DEVELOPING FTSE INTERNATIONAL'S COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER STRATEGY
FTSE International may be best known for its FTSE 100 and
FTSE-AllShare indices, reflecting the market for UK-listed stocks.
However, the organisation has grown exponentially since its
inception in 1995, building an enviable reputation for the
reliability of its indices and related data services. Today, FTSE
calculates and manages over 150,000 indices, serves clients in 77
countries worldwide and spans across global equity, fixed income,
commodity, currency, real estate, infrastructure and non-market cap
indices.
FTSE also delivers one of the most influential tools to support
sustainability practices in the financial industry: the FTSE4Good
Index Series. Launched in 2001, the FTSE4Good comprises a series of
indices helping asset owners and fund managers amongst others, to
identify, assess and create responsible investment products by
tracking the performance of companies that meet globally recognised
corporate responsibility standards. This represents just one layer
of FTSE International’s community stakeholder strategy which also
includes donating a portion of the group’s profits to its charity
partner UNICEF and appointing a staff-led Charity Committee to
oversee its programme.
In 2010, the Charity Committee put forward a proposal to
introduce payroll giving to its staff. After careful consideration
and internal discussion, FTSE International approached Charities
Aid Foundation (CAF), based on positive feedback from parent
company Pearson – themselves a CAF Give As You Earn customer since
1990.