Climate Solutions for the future

At Euronext, we're dedicated to developing robust climate indices that reflect the latest environmental standards and practices. Our indices empower investors to make informed decisions that align with their values and drive positive change help align their portfolios with sustainability and climate goals.

Why Climate Indices?

In an era where climate change is increasingly impacting our daily lives and the global economy, understanding and monitoring climate trends have never been more crucial.  In the fight against climate change, indices provide numerous benefits for policymakers, businesses, researchers, and the public .

As the world shifts towards sustainable practices, climate indices have become essential tools in guiding responsible investments. These indices help track the performance of companies promoting environmental stewardship and encourage businesses to adopt greener practices by linking sustainability with financial performance.

Euronext Climate Indices Key Principles

Euronext climate indices consist of mulitple factors to ensure complete transparency within the methodology and offer solutions that meet rigorous standards. Our SBT indices select companies with validated targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with 1.5°C for Scope 1 and 2 emissions, and with 2°C for Scope 3 emissions and our PAB indices aim to reduce green house gas intensity by at least 50% when compared to the benchmark and are designed to meet the year on year 7% decarbonisation target of GHG .

SBT Indices exclusions

• companies that are not approved by the SBTi  (Science based target initiative)
• companies facing critical controversy with regards to the UN Global Impacts 
• involvement in controversial weapons, tobacco, unconventional Oil & Gas 

PAB Indices exclusions

• companies not aligned  with the 2015 Paris Aligned Benchmarks Agreement
• controverisal involvement screening with regards to the UN Global Impacts 

Suite of Climate Indices

Euronext has a special position in the financial ecosystem. It serves the real economy by bringing together buyers and sellers in transparent, efficient and reliable trading venues. In this key role, Euronext has the responsibility not only to ensure financial stability, but to contribute decisively to a sustainable growth model in the countries in which it operates.

Awarded “ESG Index Provider of the Year  2024” by neutral and independent finance experts at the Wealth&Finance Awards 2024.

Euronext is also

• Official Partner of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE Initiative) and the UN Global Compact
• Committed to setting science-based targets through the science-based targets initiative (SBTi), and is a member of the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign
• Official signatory of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
• Official signatory of United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
• First exchange to sign the nine UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles
• Board member of the Sustainable Trading initiative.

As a leading index provider in Europe for 40 years, Euronext has extensive expertise across a wide range of ESG and thematic indices, and is strongly engaged in supporting the financial sector’s sustainable transition. Our ability to adapt and offer suitable and innovative solutions to our clients makes Euronext one of the main ESG index providers.

Euronext indices are used by financial institutions all around the world with more than 15,000 ETFs, funds and derivatives associated to our indices with billions of AUM.

Contact us at  index-team@euronext.com  for any queries.

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The decision on where to list is a strategic one. U.S. markets are sometimes wrongly depicted as a credible listing option for European companies. A closer look at the figures shows quite the contrary. 

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Our latest analysis offers insights and up-to-date data on the performance of European companies listed on Euronext versus the limited number of those that elected to list on U.S. exchanges.

The data shows that European companies listed on Euronext display better or equivalent performance on all listing success factors than those listed in the U.S. In particular:

• Stronger aftermarket performance
• Comparable liquidity
• Higher valuations

Discover common perceptions and why European markets, led by Euronext, remain the preferred choice for European companies.