Just because Donald Trump is putting his money on fossil fuels doesn’t mean the investment community is doing the same. In fact, a new reports shows investors controlling more than $5 trillion in assets have committed to dropping some or all fossil fuel stocks from their portfolios. On top of that, sustainable assets currently amount to a record $1.42 trillion. Why? Because investments in sustainable technologies like clean energy are low risk and high return. Just look at solar energy, which is already the cheapest energy source in parts of the world and expected to beat out coal globally by 2025.
Investors are leaving fossil fuels in the dust in favor of greener funds
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