MSCI KLD 400 Social Index

The MSCI KLD 400 Social Index was launched in 1990 and is designed to help socially conscious investors weigh social and environmental factors in their investment choices. It was founded by KLD's Amy Domini as the Domini 400 Social Index.

The MSCI KLD 400 Social Index is designed to provide exposure to the common stocks of companies that KLD determines have positive environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) characteristics. The KLD400 consists of 400 companies drawn from the universe of the 3,000 largest U.S. public equities as measured by float-adjusted market capitalization. The index is composed approximately 90% of large cap companies, 9% mid cap companies chosen for sector diversification, and 1% small cap companies with exemplary social and environmental records.

The eligible universe for the KLD400 is the 3,000 largest U.S. companies (by float-adjusted market capitalization) in the U.S. equity market. KLD selects the eligible universe index on April 15 (or closest business day) of each year.

KLD defines U.S. equity as follows:

  • U.S. headquarters
  • Primary market listing is the NYSE or NASDAQ
  • Companies with non-U.S. incorporation for tax or regulatory purposes are evaluated on a case-by-case basis

KLD follows the rules of the FTSE AWD USA Index.

The following types of equities are not eligible for the KLD400:

In 2010, it was renamed from FTSE KLD 400 Social Index to MSCI KLD 400 Social Index.[1]

Sector representation

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GICS of components of the MSCI KLD 400 by market capitalization[2]

  Energy (1%)
  Materials (3%)
  Industrials (9%)
  Consumer Discretionary (8%)
  Consumer Staples (6%)
  Healthcare (10%)
  Financials (11%)
  Information Technology (39%)
  Communication Services (9%)
  Utilities (1%)
  Real Estate (3%)

The GICS breakdown is shown here. The index is highly concentrated - ie Information Technology makes up over 39% of the total market capitalization.

Total return (%) for each calendar year
Year

MSCI KLD 400 Social Index

2019 31.3
2020 20.8
2021 31.3
2022 -21.7
2023 28.5

Selected constituents

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Constituents which make up 70% of the total index weight.

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Constituent Sector Weight (%)[3]
Abbvie Inc Health Care 1.17
Accenture plc class A Information Technology 0.71
Adobe Inc Information Technology 0.92
Advanced Micro Devices Inc Information Technology 1.01
Alphabet Inc class A Communication 4.09
Alphabet Inc class c Communication 3.57
American Express Financials 0.51
Amgen Inc Health Care 0.63
Analog Devices Inc Information Technology 0.45
Applied Material Inc Information Technology 0.77
Blackrock Inc Financials 0.45
Blk csh fnd treasury sl agency Cash and/or Derivatives 0.42
Booking Holdings Inc Consumer Discretionary 0.52
Bristol Myers Squibb Health Care 0.33
Caterpillar Inc Industrials 0.63
Charles Schwab Corp Financials 0.43
Chubb Ltd Financials 0.41
Cisco Systems Inc Information Technology 0.73
CME Group Inc class A Financials 0.28
Coca-Cola Consumer Staples 1
Colgate-Palmolive Consumer Staples 0.29
Danaher Corp Health Care 0.7
Eaton Plc Industrials 0.5
Elevance Health Inc Health Care 0.49
Equinix REIT Inc Real Estate 0.28
FIS (company) Financials 0.17
Gilead Sciences Inc Health Care 0.32
Home Depot Inc Consumer Discretionary 1.35
Illinois Tool Inc Industrials 0.28
Intel Corporation Information Technology 0.51
Intercontinental Exchange Inc Financials 0.3
International Business Machines Co Information Technology 0.61
Intuit Inc Information Technology 0.65
Johnson Controls Industrials 0.18
Kimberly-Clark Consumer Staples 0.18
Lam Research Corp Information Technology 0.53
Linde Plc Materials 0.83
Lowes Companies Inc Consumer Discretionary 0.5
Mastercard Inc class A Financials 1.45
McDonald's Corp Consumer Discretionary 0.72
Merck & Co Inc Health Care 1.29
Microsoft Corp Information Technology 12.25
Morgan Stanley Financials 0.46
Nike Inc class B Consumer Discretionary 0.44
Nvidia Corp Information Technology 12.93
Oracle Corp Information Technology 0.89
Pepsico Inc Consumer Staples 0.88
Phillips 66 Energy 0.23
Procter & Gamble Consumer Staples 1.54
Progressive Corp Financials 0.47
Prologis REIT Inc Real Estate 0.41
Quanta Services Industrials 0.16
Roper Technologies Information Technology 0.23
S&P Global Inc Financials 0.55
Salesforce Inc Information Technology 0.88
Sempra Utilities 0.19
Servicenow Inc Information Technology 0.59
Sherwin Williams Materials 0.28
Tesla Inc Consumer Discretionary 2
Texas Instruments Information Technology 0.69
Trane Technologies plc Industrials 0.29
Union Pacific Corporation Industrials 0.53
Verizon Communications Inc Communication 0.65
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc Health Care 0.49
Visa Inc class A Financials 1.68
Walt Disney Communication 0.72
Xerox Information Technology 0.01
Zoetis Inc class a Health Care 0.31

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Announcement July 1, 2010 - ESG Indexes - MSCI
  2. ^ "IShares MSCI KLD 400 Social ETF | DSI".
  3. ^ https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DSI/holdings/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADqaoIYu4N5FyirctdJ_LQCa5Yi7X-dUvov0mC74Ymv54sV3pOsQC3nUF0wjuFfMnYwd9j9wgFkbs72Zh5fWBw-5w8jt8HSXykOK5oBR4lfngrv3rdl7wGJwWesMtctC1SbWVaL_jbfYvK4GtMWobITFsFbJTark3pPz4bx76grF
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