Summary
The STOXX Global Thematic indices comprise of companies from selected countries exposed to a defined set of themes: Ageing Population, Automation & Robotics, Digitalisation, Breakthrough Healthcare. These companies, or components of their business lines, are positioned to long-term structural trends driving social, economic and environmental change which, in the future, will have a substantial impact on their performance.
Revere (RBICS) data allow a detailed breakdown of the revenue sources of the eligible companies, helping this index to select companies with substantial exposure to the Automation & Robotics theme. The Global Thematic indices also take ESG considerations into account and commit to a minimum percentage of sustainable investment thresholds based on ISS ESG data.
Additonally, companies that are non-compliant with the Global Standards Screening (GSS), involved in Controversial Weapons activities, or display a Severe (Category 5) Controversy Rating, as identified by Sustainalytics, are excluded. Other exclusion criteria are involvement in Weapons (Small Arms and Military Contracting), Unconventional Oil & Gas (Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration, Oil Sands and Shale Energy), Conventional Oil & Gas, Thermal Coal, Nuclear Power and Tobacco.
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Top 10 Components
| Advantest Corp. | JP |
| SNOWFLAKE A | US |
| SERVICENOW | US |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | US |
| SAP | DE |
| Emerson Electric Co. | US |
| Keyence Corp. | JP |
| NVIDIA Corp. | US |
| TERADYNE | US |
| SIEMENS | DE |
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