Many Investors Unfamiliar with ESG

When is the last time you took a look at your investment strategy? You probably thought about diversification and which of your investments were performing the best. But one study shows that many investors are also overlooking one big component that could be very important for your planning: ESG investing.

Representing environmental, social, and governance investing, this is all about a strategy in which you’re selective about who you invest in based on the way the company runs the business beyond profit generation.

A study found that only 9% of retail investors are actively incorporating ESG strategies into their plans. Only 21% could even name what the letters stood for, and only 24% could define what ESG meant with regards to an investing plan.