CHAPTER 1

Why Be a Sustainable Investor?

You are passionate about the very important issues facing our world: Climate change. Racial justice. Gender equality. And you do things big and small to reflect those passions—buying green products, donating to causes you care about, voting, and recycling. But there’s an even more powerful way to advocate for what matters to you: Changing your investments.

Investing is one of the most consequential things you can do with your money—it impacts your future, and the future of the businesses, products, and employees you invest in. Investing is sometimes talked about as if it is just a way to make money. But the picture is much broader than that. An investment in any company is both an endorsement of its approach ...

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