Sustainable Investing

Social Factor

Definition

What is Social Factor?

An issue involving employees, customers, communities, human rights, or social impact.

Example in practice

Workplace safety and data privacy are social factors.

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Incorporating environmental, social, and governance factors into investment analysis or ownership.

An issue involving a company's effect on or exposure to the natural environment.

An issue involving board structure, ownership, controls, pay, ethics, and shareholder rights.

A digitally represented asset that uses cryptographic and distributed-ledger systems for issuance or transfer.

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