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5 Reasons we’re betting on impact investing

This week, The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance released their biennial report reviewing the sustainable investing landscape, and the data are very inspiring. The long and short of it - impact investing is global and it’s growing - fast! No longer the exclusive domain of the wealthy and institutional investors, impact investing is going mainstream!

250,259

250,259 companies on our watch list. We pare this down by applying rules about asset class, geographic region, and liquidity requirements.

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75,000

75,000 sources we examine as part of our company analysis screening.

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3500

3,500 companies left with after applying our first round of criteria. This includes 3,000 U.S. based companies and 500 companies based outside the U.S.

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70%

70% of the 3,500 companies meet our minimum impact requirements. Many of these will also get the axe as we dig deeper via our research process.

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330

330 companies that are currently eligible for Swell portfolios.

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2x Increase

2x Increase in the number of Tesla electric vehicle chargers this year1

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60% Reduction

60% Reduction in greenhouse gas and air pollution by Edison’s new hybrid battery and gas turbine power plants2

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500,000

500,000 Solar panels being installed each day3

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2 million

2 Million Electric vehicles on the road today4

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12,972,842,378

12,972,842,378 kWh of energy the Nest Learning Thermostat has saved since 20115

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