Invest Your Conscience with Ethical Trading Apps
Sustainable funds attracted $20.6 billion of new investment in 2019 — that’s four times more than the previous year. The influences of stock-trading apps and younger generations are largely responsible for the shift.
Now this once-niche venture is turning mainstream, it raises questions about the knock-on effects. To secure investment, corporate boards must pay attention to ethical concerns, from employee rights to carbon footprint.
Is ESG investing profitable?
If you are a lone investor, and you are reading this article on ESG investing, you are probably focused on one question: Is ESG investing profitable?
There is a short answer to this question: yes.
That might seem counterintuitive. Many people (and corporate boards) don’t get into ESG investing in order to maximize their profits. They do so because their conscience has guided them to invest in an ethical way, or because they are looking to signal
