Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is a nascent investment trend that promotes investments hinging on corporate policies and sustainability performances and to encourage companies to act responsibly.

Many mutual funds, banks, brokerage firms, and robo-advisors have started to offer investment products with sustainability strategy or focus in environmental or social goals.

In addition to their social value, ESG criteria is beneficial to investors who avoid the financial losses that emerge when companies operating in a risky or unethical manner are ultimately held accountable for its consequences.

The rapid growth of ESG investment funds in recent years has led to criticisms against misleading ESG reporting and greenwashing of corporations.

Apart from the ESG performances of individual companies, investors put more emphasis to the regions, countries and sectors that have the edge to flourish amid the shift to the road of net zero. Investors are strongly advised to have consultations with trusted financial planners to develop a better understanding of the ESG investment products.

ESG投資用於根據公司政策篩選投資，並鼓勵公司採取負責任的商業模式。許多基金、經紀公司和Robo-advisors現在提供採用 ESG 原則的投資產品。除了社會價值之外，ESG 投資還可以幫助投資組合降低風險，避免投資從事高風險或不道德行為的公司。

近年來 ESG 投資基金的快速增長導致有人聲稱公司在宣傳其 ESG 成就時具有誤導性。

除了關注個別公司的 ESG 表現外，投資者開始更多地考慮而具有蓬勃發展的彈性和競爭力的行業、國家和地區，賦予投資組合更大的靈活性。投資者可諮詢理財財務顧問，了解更多ESG產品的用處。