1. Have you heard of sustainable investing?
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Have you heard of sustainable investing?
Many companies and investments are now graded on their sustainability and their financial returns.
“Sustainable development seeks to meet the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability to meet those of the future

2. Sustainability
Usually the term “sustainability”brings to mind issues of conservation and the environment. The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines sustainability as: “Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment.”

3. The UN
In 2000, the Earth Charter approved by UNESCO expanded the definition of sustainability to include human rights and other societal causes stating: “We must join together to bring forth a sustainable global society founded on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.

6. Last September, they announced a new initiative called “SDG Impact”aimed at helping channel private investment and capital into achieving the SDG vision and fulfilling all the SDGs by 2030
Sustainable investing or socially responsible investing (SRI) is one way that investors can express their environmental and social justice concerns while pursuing their financial futures

7. Impact Investing
Socially Responsible Investing
The objective of impact investing is to help a business or organization accomplish specific goals that are beneficial
Invest in companies who are actually making the world better.
For clients engaged in socially responsible investing, making a profit is still important, but must be balanced against principles. The goal is to generate returns without violating one’s social conscience
Don’t Invest in companies who you think may not be helping society eg. Tobacco companies

9. 4-5 Grade Writing Assignment
Pick an ESG(Environmental, Social and Governance) issue you feel strongly about. Describe the issue and a company that is doing something to address it. Would it be a good investment for the long-term? Why or why not? What other stocks, bonds, and mutual funds could you add to your own portfolio to increase your ESG impact AND financial returns in the long-term?

10. Impact Investment

11. UN- 17 Goals to Sustain Our World 2015
UN- 17 Goals to Sustain Our World 2015

12. Business Initiatives Earth Charter initiative

13. Youth Projects -The Earth Charter Initiative

14. The list is compiled by Newsday (a Newspaper)
You can find a list of Sustainable Stocks on the resources page of your stock market account.
The list is compiled by Newsday (a Newspaper)
I looked up Abbott Laboratories and sustainability on google. Wow! There was a lot to read.
I suggest you pick a stock you are VERY interested in. Do the google search with the term sustainability.