SIX Telekurs launches Nordic sustainability index

SIX Telekurs launches Nordic sustainability index 

SIX Telekurs, in cooperation with Ethix SRI Advisors, today announced the launch
of sustainability indices for the Nordic region under the name of SIX STAR. The
new indices meet market demand while the underlying sustainability analysis
provides a basis for dialogue between investors and companies.

Overall, the 260 most actively traded companies in Denmark, Finland, Norway and
Sweden have been analyzed according to environmental, social and governance
criteria whereby the 25 highest ranked in each country and across the Nordic
countries are included in SIX STAR. 

Harry Matilainen, senior index analyst at SIX Telekurs, commented, "We have,
over a long period, noted a strong demand from our customers for sustainability
indices, and it is something we can now offer them. We are very happy with the
cooperation with Ethix. We complement each other with specialist knowledge, SIX
Telekurs the index calculation and Ethix the company analysis. " 

Ulrika Hasselgren, CEO of Ethix SRI Advisors says, "We believe in highlighting
good practice to promote sustainability. The analysis has been developed with
the goal of enabling value creation for both investors and companies."

SIX STAR is a family of sustainability indices with low investment costs
suitable for investment products, and as a benchmark. SIX STAR consists of four
country indices as well as a Nordic index.

•	SIX STAR Denmark Sustainability Index 25
•	SIX STAR Finland Sustainability Index 25
•	SIX STAR Norway Sustainability Index 25
•	SIX STAR Sweden Sustainability Index 25
•	SIX STAR Nordic Sustainability Index 25

SIX Telekurs	
Harry Matilainen 	
+46 8 5861 63 91	
harry.matilainen@six-group.se 	

Daniel Gustavsson
+46 8 5861 63 64
daniel.gustafsson@six-group.se 

Ethix SRI Advisors 
Ulrika Hasselgren
+46 8 407 00 11
ulrika.hasselgren@ethix.se

SIX Telekurs As a leader in its field, SIX Telekurs specialises in the
procurement, processing and distribution of international financial information.
Financial market specialists at SIX Telekurs gather information from all the
world's major trading venues - directly and in real-time. The SIX Telekurs
database with its structured and encoded securities administration data for more
than 5 million financial instruments is unique in terms of its depth of
information and data coverage. With offices in 23 countries, SIX Telekurs
combines the advantages of global presence and local know-how. 

SIX Telekurs is a SIX Group company. On a global scale, SIX Group offers
first-rate services in the areas of securities trading, clearing and settlement,
as well as financial market information and payment transactions. Further
information is available at: www.six-telekurs.com


Ethix SRI Advisors is an advisor to institutional owners and managers in
sustainable and responsible investment. Ethix helps investors to integrate
environmental, social and governance factors in the investment process and
company analysis. Ethix works with over 60 clients  in Denmark, Finland, Norway,
Sweden and Belgium, France, Holland, Luxembourg and the UK, which represents an
estimated SRI funds of 250 billion Euro. Read more at: www.ethix.se