Environmental Finance reports on the new indexes.

“Clean energy, water and infrastructure have evolved as major investing themes,” said David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee at S&P, a US-based financial services agency.

The S&P Global Clean Energy Index (Download – PDF) is made up of the 30 largest stocks selected from 10 countries, with clean energy as either a significant part, or the primary focus, of their business.

According to S&P, the index would have returned 27.35% over the last year, compared to 17.44% for the S&P Global 1200 Index and 3.44% for the S&P Global 1200 Energy Index.