Stock index is mainly used to reflect more specific stock market conditions, and it can also provide us with investment tools. The names of some indexes may be "biased", which makes them incomprehensible for a while, such as ESG40. What does ESG40 mean?

The full names of 1 and ESG40 are the CSI ECPI ESG Sustainability 40 Index (000970). According to the ECPI ESG rating method, this index selects 40 company stocks with high ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) rating from the sample stocks of SSE 180 corporate governance index to form sample stocks, so as to reflect the ECPI ESG in SSE 180 corporate governance index.

2. The sample selection method of this index is to use ECPI ESG method to rate the securities in the sample space from three aspects: environment, society and governance, and select the top 40 securities as samples according to the rating results. If the ratings are the same, the securities with a large average daily market value in the last year will be preferred.

3.ESG is the abbreviation of Environment, social responsibility and corporate governance. ESG investment is a sustainable investment concept, the essence of which is to choose truly high-quality and sustainable companies, rather than companies with short-term resource consumption as their business model.

The above is an introduction to what ESG40 means. Please consult relevant institutions for details.