There’s a common myth that says moving your money away from increasingly risky fossil fuel investments means having to sacrifice returns. But it’s not true. A growing body of evidence indicates that investing in funds with fewer fossil fuel holdings does not mean making less money.

Despite BlackRock's stated intentions to embrace sustainable investing, the world's largest asset manager still has billions invested in companies with business models that are not in alignment with the Paris climate agreement to keep global warming well below 2˚C.

Rapid cost declines have made clean renewable energy the United States’ cheapest available source of new electricity. That’s reason to be skeptical of putting your savings in coal-related stocks. Coal-fired power companies could be at risk of “stranded assets”.