Seven Smart Tools for ESG Investors

Use these free online resources to help you vet sustainable options for your portfolio.

- Coryanne Hicks and Ellen Kennedy

SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS TAKE INTO consideration environmental, social and corporate governance factors. What is a company’s carbon footprint? How diverse is its management team? These questions—and so many more— are ones that ESG analysis attempts to answer for investors. But such queries are not easily answered without a lot of data, which raises an even bigger question: What ESG tools are available for individual investors to evaluate investments—in both stocks and funds—based on their sustainability practices?

The good news is that due to the growing demand for sustainable investment options, an increasing number of companies are providing ESG tools and research to help investors. We found a number of free online ESG investing tools to help you start or refine your sustainable investing portfolio.