FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OVERLAND PARK, KS – February 22, 2024 – Tortoise today announced that CropEnergies AG (Xetra: CE2 GY) will be removed from the Tortoise Recycling Decarbonization IndexSM (RCYCL) and the Tortoise Recycling Decarbonization UCITSSM Index (RECYCLE), as a result of the approved acquisition by Suedzucker AG. Due to the acquisition, CE2 GY was removed from both indices at market open on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
As per index methodology, special rebalancing is not required for either of the indices and the deleted constituent’s weight will be distributed pro-rata to remaining index constituents.
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The Tortoise Recycling Decarbonization IndexSM is a modified capitalization weighted index that tracks the performance of companies involved in waste-to-energy and recycling technologies that trade on developed and developing market exchanges. Waste-to-Energy is the process of generating energy from waste such as garbage, animal manure, agriculture products and/or animal fats and thus includes companies that produce renewable natural gas and diesel as well as ethanol. Recycling includes companies that recycle plastic waste, lithium-ion batteries as well as carbon capture sequestration.
The Tortoise Recycling Decarbonization UCITS IndexSM is a modified capitalization weighted index that tracks the performance of companies involved in waste-to-energy and recycling technologies that trade on developed and developing market exchanges. The Index includes an assessment of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations. Waste-to-Energy is the process of generating energy from waste such as garbage, animal manure, agriculture products and/or animal fats and thus includes companies that produce renewable natural gas and diesel as well as ethanol. Recycling includes companies that recycle plastic waste, lithium-ion batteries as well as carbon capture sequestration.
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