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Ethical Investing 101 Course

This course is created and written by Owen Raszkiewicz from Rask Australia, with crisp edits from former Rask Analyst, Max Wagner. Videos and accompanying material are produced by the Rask Australia design and editing team, led by the magician Sophie Ymer.

Updated 2026

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Free
Beginner friendly
Fully online
6 modules
20 lessons
2 hr 32 min

Ethical Investing 101 Course overview

This course is created and written by Owen Raszkiewicz from Rask Australia, with crisp edits from former Rask Analyst, Max Wagner. Videos and accompanying material are produced by the Rask Australia design and editing team, led by the magician Sophie Ymer.

What you will learn:

By completing Rask’s Ethical Investing course, you will be able to:

  • Determine what ethical investing is (and isn’t) — so you’re not supporting something you wouldn’t want to be

  • Use your money to support good companies and initiatives — whether you have $500 or $5 million

  • Know the difference between ethical investing (more positive) and socially responsible (less bad) investing, as well as impact investing

  • Invest in shares of companies with high ESG standards (which can lead to better performance)

  • Start an investment strategy you can follow rain, hail or climate change

You will discover:

  • How to invest ethically in shares, ETFs or managed funds

  • Tens of trillions of dollars is already invested in ESG investments

  • What it means to invest ethically and support things that align with your personal values, and

  • How to analyse ETFs, fund managers and companies from an ESG perspective

Level & prerequisites:

This is a beginner course but we will assume some investing basics. Please feel free to take one of our other share market investing courses, available on the All Courses page.

Ask yourself if you know the basics of…

  • What the share market is (a place to sell shares/slices of businesses)

  • What Super is and does (an investment account you can’t cash-in until 65+)

  • How to buy shares in Australia (via your online brokerage account)

… if you know that stuff, you’re all set for this course — you’ll love learning how to invest ethically.

Course outcomes:

At the end of this course, you will know what to look for before you start trying to invest ethically, how to keep tabs on your investments (to make sure they’re doing the right thing) and how to save money by avoiding marketing gimmicks and tricks for ETFs and managed funds.

Course curriculum

Review the modules and lessons included in this course.

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01Ethical course introduction4 lessons · 32 min

Welcome to our Ethical Investing course. Use the menu to get started on your ethical investing journey. Let’s do this!

  1. A Bit About Me (Owen)Lesson · 8 min
  2. Supercharged LearningLesson · 8 min
  3. Key takeaways – Ethical Investing CourseLesson · 8 min
  4. Whose ethics?Lesson · 8 min
02Voting with your investment portfolio6 lessons · 48 min

If you care about equality, justice, the environment, society, or if you simply don’t want to be associated with or support companies that are ‘doing bad’ — you’re not alone. Right now, thousands of companies around the world are doing the wrong thing. Companies are…

  1. What's important to you?Lesson · 8 min
  2. Ethical investing jargon busterLesson · 8 min
  3. The difference between sustainable and ethical investingLesson · 8 min
  4. Responsible or Ethical: is it just marketing?Lesson · 8 min
  5. The good news story about ethical investing…Lesson · 8 min
  6. Getting to know your (carbon) footprintLesson · 8 min
03The basics of sustainable and ethical investing3 lessons · 24 min

So, we know that companies and investments with higher Environmental, Social and maybe even Governance principles can offer the same or better returns compared to less ethical or ESG-focused companies. But how do we (as direct share investors) or other investors (ETF providers,…

  1. Positive & negative ESG investingLesson · 8 min
  2. Direct share investors – how to use negative & positive screeningLesson · 8 min
  3. Investing in ETFs, through Robo Advisers & Super fundsLesson · 8 min
045 ESG investing tips for everyone4 lessons · 32 min

Now you know the core principles of ESG, as well as ethical, sustainable and responsible investing — and how expert investors and private investors can do it — it’s time to start actually going through the process of investing in a way that suits you. I’m about to give you some…

  1. ESG for share investorsLesson · 8 min
  2. ETFs, Super funds & Robo advisers: Are they ethical?Lesson · 8 min
  3. How Jim & Annie invest ethically – a simple flowchartLesson · 8 min
  4. Case study: Cochlear Ltd (ASX: COH)Lesson · 8 min
05Ethical living and beyond2 lessons · 16 min

In this section of the course we simply wanted to share some of the best ethical investing and sustainable living resources and tips we could find. We’ve also included a section on how to identify private companies that are trying to produce better outcomes for everyone, not…

  1. Your Ethical Investing & sustainable living guidebookLesson · 8 min
  2. B Corps: companies doing good, yoLesson · 8 min
06Course conclusion1 lesson · Self-paced

Congratulations, you’ve just made it through our Ethical Investing Course! Now that you have the tools, the next step is using them. Maybe not today, or the next day, but whenever you’re ready. Hopefully, completing this course has brought that day a whole lot closer. What now?

  1. Course conclusionLesson

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