Investing to change the world for good
Sustainable portfolios have attracted quarter of managed money
Can you use your investments to influence the attitudes of publicly listed companies on the environment, climate change or carbon resources? Can you force them to treat their workers, customers and shareholders fairly and honestly? Advocates of sustainable investing believe that now, more than ever, you can play a role as global interest in sustainable investing rises. Sustainable investing has until now largely been the preserve of big investors with long-term investment horizons, such as retirement funds, which can use members' funds to invest in private-equity projects with a social or environmental impact. These include infrastructure development and investments in renewable energy. But sustainable investing is now going mainstream, Hortense Bioy, Morningstar's director of passive strategies and sustainability research, told the recent Morningstar investment conferences in Cape Town and Johannesburg. $23-trillion invested That is because of an increasing focus on environmental, ...
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