{"id":192246,"date":"2020-10-06T18:46:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/?p=192246"},"modified":"2020-10-06T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T22:46:23","slug":"pepsi-stock-nvidia-stock-esg-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockchase.com\/discover\/pepsi-stock-nvidia-stock-esg-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"PEP and NVDA: 3 More Top Recognized ESG Investing Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’ll surprise some investors to read that despite Covid, ESG investing has thrived this year. ESG investing which stands for environmental, societal and corporate governance, is a strategy for building a more ethical investment portfolio. According to the National Bank’s Review of the ESG ETF Landscape in Canada<\/em> from last summer, ESG ETF space currently occupies a small slice of the asset pie; the $33.6 billion AUM in ESG ETFs represents just 0.7% of the overall U.S. ETF market, but their inflow makes for 7% of the total ETF inflows in the U.S. this year. In sum, ESG inflow figures are higher than any sector or other theme\u2019s year-to-date flows in both countries.<\/p>\n

Bay Street analysts including Ryan Bushell<\/a> and Barry Schwartz<\/a> acknowledge the staying power of ESG investing when they recently recommended Canadian renewable power utility, Algonquin Power<\/a>, which has been a top pick seven times since July. However, ESG investing isn’t just about green energy, but social policy in an age when women are pushing for more representation in the C-suite, and corporate governance,<\/a> which includes shareholder rights and executive compensation\u2014issues that all investors should care about already.<\/p>\n

That said, greenwashing exists, where a company pretends to respect the environment, and the investment industry lacks a universal standard<\/a> to score ESG stocks. Standards vary, though the industry is aware of this problem and is moving to rectify it. Another factor is that the ESG values of each investor differs. Are you buying a stock because it practices sustainable production? For a strong female presence in the executive suite? Fair treatment of its workers? What matters to you? To illustrate the complexity of ESG investing, what follows are some ESG stocks that score high in some categories of ESG though may lag in others:<\/p>\n

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