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How To Invest In Humankind: A Look At Ethical Investing

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by Maxanne

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Investor decisions impact the fate of the world. No wonder the global investment trend is shifting towards ethical investing, driven by the investor’s social, moral, and honest values.

Ethical investors will support companies impacting the world positively.

If you choose to invest ethically, you will be selective with your acquisitions to ensure they align with your moral and ethical principles, as this is what makes your portfolio unique. As an investor, you will emotionally connect with your investments and performance, setting the standard for your future. Therefore, understanding the different approaches to ethical investing is crucial in creating a comprehensive strategy.

Humankind investment is an approach to ethical investment. Read on to learn what it takes to invest in one.

Analyze The Company’s Direct Impacts

Before investing in a company, check how it directly impacts people through its actions. These include the customers, employees, investors, and the community. From the investors’ side, a profitable company is worth investing in as you can grow your wealth. Checking the company’s products and how much the customers pay to acquire them is also crucial. An ethical company should make safe products and avail them at reasonable prices.

Employees are a vital asset for any company. An organization that employs thousands of people positively impacts humanity and is worth your investment. You should also check the company’s operations and treatment of its employees with respect to the following:

  • Core value statement
  • Integrity and fairness
  • Respect for employees
  • Loyal relationships with employees

Strong And Ethical Leadership

While most companies focus on their customers, employees, and shareholders, they neglect their environment. For instance, a company offering a valuable product to its customers and employing thousands of employees could be causing air pollution, affecting the environment and health of the locals.

Check The Indirect Value To Humanity

Humankind investment also entails looking at the indirect impacts of a company on humanity.  While doing this, factor in its business partners’ values. If a company in your interest’s value chain is deviant of certain labor laws or releases greenhouse gasses, polluting the environment, it will lower the businesses’ value to humanity.

Check The Overall Humankind Value

The overall humankind value combines the company’s direct and indirect impacts on humanity. Generally, a company producing a lot of value to investors, customers, and employees but causing heavy damage to society through pollution will have a negative humankind value and no space in the ethical portfolio. However, since finding a perfect company is impossible, if a company falls short in its employee treatment but customers and society reap maximum benefits, their value will be high, allowing inclusion in the impact portfolio.

Invest In Companies That Value Humanity

Caring for humanity is key to an ethical business. An ethical business should provide safe products to its customers, treat its employees well and monitor their processes to prevent adverse environmental impacts which can harm society. While a business can fall short in one of these aspects, you should invest in one with a high value for humanity.

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