Impax and FTSE launch environmental index

The new index, made up of 450 constituents, will cover alternative energy and energy efficiency, water treatment and pollution control, and waste technologies and resource management. It is one of a series of environmental indices that Impax and FTSE are currently developing together. The environmental investment universe is a rapidly developing area of the global economy and consists of companies who have a significant involvement in environmental technologies. Impax will research the constituents from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series. Selected constituents must demonstrate that a...