DJSI WORLD - KEY FACTS
- The Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World)
comprises more than 300 companies that represent the top
10% of the leading sustainability companies out of the biggest
2500 companies in the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index.
- The Dow Jones Sustainability World ex US Index (DJSI
World ex US) comprises the non-US subset of the DJSI World.
- In addition to the composite DJSI World, there are six
specialized subset indexes ex(cluding) alcohol, ex gambling,
ex tobacco, ex armaments & firearms, ex alcohol, tobacco,
gambling, armaments & firearms indexes, and ex alcohol,
tobacco, gambling armaments & firearms, and adult entertainment
- The DJSI World and all its subsets are free float market
capitalization-weighted — i.e. based on the number
of free float shares outstanding for each of the component
stocks.
- The DJSI World and all its subsets are reviewed annually
with the component changes implemented on the third Friday
in September and effective on the next trading day.
- Changes in the components and the industry group classification
due to the annual review are announced in the first week
of September.
- In addition to the annual review, the ongoing review
of the DJSI World ensures that extraordinary corporate actions
— e.g., delisting, bankruptcy, merger, takeover and
important changes in the corporate sustainability performance
— affecting the composition of the index are accounted
for in an appropriate and timely manner.
DJSI WORLD - FURTHER INFORMATION
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