At City Different Investments, we try to live up to our company’s name by actually investing differently. We believe the way we think about investing is, well, different from most other investment firms. And one way we think differently is our approach to ESG investing. Too many investment vehicles use the buzzword without fully committing...

Are offsets — a way of balancing out the carbon one emits — our best chance at addressing climate change? Or are they nothing more than indulgences that assuage guilt? The controversy surrounding offsets has confused people into inaction. Offsets are often a cheap way — sometimes the only way — for one to achieve carbon neutrality. But not all...

Interest in ESG investing surged following the pandemic. While the term ESG (environmental, social, and governance) has been around since the early 2000s, something about the “Great Resignation” and the social justice movements of pandemic life brought it to the forefront of investment discussions. Despite recent criticisms on ESG grading and...