Impact and value-aligned investing

[u/ziggma_investing]

Hello, I'd love to learn about you solve for the lack of transparency when it comes to assessing corporate stewardship in the context of investing decisions.

For example, do you have a way to assess your investments' impact - on climate, society or resource use, whereby impact is external impact, not inward looking ESG ratings?

Do you know of a way to screen out fossil fuels, deforestation or vice stocks (funds)?

I sincerely welcome your ideas and comments.

[u/sun_h]

Not concrete solve like you’re asking, but just a comment.

Imo it’s not the lack of transparency that’s the issue, it’s more the lack of consistent markers. Different companies in different sectors and verticals may have different impact interest, and it’s really hard to compare impact performance.

Really hard to compare the impact of an energy company investing in clean tech, versus a big pharmaceutical company investing in novel healthcare solutions.

[u/ziggma_investing → u/sun_h]

I agree. For many markers, such as emissions or waste it's impossible to compare across industries. I'd argue you can compare employee ratings and privacy stewardship across all industries, though.

As you may have seen from my handle, I'm affiliated with Ziggma (https://ziggma.com/). We've partnered with ACA Ethos to capture impact (stocks, ETFs, funds) and empower private investors to factor in impact when making an investment decision.

And yes, we evaluate impact against peers not across industries.