ethical investment

Values-based finance

Ethical investment is the practice of choosing investments based on moral principles as well as financial returns.

Investors may avoid companies involved in weapons, tobacco, or fossil fuels, or actively seek out those with strong environmental or labor practices.

Also called socially responsible investing or ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing: She moved her retirement fund into ethical investments.

Opposites
moral criteria

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Exploiting dying businesses

industry focus

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Gems mined to fund warfare

stakeholder consideration

ethical investmentprofit maximization

Pursuing greatest possible gains

asset stripping · greenwashing · offshore finance

Family

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