ESG Investing: Is Facebook a Responsible Investment?

By: Tim Beyers

September 13, 2019

If you’re searching for a feel-good stock, see how Facebook, the king of social media, scores on The Motley Fool’s ESG framework.

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is the world’s largest social network, with 2.7 billion people around the globe using one of the company’s social media products at least once monthly. Of those, at least 2.1 billion log in to message friends, relatives, and strangers daily. Nearly 40,000 people work at the company full-time, and tens of thousands more serve as contractors. Other than perhaps Alphabet’s Google or Amazon, no company touches as many people or exerts as much influence as Facebook.