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S&P Global Water Index

Tracking the Companies Improving Access to Our Most Basic Resource


Driven by a growing global population, the effects of climate change and rapid
urbanization, global demand for clean water is increasing. The S&P Global Water Index
aims to track companies involved in water-related activities, including companies from
two distinct clusters: Water Utilities & Infrastructure and Water Equipment & Materials.

How the Index Works Water Clusters Included Top 10 Constituents


in the Index Company Ticker Sector Weight (%)
Uses FactSet Revere Business Industry American Water
Classifications System Revenue data AWK Utilities 7.94%
Works Co Inc.
and the GICS® classification to identify
companies from developed and
Xylem Inc. XYL Industrials 7.91%
emerging markets that are involved

50% 50%
in water-related business
United Utilities
(134 stocks, as of July 31, 2023). UU. Utilities 6.49%
Group Plc
Utilities & Equipment
Infrastructure & Materials Severn Trent SVT Utilities 6.16%

Assigns exposure score to companies


(1, 0.75 or 0.5, with 1 representing a
Key Benefits Essential Utilities Inc. WTRG Utilities 5.65%

higher exposure to the index theme). Advanced Drainage


– Tracks companies improving WMS Industrials 4.13%
Systems Inc.
access to water globally
Geberit AG Reg GEBN Industrials 4.12%
– Applies cutting-edge data
Applies ESG screenings, including UNGC,
MSA, and business activity criteria and
and analytics
Veolia Environnement VIE Utilities 3.95%
removes companies with relatively high – Long-term growth potential
carbon footprints (Qualifying universe:
Ecolab Inc. ECL Materials 3.84%
20 stocks with score of 1, 4 stocks – Sustainable features
with score of 0.75, and 21 stocks with
score of 0.5, as of July 31, 2023). – Pure-play focus Tetra Tech Inc. TTEK Industrials 3.33%

Selects companies by exposure score Allocations by Sector and Geography


and market capitalization, with a target
constituent count of 100 By GICS® Sector By Geography
(Final selection: 20 stocks with score of 1,
4 stocks with score of 0.75, and 21 stocks
Netherlands 1.2% China 1.0%
with score of 0.5, as of July 31, 2023). Others 3.8 %
Materials 4.8% Italy 1.2% Others 2.1%
Canada 2.8%
Brazil 3.1%
Japan 3.8%
France 3.9%
Weights constituents within
each cluster by the product of
market cap and exposure score. Industrials Switzerland 7.6%
Utilities 48.4% U.S.
43.0% 59%
U.K.
14.4%

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. Data as of July 31, 2023. Charts and table are provided for illustrative purposes.
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