Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) investments have been gaining pace over the last several years. As the number of options to invest in a ESG focussed theme increases, it gets difficult to keep track of better performing securities.
To make things easier, we are listing out the top 20 ESG focussed ETFs based on their year-to-date performance.
Check out our complete list of ESG equity focussed ETFs and mutual funds here.
Top 20 ESG ETFs
Here are the top 20 ESG ETFs, sorted by year-to-date returns.
Note that ETFs with less than 1 year of track record are not considered.
| Ticker | Name | Fund Company | AUM ($ Mn) | Expense Ratio (%) | YTD Return (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRBN | KraneShares Global Carbon ETF | KraneShares | 226.0 | 0.79% | 39.70% |
| ESGS | Columbia Sustainable U.S. Equity Income ETF | Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC | 5.4 | 0.35% | 24.53% |
| MAGA | Point Bridge GOP Stock Tracker ETF | Point Bridge Capital | 10.8 | 0.72% | 24.41% |
| ISMD | Inspire Small/Mid Cap Impact ETF | Inspire | 115.8 | 0.57% | 24.09% |
| NUMV | Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Value ETF | Nuveen Securities | 217.8 | 0.40% | 23.20% |
| TPSC | Timothy Plan US Small Cap Core ETF | Timothy Plan | 49.3 | 0.52% | 21.86% |
| XJR | iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF | Blackrock | 9.9 | 0.12% | 20.94% |
| IVRA | Invesco Real Assets ESG ETF | Invesco | 1.4 | 0.59% | 20.51% |
| RAFE | PIMCO RAFI ESG U.S. ETF | PIMCO | 17.1 | 0.30% | 20.18% |
| XJH | iShares ESG Screened S&P Mid-Cap ETF | Blackrock | 26.3 | 0.12% | 18.06% |
| VETS | Pacer Military Times Best Employers ETF | Pacer Advisors | 1.9 | 0.60% | 17.87% |
| EVX | VanEck Vectors Environmental Services ETF | Van Eck Associates Corp. | 55.9 | 0.55% | 17.79% |
| TPHD | Timothy Plan High Dividend Stock ETF | Timothy Plan | 135.9 | 0.52% | 17.79% |
| VTRN | VictoryShares Top Veteran Employers ETF | Victory Capital | 3.3 | 0.60% | 17.62% |
| BLES | Inspire Global Hope ETF | Inspire | 132.0 | 0.52% | 17.58% |
| ESML | iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF | Blackrock | 826.0 | 0.17% | 16.88% |
| NUSC | Nuveen ESG Small-Cap ETF | Nuveen Securities | 860.5 | 0.40% | 16.85% |
| NULV | Nuveen ESG Large-Cap Value ETF | Nuveen Securities | 917.9 | 0.35% | 16.09% |
| DEMZ | Democratic Large Cap Core ETF | Reflection Asset Management, LLC | 3.3 | 0.45% | 16.07% |
| WWJD | Inspire International ESG ETF | Inspire | 95.0 | 0.80% | 15.67% |
All data as of May 31, 2021