In 2007, we launched a number of different iShare products that use indices with alternative investment criteria. By offering these kinds of funds, we provide our clients with options to balance their social objectives with their investment objectives.

For example, in 2007 we acquired the iShares Dow Jones EURO STOXX Sustainability 40 from Indexchange. It enables investors to profit from the largest sustainably operating companies in the Eurozone, where the index components are weighted in line with the "degree of sustainability". The Dow Jones EURO STOXX Sustainability 40 Index offers a consistent, flexible and investable blue-chip representation of the largest sustainability leaders in the Eurozone, in terms of long-term economic, environmental and social criteria.

Using exchange-traded funds as building blocks, customers can spread the risk of individual companies, entire sectors or even whole countries to minimise the possibility of suffering losses. Our iShares team is constantly developing new products to meet the needs of our customers.

 

 

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