Many of our iShares sustainable ETFs seek to track an index with business involvement screens. Business involvement screens seek to remove exposure to controversial business activities that may pose risks or violate an investor’s preferences. Learn more about the specific screens below.
INDEX SCREEN DEFINITIONS FOR THE ESG SECTOR LEADERS SUITE
RELATED iSHARES FUNDS
| SCREEN | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | All companies deriving 10% or more revenue from the production of alcohol-related products. |
| Arctic oil & gas production | All companies deriving 5% or more revenue from Arctic oil & gas production. |
| Civilian firearms | All companies classified as “Producer” of firearms and small arms ammunitions for civilian markets. It does not include companies that cater to the military, government, and law enforcement markets. All companies deriving 5% or more revenue from the distribution (wholesale or retail) of firearms or small arms ammunition intended for civilian use. All companies that earn more than USD 20 million in revenue, from civilian firearms-related products. |
| Controversial weapons | All companies with any tie to Controversial Weapons (cluster munitions, landmines, depleted uranium weapons, biological/chemical weapons, blinding lasers, non-detectable fragments and incendiary weapons), as defined by the methodology of the MSCI Ex-Controversial Weapons Indexes available at https://www.msci.com/index-methodology. |
| Conventional weapons | All companies deriving 10% or more revenue from the production of conventional weapons and components. |
| Fossil Fuel Extraction | All companies deriving 5% or more aggregate revenue (either reported or estimated) from thermal coal mining and unconventional oil and gas extraction. • Thermal Coal Mining: Revenue from the mining of thermal coal (including lignite, bituminous, anthracite and steam coal) and its sale to external parties. It does not cover revenue from metallurgical coal; coal mined for internal power generation (e.g. in the case of vertically integrated power producers); intra-company sales of mined thermal coal; and revenue from coal trading. • Unconventional Oil & Gas Extraction: Revenue from oil sands, oil shale (kerogen-rich deposits), shale gas, shale oil, coal seam gas, and coal bed methane. It does not cover all types of conventional oil and gas production including Arctic onshore/offshore, deep water, shallow water and other onshore/offshore. |
| Gambling | All companies deriving 10% or more revenue from ownership of operation of gambling-related business activities. |
| Nuclear power | All companies deriving 10% or more aggregate revenue from nuclear power activities. |
| Nuclear weapons | All companies that manufacture nuclear warheads and/or whole nuclear missiles. All companies that manufacture components that were developed or are significantly modified for exclusive use in nuclear weapons (warheads and missiles). All companies that manufacture or assemble delivery platforms that were developed or significantly modified for the exclusive delivery of nuclear weapons. All companies that provide auxiliary services related to nuclear weapons. All companies that manufacture components that were not developed or not significantly modified for exclusive use in nuclear weapons (warheads and missiles) but can be used in nuclear weapons. All companies that manufacture or assemble delivery platforms that were not developed or not significantly modified for the exclusive delivery of nuclear weapons but have the capability to deliver nuclear weapons. All companies that manufacture components for nuclear-exclusive delivery platforms. |
| Palm oil | All companies deriving 5% or more revenue from the production of palm oil. |
| Thermal Coal Power | All companies deriving 5% or more revenue (either reported or estimated) from thermal coal-based power generation. |
| Tobacco | All companies classified as a “Producer,” as well as all companies deriving 5% or more aggregate revenue from the production, distribution, retail, supply and licensing of tobacco-related products. |