Description

This ETF aims to replicate the performance of the MSCI Pacific ex Japan Select Screened index, focusing on large and mid-capitalization companies from developed Pacific countries, with Japan expressly excluded. A rigorous environmental, social, and governance (ESG) screening process is employed to filter out certain entities. Exclusions include companies involved with controversial weapons, those assigned an MSCI ESG Rating of 'CCC' or lacking a rating, and firms that generate specific levels of revenue from activities such as tobacco production, conventional weapons, nuclear weapons, civilian firearms, thermal coal, unconventional and/or arctic oil and gas extraction, or palm oil. Furthermore, any issuer with an MSCI Controversies Score of zero is omitted. A key objective is to maintain a reduced greenhouse gas intensity compared to the parent index. The index constituents are re-evaluated on a quarterly basis. Detailed information regarding the index's selection and weighting methodology can be found on the MSCI website at https://www.msci.com.