“Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and societal impact of an investment in a company or business.
These criteria help to better determine the future financial performance of companies (return and risk).”
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social_and_corporate_governance
Why ESG investing is important?
“Investors want business leaders to focus on ESG, or environmental, social and governance metrics. That means progress on ESG isn’t just a nice-to-have anymore. It’s something shareholders will demand, because they believe it’s going to drive everything else they care about. Growth, market share, profitability.”
Source: https://hbr.org/podcast/2019/05/why-its-time-to-finally-worry-about-esg
What are ESG stocks?
ESG stocks are stocks that apply Environmental, Social, and Governance rules.
