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![New to Market: ESG Options](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nature-esg-intro-image-5-900x350.jpg)
The outstanding growth of responsible investing will reach a new milestone next week, when investors will be able to trade European options tracking environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies for the first time.
![Minimum Variance Indices: A Reading Through Geopolitical Risk](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-3-900x350.png)
The STOXX® Minimum Variance Indices are designed to achieve the lowest return volatility in a given investable universe.
![The Effect of ESG Exclusions on US Stocks](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cityskape-intro-image-900x350.jpg)
With US demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies on the rise, it is timely to look at the recent performance of the STOXX® USA 500 ESG-X Index.
![Taking Stock of the EURO STOXX 50 ESG Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-900x350.png)
Earlier in the year, STOXX introduced the EURO STOXX 50® ESG Index, a second-generation environmental, social and governance (ESG) version of the iconic EURO STOXX 50® Index that follows standard investment exclusions and integrates companies’ ESG scores into stock selection.
![Stocks Eke Out Third-Quarter Gain with September Rebound](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/deutsche-boerse-intro-image-900x350.png)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose 2.1% in dollar terms1 during the month, following a 1.8% drop in August, wrapping a 0.7% advance in the third quarter.
![DAX and German Recessions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dax-intro-image-900x350.png)
Following a small contraction in Germany’s economy in the second quarter, many economists predict that this quarter the country will enter its first official recession in six years.
![New Global ESG Leaders Announced](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/city-intro-image-4-900x350.png)
STOXX has announced the results of the annual review of the STOXX® Global ESG Leaders Index, with the number of companies in the benchmark of sustainability champions reaching a record high.
![Responsible Index Tracks Waste-Management Leaders](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/factory-intro-image-900x350.png)
With a growing, wealthier and more urbanized world population, waste is becoming an increasingly dangerous problem with environmental, social and economic consequences.
![Stocks Fall in August on Trade, Growth Woes](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-2-900x350.png)
Stocks fell in August as the trade war between the US and China escalated and concerns grew that a global economic slowdown may lead to a recession.
![New Study Looks at Impact of ESG Exclusions Across Regions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/nature-esg-intro-image-900x350.png)
In May, STOXX introduced a fully-fledged ESG-X Index family comprised of versions of established benchmarks that exclude companies based on standard environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
![Eurozone Banks Fall Back to Crisis-Mode Low](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/EU-intro-image-900x350.png)
The prospect of further monetary stimulus has raised questions about the performance of Eurozone banks just as the sector has once again fallen to near record low levels.
![ESG Data: Q&A with Sustainalytics’ Wattamwar](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/conference-intro-image-21-900x350.png)
As more data on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors becomes available and widely adopted, so does the debate grow about the efficiency and materiality of this information, and how best to use it while investing.