Green Investing for the Earth

Every year on April 22nd, we celebrate Earth Day. Last year’s Earth Day marked a historic milestone: 50 years of supporting environmental protection efforts. And while that is a pretty significant accomplishment, one could argue that this year’s observance calls for even greater recognition.
In a year confined to living and working from home, many of us turned to nature more than ever before as a means of escape. Long days spent indoors highlighted the importance, and increased our appreciation, of the environment’s great outdoors in a profound and impactful way.
With greater appreciation comes greater recognition – and action.
While the COVID-19 crisis could have knocked climate from the top of the ESG agenda, last year’s devastating weather events and record-breaking wildfires wreaked havoc around the world – shining a spotlight on climate change as an issue and putting global warming in its rightful place: the hotseat.
With a greater emphasis on living according to their values, investors are increasingly ready to take a stand with their investment choices. More and more investors are using their financial capital to drive impact and promote the kind of change they wish to see in the world – hopefully creating a greener and cleaner world.
We believe that now is the time to act and this is why we believe it is the time for ESG investing to move from a check-the-box component of investment portfolios to a key ingredient in portfolios.