Summary
The purpose of the Developed Equities RI Index Pool is to provide access to a diversified portfolio of equity and equity-related products of companies established or otherwise predominantly active in developed markets for equity exposure by tracking an index that incorporates leading ESG investment approaches in a risk-controlled framework. The index excludes all constituents that are on the APG Exclusion List based on product-related and UNGC exclusion and includes companies that are classified by APG as ESG Leaders or ESG average performers. The index makes use of optimization techniques to have a minimum target exposure to Sustainable Development Investments (SDIs), a maximum target carbon emission intensity and controlled factor and tracking error risk versus a market-cap weighted parent index. The parent index is the iSTOXX World index.