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With Nuclear Energy’s Potential Contribution to the Net Zero Climate Change Solution, Is It Time to Start Asking the ESG Question? At the time of the largest nuclear accident in U.S. history, I lived 81.4 miles northeast of Londonderry Township, PA, the site of the infamous event at Three Mile Island. Six months later, the…

A brief conversation with financial advisor and ESG specialist Josh Weller, AIF® and Jordan Tucker of Impax Asset Management Jordan Tucker of Impax Asset Management and PAX funds joins Josh Weller AIF® for a topical discussion about how Impax and PAX World Funds evaluate equities for inclusion in ESG funds. This is a subject of…

Josh Weller on ESG in 401k Plans: Financial advisor Josh Weller, based in Palm Beach County, FL and specializing in Sustainable-ESG Investing, discusses the important subject of offering ESG fund choices in 401(k) plans. With the backdrop of climate change, social responsibility issues, the corporate sustainability movement, and the huge asset flow into ESG, if…

Today, we dispel the decades-old myth that performance must be sacrificed when investing responsibly in Sustainable/ESG assets. This myth rises again and again like Freddy Krueger in a horror movie, and, like Freddy, the myth should be laid to rest. Sustainable ESG Investing Performance Below, we share four graphs comparing the performance of broad indexes…

Does Sustainable Investing require accepting lower returns? This is a myth. Performance tracking against benchmarks suggests that investors who are in alignment with their values and beliefs are now achieving competitive or better returns than traditional (depending on the specific investment). Keep in mind that ESG data is now available on every large cap stock…