Global Vegan Climate Index®

Beyond Investing - Investing for Humanity
  • The Global Vegan Climate Index (VEGANO), developed by Beyond Investing is a passive, rules-based index of Global large and mid cap stocks, screened according to vegan and climate-conscious principles.
  • VEGANO excludes companies engaged in animal exploitation, defense, human rights abuses, fossil fuels extraction and energy production, and other environmentally damaging activities.
  • VEGANO demonstrates that it is possible to obtain broad-based market exposure, whilst adhering to animal and environmentally-friendly principles.

Ticker: .VEGANO
Inception date: 13 Dec 2021

Benchmark: SDMLMCUP Index
Calculation agent: Solactive AG

Number of stocks

Weighted average market cap

Beta

Tracking error

Excess return

613

$66.8bn

1.1

0.27%

0.69%

Number of stocks

613

Weighted average market cap

$66.8bn

Beta

1.1

Tracking error

0.27%

Excess return

0.69%

(annualised through 31 March 2023)

Pro Forma and Live Index Price Performance

Global Vegan Climate Index Performance

(from 17 June 2020 to 31 March 2023)

Sector Comparison

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Top 10 Constituents

  • NVIDIA Corporation – 4.29%
  • Tesla Inc. – 3.13%
  • Visa Inc. Class A – 2.62%
  • Mastercard Inc. Class A – 2.44%
  • UnitedHealth Group Inc. – 2.30%
  • Alphabet Inc. Class A – 1.95%
  • Alphabet Inc. Class C – 1.95%
  • ASML Holding NV – 1.89%
  • Broadcom Inc. – 1.33%
  • Cisco Systems Inc – 1.03%

(as at 31st March 2023)

Breakdown Of Exclusions

Animal-derived products - 22.23%
Animal testing - 15.9%
Military and defense - 7.01%
Fossil fuel - 6.18%
Energy production from fossil fuel - 2.40%
Animals in sport and entertainment - 2.21%
Other environmental damage - 0.98%
Tobacco - 0.69%
Human rights violations - 0.42%

(as at 31st March 2023)

Impact Metrics

Global Vegan Climate Index - Impact Metrics
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