ethical investments
Conscience-driven financial choices
Ethical investments are financial assets selected based on moral or social criteria alongside financial returns.
Investors may avoid industries they find objectionable—tobacco, weapons, fossil fuels—or actively seek companies with positive environmental or labor practices.
Also called socially responsible investing or ESG (environmental, social, governance) investing: She moved her retirement funds into ethical investments.
- socially responsibleAccountable to society
- microfinanceSmall loans for poor entrepreneurs
- community developmentOrganized local betterment efforts
- green bondsLoans for environmental projects
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
corporate social responsibility · triple bottom line · do no harm · fair trade · Islamic finance · economic equity · economic justice · charitable giving · zakat · sharia compliance · social justice · social welfare · profit-sharing · environments · stewardship · fiduciary duty · moral · sustainables
- ESG investingSRI, green bonds, social bonds, ratings, scores
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