Impact investing

Financial firms globally have raised about $25.5 billion of sustainable-linked debt this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Sustainable funds in the U.S. attracted $51.2 billion in 2020, more than double the previous calendar-year record.

Complicating socially conscious investing is the fact the SEC doesn’t regulate how the category’s labeling is applied.

The pandemic has underscored the need for more socially and environmentally responsible financing.

Funds that buy debt backing sustainability matters grew 12% from the end of 2019 globally, reaching a record $209.5 billion of assets, data show.

A range of factors have been cited for the clean-tech rally, including maturing wind and solar industries after a collapse in oil prices earlier this year.

“How many minority-owned ETFs do you know?” an advisor asks.

The framework provides asset managers with a set of recommended actions, metrics and methodologies to help them meet the “net-zero emissions” goal by 2050.

An iShares ETF investing in companies it says has “positive environmental, social and governance characteristics” has more than tripled gains of the S&P 500.

At the height of pandemic-related job losses, 18.9% of Americans with disabilities were unemployed, data show.