It’s that time of year, when forecasters issue lists of trends to look out for in coming months. Susan McPherson, CEO of McPherson Strategies, has polled some noted CSR professionals to collect six trends to watch for in 2017 for a Forbes blog.

Rising demand for sustainable investing advice has resulted in new, specialized digital platforms that match values with analytic data. Three firms—OpenInvest, Earthfolio, and Grow Invest—offer easy entry into socially responsible investing with minimum amounts ranging from $1 to $25,000, according to Investment News.

China has answered President-elect Trump’s claim that it is the creator of the “hoax” of climate change with a multi-billion dollar bet on renewable sources as its energy future. The country has just announced plans to invest $361 billion dollars in solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear power projects by 2020, according to Reuters. By then, renewables will make up half of all its electricity generation.

“Supply chain” is a relatively bland term to describe an incredibly important part of the sustainability puzzle. It sounds wonky, but its operations in producing goods, from extracting resources to manufacturing, from packaging to transporting to market, are a basic component of modern commerce. Tracking the various components of sustainability—transparency, workers rights, safe workplaces, sustainable sourcing, energy efficiency—throughout complex global supply chains has been a major obstacle to achieving sustainability goals.

NASDAQ has announced some of the best socially responsible investing stocks of 2016, according to the Motley Fool financial advisory. The criteria was simple: companies that outperformed the market while committing to CSR values. Among the top picks are Microsoft (YTD return: 10.6%), Johnson Controls (38.8%), Facebook (12.7%), and UnitedHealthGroup (35.5%).

Planetsave has published a blog by Carolyn Fortune that distinguishes SRI (socially responsible investment) from ESG-driven (environment, social, governance) investment, a field of activity that overlaps but is quite distinct from SRI. Fortune describes ESG investment as a strategy that incorporates ESG criteria into investment analysis.

In the face of claims by president-elect Donald Trump that he will eliminate the EPA, roll back environmental regulations, bring back coal production, and withdraw from the COP21 Paris Agreement, the private sector is pushing back by highlighting corporate goals to reduce carbon emissions. 365 US companies —including Nike, Starbucks, and Levi Strauss—have signed a letter urging the incoming Trump administration to remain committed to the Paris Agreement.

A select group of very large corporations make many of the headlines about sustainability. Partly, it’s a function of their leadership in publically announcing ambitious goals for innovative practices and strategies. It’s also a function of their scale, because big moves toward sustainability by large corporations have the possibility of making major changes. That makes for big news. Walmart can now be added to the list of the usual suspects in this category.

While the big-ticket items—Tesla EVs, LED bulbs, solar power panels—may get the most mainstream press coverage, less sexy but even more transformative subjects such as recyclable packaging and healthier food ingredients are making progress in ways that touch many more people in everyday life. Cosmetics are another sector where, almost unnoticed, significant advances are being made. Major players such as L’Oreal, Croda, IFF, and Unilever have moved sustainability to the top of their agendas.