iShares MSCI World ESG Enhanced ETF

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ISIN: IE00BHZPJ569

Ticker: EDMW

IE00BHZPJ569

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Lara

@larryc

2Yr·

Dear getquin Community,

Ever since I started investing, I have wondered if it is ethical to invest in companies that violate animal or human rights. Some argue that investing in these companies could help support and encourage their actions, while others argue that it is possible to invest in these companies to effect change.

There are several ways investors can make their investments more ethical. One way is to consider ESG criteria when selecting companies. These criteria allow investors to identify companies that are committed to more sustainable and responsible business practices.

Another option is to opt for ethical funds that are specifically designed to invest in companies that are committed to social justice and sustainability. These funds often have specific selection criteria and exclude companies that violate human and animal rights.

Personally, I try to make my portfolio more sustainable by, for example, instead of investing in the regular MSCI World ($HMWO (-0.12%)) in the more sustainable variant, $EDMW (+0.04%), instead of the normal MSCI World ( ). I would feel bad if I actively invested in companies that violate human and animal rights. If you know of any other companies or ETFs that are sustainable and take ESG criteria into account, I would love for you to share them in the comments.

What's your take on the whole issue? Is it ethical to invest in companies that violate animal or human rights? How do you handle this issue in your investment portfolio? I look forward to hearing your opinions in the comments! 👇🏼

#esg
#social
#responsibility
#sustainability

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Stefan@InvestmentPapa

2Yr

Of course an important topic, BUT: I can only recommend the ARTE documentary "Green funds, the great illusion? There you will find reasons why I think nothing of the current models of ESG/SRI. As long as the rules (which in principle do not yet exist) are applied so uncleanly and inconsistently, for me investments in the form are also insufficient and rather hypocritical in nature, unfortunately! To be really effective SRI/ESG compliant, it requires social and political rules. But just in the past year we have seen how quickly these "rules" are softened and nuclear power and war equipment are again considered ESG compliant. Ridiculous. Just recently I was looking for SRI/ESG ETFs again as part of my reinvestment options for the feed-in tariff of my PV system. It is frightening what is sometimes found in the index. In the end I decided for a simple ACWI. Bad enough... I prefer to look for my own companies, which are active in the direction of SRI/ESG. There are enough myself... in my portfolio are currently Coloplast, NIBE, Steico and Greencoat UK Wind, which have these goals on their agenda. This is "only" 15% of the invested capital, but at least a step in the direction of sensible "green investing". Here you can find the documentary: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/103559-000-A/gruene-fonds-die-grosse-illusion/

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Bugs

@herrdoc

2Yr·

Reallocation to All-World

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iShares MSCI World ESG Enhanced ETF

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How$y 🗽

@Howsy

3Yr·

ESG / SRI is 💩

Change my Mind

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Johannes@Johannes_J

3Yr

You have to keep in mind that ESG does not only consist of the environmental aspect, but also of social aspects and corporate governance. According to Yahoo Finance, Tesla is also one of the best companies if you only pay attention to the environmental aspects, but the values for corporate governance are only average and for the social aspects the value is one of the worst I have seen so far for companies, which is not surprising if you look at reports about working conditions etc.

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Yannik

@Detective_Kinnay

3Yr·

I am currently considering switching to the $EDMW (+0.04%) switch.

My original thought behind the ETF was to not overweight the dollar too much (almost all of my other ETF's are in dollars & almost all of my stocks are US)

However, I only have 723 positions here (Apple is missing!) vs 1265 positions in iShares' ETF. In terms of performance, my ETF is currently also slipping in comparison, but is more due to the dollar - euro exchange rate (and just because Apple is not in it lol). However, I now have costs of 0.18%, which would then rise to 0.2% - makes yes with an investment horizon of 30 to 40 years possibly also a difference.

What do you think? I'm really struggling with the decision right now....

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