The term “ESG” gained prominence with the 2004 report “Who Cares Wins,” a collaborative effort among financial institutions under the United Nations’ (UN) auspices. Standing for Environmental, Social, and Governance, ESG investing scrutinizes companies’ performance on these pivotal metrics. It’s a paradigm that evaluates how businesses mitigate their environmental impact, nurture their communities, and govern themselves ethically.
ESG encapsulates the broader concept of sustainability, focusing on a company’s business model and how its products and services foster sustainable development. Here’s a deeper dive into the ESG criteria:
Environmental: This aspect assesses how companies address climate policies, energy usage, pollution, conservation of natural resources, and animal welfare. Key considerations include greenhouse gas emissions, toxic waste management, and adherence to environmental regulations.
Social: Evaluates a company’s relationships with its workers, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. This could involve assessing whether a company supports local communities financially.
Governance: Focuses on a company’s leadership, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights. The goal is to ensure that companies use accurate and transparent accounting methods, choose leaders with integrity, and are accountable to their shareholders.
This ESG lens is reshaping the investment landscape, with a marked impact in Europe and beyond. Studies indicate a significant portion of European institutional investors integrate ESG factors into their decision-making processes. For instance, a Coalition Greenwich study revealed that over 90% of surveyed European institutional investors consider ESG criteria when making investment decisions and selecting asset managers.
Moreover, the European Union has initiated regulatory measures to enhance the credibility and reliability of ESG ratings, reflecting a global shift towards more sustainable and responsible investing. This trend underscores the burgeoning ESG consciousness across financial systems, particularly in Europe and the Middle East.
The International NatGold Council is proud to announce that the NatGold ecosystem not only meets but exceeds ESG compliance standards. NatGold employs a digital mining process. This process involves a benign exchange where NatGold miners trade mining titles of National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) certified gold resources for NatGold coins. These coins are mined digitally via a tokenization process in a closed, offline, Ledger-based digital vault, avoiding the environmental and social harms typical of conventional gold mining methods.
Additionally, the NatGold ecosystem mandates a 2% social giveback to local communities, directly benefiting them from the NatGold mining activities. Governance within the NatGold ecosystem is transparent and auditable, ensuring every NatGold coin minted is 100% backed by certified gold resources.
The International NatGold Council and its sponsoring members adhere to stringent corporate governance policies and embrace diversity in all operational aspects. NatGold stands as a beacon of integrity and sustainability in the digital currency landscape, offering a credible alternative to both fiat and crypto currencies. It positions itself to attract the growing ESG investor demographic, representing a rare investment that aligns with all ESG criteria while reviving the historical role of gold as the foundation of monetary systems.NatGold embodies the ESG-friendly future of gold mining and digital currency, marking a significant advance in sustainable and intrinsically valuable monetary solutions.
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