Category: Sustainable Investing

This amorphous term ESG encompasses a wide spectrum of information and considerations but is so often assumed to mean something it does not. To paint a better picture of what the term ESG actually means, each month we will be outlining examples of what ESG integration looks like in practice across a variety of sectors, through the lenses of risk, opportunity, and impact.

To paint a better picture of what the term ESG actually means, each month we will be outlining examples of what ESG integration looks like in practice across a variety of sectors, through the lenses of risk, opportunity, and impact.

We often hear the same question asked a variety of ways: "Will sustainable investing strategies help my portfolio?" "What kind of performance can I expect if I incorporate ESG information into my investment strategy?" or simply “Does adding ESG information into my investment strategy work?"

This amorphous term ESG encompasses a wide spectrum of information and considerations but is so often assumed to mean something it does not. To paint a better picture of what the term ESG actually means, each month we will be outlining examples of what ESG integration looks like in practice across a variety of sectors, through the lenses of risk, opportunity, and impact.

To paint a better picture of what the term ESG actually means, each month we will be outlining examples of what ESG integration looks like in practice across a variety of sectors, through the lenses of risk, opportunity, and impact.

This amorphous term ESG encompasses a wide spectrum of information and considerations but is so often assumed to mean something it does not. To paint a better picture of what the term ESG actually means, each month we will be outlining examples of what ESG integration looks like in practice across a variety of sectors, through the lenses of risk, opportunity, and impact.

Water is a necessary resource in the product manufacturing process for tech hardware and semiconductors. High volumes of pure water are used to...

ESG integration is incorporating material information into the investment process. It is not a war against the energy sector and it is not a mechanism to promote a political ideology.

Every year on “Giving Tuesday,” the global day of giving following some of America’s annual two largest shopping days (Black Friday and Cyber Monday), I donate to a research hospital that is working on treatments for a rare form of cancer that my mom was diagnosed with in 2013. While she’s lucky they caught her cancer early, most are not, and making a small annual donation towards a cure feels like the least I can do to make an impact.

If you’re someone concerned about the climate crisis, then decarbonizing, or reducing reliance on carbon emitting fossil fuels, is...