About KLD Indexes

KLD Indexes is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of RiskMetrics Group, Inc. (“RMG”).  RMG is a publicly traded company on the NYSE (Ticker: RISK), providing industry-leading products and services in the disciplines of risk management, corporate governance and financial research & analysis. KLD Indexes develops and licenses benchmark, strategy and custom indexes that investment managers use to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance criteria into their investment decisions, for performance benchmarking, and for asset allocation. Examples of products based on KLD Indexes include:

KLD created the first index for sustainable and responsible investors in 1990. Today, its indexes are distributed under the FTSE KLD name in cooperation with FTSE, a global leader in the creation and management of equity, bond, alterative asset class and responsible investment indexes. The suite of KLD indexes is calculated by, and licensed through FTSE.

For information about licensing a KLD index for the creation of an investment product, please email kldindices@msci.com

History
In 1990, KLD created the FTSE KLD 400 Social Index (KLD400)—the first socially responsible investment benchmark (formerly KLD's Domini 400 Social Index)—to measure how social and environmental screens affect investment performance. The KLD400 has generated the most complete data available on the risk, return and financial characteristics of SRI portfolios.

Over the years, KLD has created a family of indexes to provide investors with a variety of ways to integrate environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions. KLD Indexes also creates custom indexes to meet specific client requirements.

Click here for the KLD Indexes Fact Sheet