ESG in ETFs: Which US funds have the highest ratings?

New series based on TrackInsight data

To coincide with Good Money Week, Investment Week is launching a new series in collaboration with TrackInsight looking at the ETFs that offer the highest ethical, social and governance (ESG) ratings. We kick off the series with a look at the US large-cap stocks sector.

In April, ETF analysis platform TrackInsight revealed an ESG tool, designed to give investors the capacity to assess the composition of a product under a socially responsible scope. This tool, powered by Conser, analyses ETF holdings via a "consensus-driven" technology, which gives insight into the ESG consensus on each individual holding, as well as "major controversies and breaches of international norms". To gain this score, the tool assesses multiple ESG sources, such as implicit evaluations of ratings agencies and sustainable asset managers. In our first article of the series, we...