ESG Financial Advisors in Denver & Colorado Springs
If the idea of putting your money to work in a way that also benefits the world excites you, you may want to consider ESG investing. This is an investment strategy that seeks to generate financial returns while also producing a positive impact.
Whether we realize it or not, businesses make an impact on the community, the environment, and their employees. While some companies are more conscious of this and create value, other companies do not prioritize the impacts they have on the world around them. As ESG financial advisors in Denver and Colorado Springs, we have the opportunity to help our clients invest in organizations that support the issues they care about most.
What is ESG Investing?
ESG investing is a specific type of investing that focuses on putting your dollars to work in a way that benefits your account and the world at the same time. This is typically executed through investments in funds or companies that prioritize Environmental, Social, or Governance (ESG) issues.
Some of the more popular issues ESG financial advisors are currently focusing on include environmental and social issues such as climate change, clean energy, water purification, human rights, gender equality, and fair labor standards. ESG financial consultants are also concerned with a number of governance issues like board composition, executive compensation, and political contributions in the companies and funds they choose to trade.
By aligning your investment dollars with your values, ESG investing allows you to let your investments give you a voice in supporting the type of world you want to create.
What are the Benefits of ESG Investing?
One of the major benefits of ESG investing is the satisfaction of knowing that your financial goals are in line with and support your values. Historically, investors have worried that ESG investing can diminish returns, however, if you’re willing to stay invested for longer periods of time, ESG investments can potentially help earn better returns.
ESG Investing at Dodds Wealth Management
Dodds Wealth offers extensive experience helping our clients align their investment portfolios with the issues that mean the most to them. If you would like to create an investment strategy that supports the stakeholders and issues you care most about, complete the form below, and one of our ESG financial advisors in Denver and Colorado Springs will contact you to discuss the next steps in aligning your investments with your passions.
Environmental Social Governance (ESG) investing has certain risks based on the fact that the criteria excludes securities of certain issuers for non-financial reasons and, therefore, investors may forgo some market opportunities and the universe of investments available will be smaller and potentially less diversified.
The return of an ESG strategy may be lower than if the advisor made decisions based solely on investment considerations that did not screen out certain investment options based on limiting criteria. As with any investment in securities, there is a risk of loss, including the risk of loss of principal.