About KLD Indexes
KLD Indexes is a unit of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., the leading provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research for institutional investors. KLD Indexes develops and licenses benchmark, strategy and custom indexes, which investment managers use to integrate ESG criteria into their investment decisions. Examples of products based on KLD Indexes include:
| Mutual Funds |
ETFs |
| Separately Managed Accounts |
Unit Investment Trusts |
| Variable Annuities |
Structured Products |
KLD’s indexes are designed to be transparent, representative and investable. KLD Indexes are constructed with the integrity and quality that investors have relied on from KLD since 1988.
For information about licensing a KLD index for the creation of an investment product, please email indexes@kld.com
History
In 1990, KLD created the Domini 400 Social Index (DS400)- the first socially responsible investment benchmark - to measure how social and environmental screens affect investment performance. The DS400 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.
| 1988 |
KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. founded |
| 1990 |
KLD's Domini 400 Social Index launched |
| 1998 |
FTSE KLD Catholic Values 400 Index launched |
| 2001 |
FTSE KLD US All Cap Sustainability Index series launched |
| 2004 |
KLD Select Social Index launched |
| 2005 |
FTSE KLD Global Climate 100 Index launched |
| 2007 |
FTSE KLD Global Sustainability Index series launched |
| 2008 |
KLD/Jantzi Global Environment Index series launched |
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