Home Breadcrumb caret Investments Breadcrumb caret Market Insights SRI index launched S&P Dow Jones Indices, RobecoSAM and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) have launched the S&P/TSX 60 ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) index. By Staff | June 17, 2014 | Last updated on June 17, 2014 1 min read S&P Dow Jones Indices, RobecoSAM and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) have launched the S&P/TSX 60 ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) index. Read: Advisors accuse AGF of botching fund transfer The Index is designed to track the performance of the constituent companies of the S&P/TSX 60, Canada’s leading equity benchmark, while taking into account each company’s sustainability performance relative to the corresponding industry-specific standards. RobecoSAM, the investment specialist focused exclusively on sustainability investing, evaluates companies’ sustainability profiles using their proprietary assessment methodology. The S&P/TSX 60 ESG index is designed for market participants who currently use the S&P/TSX 60 and are looking to deepen the scope of their stock analysis to include sustainability criteria. The construction methodology is based on the S&P/TSX 60, while companies’ sustainability profiles are evaluated using the RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). Companies are then re-weighted according to their sustainability score, meaning those with a higher score are weighted higher in the S&P/TSX 60 ESG index than in the S&P/TSX 60. Also read: Corporate responsibility reporting gains traction Profiting from bad behaviour Staff The staff of Advisor.ca have been covering news for financial advisors since 1998. Save Stroke 1 Print Group 8 Share LI logo