We all want our super and savings to be safe and earn a solid rate of return. But do you care about other things too? You might be worried about climate change, the provision of affordable health care services or managing our resources to meet our current needs and those of our aging and growing population.
Responsible investment (or ethical, sustainable, ESG or green investing) gives you a way to generate returns over the long term, using a sustainable investment strategy that reflects your personally held values. Investing responsibly is also a way to support and benefit from environmentally friendly technologies, sustainable agriculture, recycling and waste management and green infrastructure.
Finally, recent reports have shown that responsible investment can even outperform more 'mainstream' investments. So responsible investment can be a way to generate competitive returns and find solutions to many of the problems of the 21st century.
To get started, you just need to ask yourself; What's YOUR money up to?
Responsible investment (or ethical, sustainable, ESG or green investing) gives you a way to generate returns over the long term, using a sustainable investment strategy that reflects your personally held values. Investing responsibly is also a way to support and benefit from environmentally friendly technologies, sustainable agriculture, recycling and waste management and green infrastructure.
Finally, recent reports have shown that responsible investment can even outperform more 'mainstream' investments. So responsible investment can be a way to generate competitive returns and find solutions to many of the problems of the 21st century.
To get started, you just need to ask yourself; What's YOUR money up to?
I have no idea what you know about the Co-operative Bank over here in the UK. I bank with their online arm "Smile", and chose them for their excellent ethical policies. You can read about this here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.goodwithmoney.co.uk/ethical-banking/
http://www.goodwithmoney.co.uk/ecological-sustainability/
Do you guys have any financial institutions that pursue these kinds of things? (And that actually walk the talk as it were?)