Companies not featured in IndexAmericas may be excluded if:
- They are not publicly listed
- They do not have a footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean
- They are not evaluated along ESG lines or featured in the Thomson Reuters ESG Score database
- They engage in one or more of the IDB Group’s excluded activities
- They have been sanctioned by the IDB’s Sanction Committee
- They scored lower along ESG and development lines than the ten industry leaders featured