Here is a slide deck on environmental and social governance investing. This is a long tern investment strategy that plays a large role in helping influence companies to take care of the environment around us.

1. ESG Investing
Jake Smothers
Professor Duesterhaus
Global Business Strategy

2. What is ESG?
• ESG stands for Environment, Social, and Governance
• Long term investing
• Predicated on climate science
• Also referred to as “socially responsible investing” or
“sustainable investing”

3. Environment
• Stewards of nature
• Conservation & Protection of the natural environment
• Air emissions & air quality
• Energy use
• Natural resources
• Land usage
• Waste management
• Water quality

4. Social
• How management treats employees
• Relationships with suppliers & clients
• Labor standards
• Employee relations
• Product quality
• Local community impact
• Equal opportunity employment
• Employee benefits

5. Governance
• Leadership standards
• Shareholder rights
• Ethical business practices
• Voting rights
• Executive vs. employee pay grade
• Accountancy transparency

6. Why ESG?
• Slowly making its way into mainstream
investing
• Protects long-term
• Personal values vs. Investment objectives
• More than 350 ESG ETFs totaling just around
$90 billion in assets
• More than 11,000 companies worldwide
incorporate ESG strategies into their business

7. Works Cited
• https://investor.vanguard.com/investing/esg/