The FTSE KLD US All Cap Sustainability Index (USSA) is a diversified and comprehensive representation of the US equity market available to investors seeking to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their investment strategies. The USSA holds companies with the highest ESG rankings in each sector of the US equity market. To reduce the systemic risk introduced by the selection process, the USSA is designed to approximate the sector weights of the underlying market based on sector weighting targets. The USSA is the benchmark in a series of indexes, which includes three sub-indexes (FTSE KLD US Large Cap Sustainability Index, FTSE KLD US Mid Cap Sustainability Index, FTSE KLD US Small Cap Sustainability Index) and two composite indexes (FTSE KLD US Large-Mid Cap Sustainability Index, FTSE KLD US Small-Mid Cap Sustainability Index).

The USSA offers a diversified benchmark for measuring the risk and return characteristics of US portfolios that incorporate ESG performance into the equity selection process.

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