The world is facing pressing challenges to ensure a sustainable future for our planet.

The world is facing pressing challenges to ensure a sustainable future for our planet. How capital markets can empower sustainable finance and incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making? Let’s have a look at recent pan-European initiatives launched by Euronext on this topic.

ESG Index Families  

Euronext currently provides over 40 ESG index families. In order to respond to investors’ need for a public climate action benchmark within the Eurozone, Euronext partnered with Vigeo Eiris Moody’s to design the Euronext Eurozone ESG Large 80. The index tracks the Eurozone’s 80 best-performing Large Cap companies that answer to strong social and governance criteria and lead the transition towards a low-carbon economy. To discover the index composition: https://live.euronext.com/en/product/indices/FR0013468832-XPAR/market-information

ESG Guidelines for Listed companies

As investors increasingly factor ESG criteria into their investment strategies, Euronext has developed guidelines to help listed companies understand how to address ESG issues as a key component of investor relations, as well as the main principles to consider when preparing an ESG report. https://www.euronext.com/en/news/esg-guidelines-for-listed-companies

From Green Bonds to ESG Bonds

Capitalising on the success of Green Bonds, Euronext is now home to more than 300 ESG-related bonds (including blue, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds) from 130 issuers globally. This provides one Pan-European platform for issuers to showcase their ESG credentials and for investors to rapidly identify ESG bonds.
For more information: https://www.euronext.com/en/list-products/bonds/esg-bonds