26 March 2010 – NYSE Euronext announced the annual rebalance of the Low Carbon 100 Europe Index. Effective as of the opening of 22 March 2010, 21 new constituents entered the index during this review, having the best in class carbon emission in their respective sectors.
Compared to the universe of the 300 largest European companies, the carbon emission of the Low Carbon 100 Europe Index constituents is 55% lower on average. Furthermore, as of 26 February 2010, the one year trailing performance of the Low Carbon 100 Europe Index was 35.76%. The Low Carbon 100 Europe Index is weighted by free-float market capitalization designed to measure the performance of the 100 largest European companies having the lowest carbon (CO2) intensity in their respective sectors or homogeneous sub-sectors. The index is designed to offer sector neutrality using the selection universe as the starting sector weight.