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by TimTheTinker 18 days ago
Nothing wrong with finding a low-cost large cap ETF that matches your investing preferences.
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So basically the whole ESG craze from a few years ago?
Sure, or there are faith based ones now - I personally invest in PTL
$PTL "screens" for:

* air quality

* environmental risk

* GHG emissions

* ecological impact

* product sustainability

https://www.inspireetf.com/screening

yet weights ExxonMobil, the 21st largest company:

https://companiesmarketcap.com/

as by far their 2nd largest holding:

https://www.inspireetf.com/etf/ptl

Oil/Gas/Petroleum is essential for our economy to function, and the line between "ethical" and "not ethical" is a dial (one among many that all need to be tuned together), not a switch.

$PTL/Inspire does not adjudicate "dial" ethical issues, just switches -- company practices/policies that it views as black-and-white good/bad. "It would be ethical if you produced N% less" doesn't fit that category.

They update ratings every year I think... there's a spreadsheet with before/after values for each company that you can download.