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![Introducing the iSTOXX Blue and Green Economy Select 50 Index](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Blue-and-Green-original-intro-900x350.jpg)
The new index tracks companies that control their environmental risk and limit their impact on the world’s waters and land. As with other solutions in the Select family, the index prioritizes companies with low volatility and high dividends.
![Europe’s SFDR: A Challenge Worth Meeting](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SFDR-intro-900x350.jpg)
It appears onerous and sometimes confusing, but the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) that kicked in this week aims to enhance and protect participation in sustainable investments — a cause well worth the trouble.
![Celebrating Women’s Advancement and the Role of Financial Markets](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2020_INTL_WOMENS_DAY_listing-image.jpg)
International Women’s Day presents an opportunity to acknowledge how far the asset-management industry has come in advancing women’s rights in recent years, and to recognize how much more needs to be done.
![Siemens Energy to Join DAX, Replace Beiersdorf](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dax-parquet-intro-900x350.jpg)
The former Siemens unit will take the slot of the 139-year-old personal-care company in the German blue-chip benchmark. The index is this month undergoing changes to its methodology.
![EURO iSTOXX Ambition Climat PAB wins Index of the Year award from SRP](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ambition-climat-2-intro-900x350.jpg)
The index, designed in partnership with Amundi and ISS ESG to align a portfolio with the Paris Agreement’s global temperature targets, is recognized for its innovative approach.
![Stocks Gain in February; Economic Optimism Offsets Inflation Concerns](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Feb-2021-Market-wrap-intro-900x350.jpg)
STOXX Global 1800 Index gains 2.4% in month amid continued hopes for a post-lockdown economic recovery. Value stocks, banks’ shares and dividend strategies are among the month’s standout performers.
![New ESG-X Select Dividend Indices Combine Income Strategy with Sustainability Screenings](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ESG-X-Select-Dividend-Indices-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
New ESG-X Select Dividend Indices Combine Income Strategy with Sustainability Screenings
By selecting high-dividend stocks within universes screened for responsible-investing principles, the new suite broadens the possibilities for investors and showcases the versatility of index-based strategies.
![New DAX Rules, Part of Methodology Overhaul, Kick in in March 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dax-parquet-intro-900x350.jpg)
Changes to Germany’s flagship benchmarks were announced last November and seek to enhance the quality of component companies.
![Introducing the STOXX Industry Neutral Ax Factor Indices](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Industry-Neutral-intro-900x350.jpg)
A new variation of the STOXX Factor Indices, which leverage Axioma’s proven factor models, further restricts sector diversions from the benchmark.
![Tracking Record Demand in the Video Gaming Industry](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/shutterstock_1161055687-intro-900x350.jpg)
One of Qontigo’s Thematic Indices offers exposure to beneficiaries of the booming video gaming industry. We take a look at its methodology and composition.
![Taking Temperature for 2021: Panel Discusses Climate Action Among Investors](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/climate-temperature-original-2-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Taking Temperature for 2021: Panel Discusses Climate Action Among Investors
Climate action is gathering pace within the investment community, but significantly more needs to be done in order to meet global warming targets, a panel argues during a Responsible Investor webinar.
![INFOGRAPHIC: Who, How, What. How to Measure Sustainable Development Investments](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/infographicwhohowwhathowtomeasuresustainabledevelopmentinvestments_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
INFOGRAPHIC: Who, How, What. How to Measure Sustainable Development Investments
In this infographic, we outline how the data and methodology of the Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) can help investors align and track portfolios’ contributions to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to report PRI sustainable outcomes.