ethical investing
Values-based finance
Ethical investing is choosing investments based on moral or social criteria alongside financial returns.
Investors may avoid companies involved in tobacco, weapons, or fossil fuels, or seek out those with strong environmental or labor practices.
Also called socially responsible investing or ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing.
She shifted her portfolio toward ethical investing after learning about climate change.
- socially responsibleAccountable to society
- green bondsLoans for environmental projects
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
- triple bottom lineBusiness accountability triad
- proxy votingEntrusting your ballot elsewhere
transparency · shareholder activism · carbon neutrality · accountability · human rights · renewable energy · screening · waste reduction · microfinance · gender equality · fiduciary duty · do no harm · diversity and inclusion · community development · health equity · stakeholder · shareholder rights · sustainable agriculture
- economic ethicsfair wages, fair pricing, economic justice, economic fairness, wealth redistribution
- ethical financefair lending, green bonds, microfinance, credit unions, divestment
- investing strategydiversification, asset allocation, risk management, rebalancing, risk tolerance
- social financecrowdfunding, microfinance, social bonds, green bonds, community banking
- social causesfeminism, charity, environmentalism, volunteering, pacifism
- energy policyenergy policy, energy bills, energy independence, energy security, energy efficiency
ethical investingspeculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
ethical investingprivate prisons
Detention facilities run for-profit
predatory lending · factory farming · arms dealers · conflict minerals