Here's how to invest the socially responsible way: by KristinStoller
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Events like these are spurring a growing number of investors to pause and think about where their dollars are going. As such, experts have seen a wave of interest in socially responsible investing. . First, they consider a company’s environmental, social and governance standards, or ESG, when deciding whether to invest in it. Second, those with shares in publicly traded companies may file shareholder resolutions, or proposals, to influence the company’s behavior on issues of social or environmental concern. More than 200 institutional investors and money managers filed shareholder resolutions on ESG issues from 2016 through the first half of 2018, according to US SIF.
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