by Rebecca Walker — September 29, 2010—The NASDAQ OMX Group made it easier for investors to track the green economy with the unveiling of a new family of indexes.
The company, which owns the NASDAQ and bills itself as the world’s largest exchange company, unveiled the first four in a family of indexes tracking companies operating in 13 sectors, including energy efficiency, renewable energy and healthy living. NASDAQ OMX said it will launch more green economy indexes in the coming months.
The NASDAQ OMX Green Economy Global Index covers 13 sectors. Future indexes will track individual sectors and regions.
The sectors tracked are:
- Advanced materials
- Bio/clean fuels
- Energy efficiency
- Financial
- Green building
- Healthy living
- Lighting
- Natural resources
- Pollution mitigation
- Recycling
- Renewable energy generation
- Transport
- Water
- Bio/clean fuels
Companies included in the OMX Green Economy Index include Autodesk, China Sunenergy, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Cisco, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Interface, Johnson Controls, Nextera Energy (formerly FPL), Owens Corning, Tesla Motors, VMWare and Waste Management.
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