industries.
NASDAQ Clean Edge U.S. Index - this index is made up of American stocks involved in advanced materials, energy storage and conversion, energy intelligence and renewable energy.
ALTEXGlobal - from Bakers Investment Group, comprises 138 stocks from around the world.
Credit Suisse Global Alternative Energy Index - made up of the six largest stocks from each of five alternative energy sectors: natural gas, wind, solar, geothermal/hydropower and hybrids/batteries.
World Alternative Energy Index - the 20 largest stocks in renewable energy and energy efficiency, from Société Générale.
Merrill Lynch Renewable Energy Index - 22 major international stocks in biofuels, solar energy and wind energy.
KLD indices - KLD Research and Analytics provides a selection of indices aimed at measuring ethical investments, notably the well-known Domini 400 Social Index. These include the KLD Global Climate 100 Index of stocks involved in mitigating climate change, and the KLD Global Sustainability Index, which incorporates companies involved in addressing social and environmental needs.
Distributed Energy Stock Index - from the Distributed Energy Financial Group, this index is based on a portfolio of 42 NYSE and NASDAQ companies engaged in alternative energy.
Ardour Solar Energy Index - 27 stocks from six countries, primarily America and Germany.
Ardour Global Index - more than 100 alternative energy stocks from around the world (although just the top eight - Vestas Wind Systems, Gamesa, First Solar, Verbund, Kurita Water, Q-Cells, Renewable Energy Corporation and SolarWorld - represent more than half the index).
The Cleantech Index - from Cleantech Indices, a subsidiary of the Cleantech Group, it comprises 46 US stocks in 11 cleantech sectors, with an emphasis on business strategy, intellectual property, management and profit quality.
DAXglobal Alternative Energy Index - a German index comprising the 15 of the world's largest companies in the alternative energy sector.
Jefferies Global Clean Technology Composite Index - stocks from around the world that generate more than 50 per cent of sales from clean technologies. Sub-indices include the Jefferies Global Clean Technology Energy Generation Index and the Jefferies Global Clean Technology Energy Storage Index.
Ludlow Alternative Energy Index - 40 companies, mainly from the US. The Ludlow Energy SmallCap Index is a basket of 40 small-cap alternative energy stocks.
Renewable Energy Industrial Index - comprising the world's 30 largest renewable energy companies.
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