EasyETF Listed On NYSE Euronext

EasyETF Low Carbon 100 Europe uses as its underlying the Low Carbon 100 Europe index, created by NYSE Euronext, with the support of a group of international experts, and in partnership with several Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs): AgriSud, GoodPlanet.org and WWF.

EasyETF Low Carbon 100 Europe and the Low Carbon 100 Europe index reflect the performance of the 100 largest European companies emitting the lowest levels of CO2 in the sectors or sub-sectors to which they belong. Compared with a benchmark group consisting of the 300 largest European companies, the CO2 emissions by companies making up the Low Carbon 100 Europe index are on average 42% lower.

“We have chosen the Low Carbon 100 Europe index for its methodological transparency and its financial representativeness, which makes it possible to reconcile Responsible and Sustainable Investment and the search for financial performance”, explains Danièle Tohmé-Adet, co-manager of the EasyETF platform at BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).

“In 2006, BNP Paribas Asset Management became one of the first signatories of the Responsible Investing Principles (RIP) and occupies the vice-chairmanship of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). Today, BNP Paribas Asset Management has decided to support the initiative of the 3 NGOs: GoodPLanet.org, Agrisud and WWF, which were behind the decision to create the Low Carbon 100 Europe index, by offering, via EasyETF, the ability to invest in this index”, points out Eric Borremans, Head of Responsible and Sustainable Investments (IRD) at BNP Paribas Asset Management.

“We are highly delighted by the launch of this first ETF on our new Low Carbon 100 Europe index, based on a unique methodology”, states Lisa Dallmer, Senior Vice President, Global Index and Exchange Traded Products of NYSE Euronext. “Used as an underlying, it enables investors to benefit from the performance of shares in companies that take into account the constraints relating to CO2 emissions.” -- www.euronext.com