Getting Started with Identifying Sustainable Investment Funds
Sustainable investing means directing your investments to companies promoting corporate responsibility, while combating environmental destruction, climate change, promoting animal welfare, and supporting other environmentally focused causes. As you get deeper into this investment strategy, you will start to ask: Which sustainable investment funds should you choose? Which funds are legit and how can you tell if that fund is suitable for you? Before you identify sustainable investment funds, keep in mind that sustainable investing is a form of an overarching investment approach that encompasses the ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) criteria throughout its process. Here’s a brief overview of some of the ESG criteria: • Environmental – Energy efficiency, carbon emissions, waste management, water scarcity, and pollution mitigation • Social – Labour standards, workplace policies and diversity, product usefulness and safety, supply chain management, community impact, an