NASDAQ Launches New Global Sustainability 50 Index
Yesterday, the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the CRD Analytics announced the launch of the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability 50 Index (Nasdaq:QCRD). This new index allows investors and other stakeholders to track the performance of
organizations that are emerging as leaders in sustainability
performance reporting because it includes companies that have voluntarily disclosed fundamental indicators, such as their carbon footprint, energy usage, water consumption, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, employee safety, workforce diversity, management composition and community investing.
