SIX Telekurs launches Nordic sustainability index SIX Telekurs, in cooperation with Ethix SRI Advisors, today announced the launch of sustainability indices for the Nordic region under the name of SIX STAR. The new indices meet market demand while the underlying sustainability analysis provides a basis for dialogue between investors and companies. Overall, the 260 most actively traded companies in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have been analyzed according to environmental, social and governance criteria whereby the 25 highest ranked in each country and across the Nordic countries are included in SIX STAR. Harry Matilainen, senior index analyst at SIX Telekurs, commented, "We have, over a long period, noted a strong demand from our customers for sustainability indices, and it is something we can now offer them. We are very happy with the cooperation with Ethix. We complement each other with specialist knowledge, SIX Telekurs the index calculation and Ethix the company analysis. " Ulrika Hasselgren, CEO of Ethix SRI Advisors says, "We believe in highlighting good practice to promote sustainability. The analysis has been developed with the goal of enabling value creation for both investors and companies." SIX STAR is a family of sustainability indices with low investment costs suitable for investment products, and as a benchmark. SIX STAR consists of four country indices as well as a Nordic index. • SIX STAR Denmark Sustainability Index 25 • SIX STAR Finland Sustainability Index 25 • SIX STAR Norway Sustainability Index 25 • SIX STAR Sweden Sustainability Index 25 • SIX STAR Nordic Sustainability Index 25 SIX Telekurs Harry Matilainen +46 8 5861 63 91 harry.matilainen@six-group.se Daniel Gustavsson +46 8 5861 63 64 daniel.gustafsson@six-group.se Ethix SRI Advisors Ulrika Hasselgren +46 8 407 00 11 ulrika.hasselgren@ethix.se SIX Telekurs As a leader in its field, SIX Telekurs specialises in the procurement, processing and distribution of international financial information. Financial market specialists at SIX Telekurs gather information from all the world's major trading venues - directly and in real-time. The SIX Telekurs database with its structured and encoded securities administration data for more than 5 million financial instruments is unique in terms of its depth of information and data coverage. With offices in 23 countries, SIX Telekurs combines the advantages of global presence and local know-how. SIX Telekurs is a SIX Group company. On a global scale, SIX Group offers first-rate services in the areas of securities trading, clearing and settlement, as well as financial market information and payment transactions. Further information is available at: www.six-telekurs.com Ethix SRI Advisors is an advisor to institutional owners and managers in sustainable and responsible investment. Ethix helps investors to integrate environmental, social and governance factors in the investment process and company analysis. Ethix works with over 60 clients in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Belgium, France, Holland, Luxembourg and the UK, which represents an estimated SRI funds of 250 billion Euro. Read more at: www.ethix.se
SIX Telekurs launches Nordic sustainability index
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