Green Indexes

You can track green companies to invest in by monitoring the range of green indexes from around the world that specialize in various green sectors such as green energy. Using green indexes as a starting point leverages the efforts of green investment advisors who put together and manage these indexes.

As well as spotting potential companies for investment there are index related funds that you can use to spread you investment across the whole index. These funds can be Green Exchange Traded Funds (Green ETFs) that can be traded like an ordinary stock with all its simplicity and flexibility.

Making the choice to invest in green companies and hence support environmental and ethical issues has never been simpler or more rewarding for the green investor.

NASDAQ Clean Edge Indexes

• CELS: Index of companies involved in clean energy listed on NASDAQ, NYSE and AMEX
• QWND: global index of companies at the forefront of wind-energy
• QGRD: global index of companies involved in the smart-grid and electric infrastructure business

FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series

These indexes focus on companies that have significant involvement in environmental business activities. There are several indexes to cover specific sectors or regions and both all-share or top 100 companies.

• EOEU: Environmental Opportunities Europe
• EOUS: Environmental Opportunities US

MAC Global Solar Energy Index

• SUNIDX: a global index of the top performing solar energy companies

Ardour Global Alternative Energy Indexes

• Ardour Global IndexSM (Composite) - (Ardour CompositeSM) AGIGL
• Ardour Global IndexSM (Extra Liquid) - (Ardour XLSM) AGIXL
• Ardour Solar Energy IndexSM SOLRX
• Ardour Global IndexSM (North America) - (Ardour NASM) AGINA
• Ardour Global IndexSM (EMEA) - (Ardour EMEASM) AGIEM

Specific information about these indexes is available on request from their various providers. Some are transparent and the details are freely available but others are only available by licence.