How Retail Investors Can Invest For The Good

Fran Troskie gives her take on sustainable investment for the man on the street.

- Fran Troskie

When we use the term “alternative investments”, we generally think of them as investments that explore new asset classes, or employ complex derivative strategies or investment processes. But it has become clear that how we invest has a wide-ranging impact – touching on the environment, on society, on inequality, on governance – whether we do so intentionally or not. As such, a whole new category for investing is one that explores the opportunity to add value “intentional” outcomes for investors and generate far more than just good returns. “Investing for good”, “ESG”, or impact funds are just such investments. The more that investors understand these strategies, the more it becomes evident that this mindset must underpin conventional investing. This is why.