ESG funds, which are mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that consider Environmental, Social and Governance factors in their investment decisions, are plagued by vitriol and misinformation.

With the Supreme Court ruling regarding college admissions in 2023, ESG (environmental, social and corporate governance) has been all over the news and state courtrooms. If you read the news, you ...

Sustainable funds are expected to own companies that fit various environmental, social, or governance criteria or provide solutions to society’s sustainability challenges. Yet, the line often can feel ...

By Louise Doyle, CEO and co-founder of needi Many organisations are pouring time and money into ESG reporting, yet the ...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) labelled funds hold approximately $7 trillion in assets according to Bloomberg’s analysis of 14,500 funds with ESG called out in their prospectus. A ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about ESG investing is that it’s a type of asset class. That is, an investor picks stocks according to scores determined by environmental, social and governance ...

Anti-ESG investing focuses on profit without considering social or environmental impacts. Assets in anti-ESG funds grew sevenfold to $2.1 billion in early 2023. Florida banned ESG considerations in ...

The first time I met with a financial adviser who wasn’t my dad, I told him that I wanted to avoid fossil fuels, weapons manufacturers, and health insurance companies in my retirement investment ...

What kinds of risks do we care about? For investors, it’s most frequently material risks, the ones that can affect a company’s financials and can make you change your mind about buying a company’s ...

Two years ago, many of America’s largest companies began stripping diversity targets out of executive pay packages. Now, ...