Nature stock index

The Natur-Aktien-Index ( NAI ) is an ethically and ecologically oriented share index that is made up of 30 share prices selected from around the world and spread across countries and industries. The market capitalization of all stocks in the NAI is around $ 150 billion. The NAI was brought into being on April 1, 1997 under the name NAX by natur media GmbH . Starting value was 1000 points. In 2003 the number of titles was increased from 20 to 25, in 2007 to 30. The further development of the NAI was carried out by the financial service provider Securvita in Hamburg. The index is calculated by Solactive AG in Stuttgart.

Admission requirements

To be listed in the NAI, companies must meet certain minimum requirements:

• ecological pioneer in their branch,
• strive to improve their ecological balance , i.e. to save energy , water and raw materials ,
• sustainable economies, so in addition to the ecological and economic and social perspectives to create,
• do not belong to any environmentally harmful industry, such as the nuclear , armaments or tobacco industries ,
• partly already established on the market, partly being a pioneer company, and
• the majority have an annual turnover of more than 100 million euros.

Index composition and investment committee

The composition of the NAI is regularly reviewed according to established, published criteria and changed if necessary. There were six changes in 2004, one each in 2005 and 2009. In the following years 2010 and 2011 the composition was changed only once. Another change was made in 2012. 2013 saw four changes with a total of six new companies, including the Starbucks coffee house chain that was kicked out of the index for unethical tax tricks. Another change came in 2016 with the addition of Tesla Motors and Smith & Nephew to replace Solarworld and coffee company Keurig Green Mountain.

See also

• FTSE4Good ( FTSE Group ; ethical-ecological share index)
• ÖkoDAX
• Ethical investment

Web links

• www.nai-index.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ The companies in the NAI at [www.nai-index.de], accessed on November 4, 2019
2. ↑ https://nai-index.de/seiten/lösungen_lang.html , accessed on November 4, 2019
3. ↑ http://www.nai-index.de/seiten/firmen_verbindungen.html , accessed on November 4, 2019