The more obviously environmentally focused ETFs listed on the web pages below are drawn from the much longer complete list of ETF sectors you get to by clicking on Topics at https://www.etf.com. Click on the pages below to zero in on ETFs aimed at improving our world. Click on a “ticker” to explore the ticker’s ETF. Having clicked a “ticker”, scroll down to see that ticker’s Holdings, which are companies you might want to work for or invest in. Feel free to cite any ETF or ETF holding you believe helps the world on the IDEA FACTORY FORUM. - Screen the ETFs in these categories for those that are truly helpful.  Many utilities provide gas and electric.  Some provide just gas. Gas isn't helpful unless there's not enough electric to go around.  Infrastructure covers a wide swath.  Outfits that provide the wiring to connect wind turbines to areas needing electricity are helpful. Some that make highways might be helpful; some might not.

 environment --  infrastructure -- nuclear -- renewable energy -- utilities-- water

Here's a list of some public companies and their stock trading symbols that we think help the world. ETFs have trading symbols, too, as do the companies held by ETFs. Even if you don’t have a stock trading account, you can click the symbol to see a brief company description on the website https://www.finance.yahoo.com that also presents financial info. To get in-depth info about what the company does, how to make contact in case you’d like to work there, etc, click the link to the company’s website you see when the page opens. For the brief description, scroll down past the map. - To just see the stock price charts for most of them with one click, click here. They're followed by the ETFs cited above so you can see how they're doing compared to their kindred groups. And, in a slight deviation from the previous list, now we're only listing companies that have revenue and enough left over to allocate some to shareholders. (unless otherwise noted.)  The ETFs and other funds list will be complete whether they're winners or losers, though, because every fund holds some stocks that are winners at one time or another.  And most hold some unhelpful companies even if they hold mostly helpful ones.

A couple other free resources worth using include a map showing how US companies that have gotten big enough to get into the S&P500, arranged by sector/industry, are doing over your choice of time period (from 1 day to 1 year). Also a chart service similar to Yahoo's that provides detailed info about companies and funds.

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