berryjam@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agoIs it worth investing if I can only contribute $50 a month?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareIs it worth investing if I can only contribute $50 a month?berryjam@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-219 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoUnfortunately, there aren’t many ethics in the world when it comes to money.
minus-squareTehdastehdas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-220 days agoSeveral funds in my bank have ESG in the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social,_and_governance Other terms in their fund names: fossil-free, climate, forest, sustainable agriculture. Their claims about them: in Finnish: https://www.s-pankki.fi/fi/private-banking-ja-varainhoito/vastuullisuus-ja-vaikuttavuus/vastuullisuus-sijoittamisessa/ in Swedish: https://www.s-pankki.fi/sv/private-banking-och-kapitalforvaltning/ansvarsfullhet-och-paverkan/ansvarsfulla-investeringar/ For machine translation, probably better use Swedish as the source because it shares the Indo-European language family with many of you readers’ target languages, and has more speakers so maybe better translation engine training too.
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoI wasn’t trying to say that ethical funds don’t exist, I’m well aware of them. I was saying that when money is on the line, loyalty and ethics often end up second place.
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoI’m in the sidelines and I didn’t know they existed and wanted to know more so I’m glad they posted it anyway
Unfortunately, there aren’t many ethics in the world when it comes to money.
Several funds in my bank have ESG in the name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social,_and_governance
Other terms in their fund names: fossil-free, climate, forest, sustainable agriculture.
Their claims about them:
in Finnish:
https://www.s-pankki.fi/fi/private-banking-ja-varainhoito/vastuullisuus-ja-vaikuttavuus/vastuullisuus-sijoittamisessa/
in Swedish:
https://www.s-pankki.fi/sv/private-banking-och-kapitalforvaltning/ansvarsfullhet-och-paverkan/ansvarsfulla-investeringar/
For machine translation, probably better use Swedish as the source because it shares the Indo-European language family with many of you readers’ target languages, and has more speakers so maybe better translation engine training too.
I wasn’t trying to say that ethical funds don’t exist, I’m well aware of them. I was saying that when money is on the line, loyalty and ethics often end up second place.
I’m in the sidelines and I didn’t know they existed and wanted to know more so I’m glad they posted it anyway