5 Top ESG Stocks on RBC Capital’s ‘Best Ideas’ List

If you want to invest with a clean conscience, look no further. RBC Capital has just released a report revealing its favorite stocks for sustainable investing. These are stocks that the firm rates Outperform (the equivalent of Buy) according to its traditional fundamental financial analysis - and that score highly on key environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

ESG spans a wide array of factors, from being environmentally sustainable and protecting consumers to boasting gender diversity in the boardroom and ensuring equal pay for employees, and many more.

"It is thought that ESG factors can be strong signals for future opportunities as well as potential risks including share price volatility, earnings stability and issues management," write RBC Capital analysts, adding, "incorporating environmental, social and governance factors alongside traditional financial analysis can be additive as indicators of corporate performance."

Indeed, a released earlier this year showed that sustainable investing pays off. "We found that 41 of the 56 Morningstar's ESG indexes outperformed their non-ESG equivalents (73%) since inception," it says. "...