The risk levels of ethical investments may be higher than mainstream funds, due to the narrower choice of companies available to them, according to funds research company Morningstar. At the same time, some ethical funds take a broader view, and are less ‘green’ as a result. Read More
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Screening strategies key to ethical investments, says Morningstar
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010Ethical Investments float elegantly over BP oil spill, as US begins lawsuit
Friday, December 17th, 2010
The US is to begin a multi-billion pound lawsuit against BP, but predicts that the Deepwater Horizon spill will not be the last disaster to come from the oil and gas industry. If you fill up your car, dry clean your clothes, or use dishwashing liquid or shampoo, you are buying from the oil giants. At least your investments can avoid the oil industry – if you choose ethical investments.
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Ethical Investments – the Questions to Ask
Thursday, December 16th, 2010Ethical investments are difficult to assess from the outside , as the ethical investment criteria they apply can be so different. Expert ethical investments advice from an unbiased financial adviser can cut through the waffle, and get to the facts. Read here the questions and the issues related to ethical investments.
Public eager to begin ethical investments
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010The UK public is receptive to ethical investments, but needs reassurance about the ethical investment criteria that apply. Many people want a clearer understanding of how ethical funds make a real difference to society.
Public calls on banks for ethical investments
Friday, December 10th, 2010Nearly three-quarters of the UK public believes that banks should ethically screen companies to which they will lend money, or in which they will invest, according to the ethical investment watchdog Eiris. This could imply that banks desist from lending to companies involved in controversial areas such as armaments, tobacco, nuclear power and animal testing. Read More
Ethical investments – Call on Government for Green ISA
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Government has been asked to create a special tax break for ethical investments in the 2011 Budget. An ethical allowance would pave the way for the creation of a Green ISA, which has already attracted interest from over a quarter of UK savers. Read More
Ethical Investments on a small scale with zero carbon shopping
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Ethical investments are no longer limited to investment funds! With the opening of the word’s first zero carbon supermarket in Cambridgeshire, we can cast an ethical vote with our cash every day.
Norway pension fund stubs out tobacco for ethical investments
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Norway’s national pension fund has sold off Euro 1.8 bn in tobacco shares, citing ethical reasons. The individual investor can also opt for ethical investments, with over 100 ethical funds now available.
Forty shades of green: how ‘ethical’ are ethical funds?
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The critics say that ethical funds are not transparent enough to convince investors they are genuinely green, or that the screening process limits the number of companies available to ethical fund managers, and therefore hampers their ability to maximise returns.
Friends of the Earth: Europe can cut carbon emissions by 40%
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Europe is capable of cutting its carbon emissions by 40% by 2020, according to a new study by Friends of the Earth and the Stockholm Environment Institute, published at this week’s Copenhagen climate change conference.
Europe’s current commitment is to reduce emissions by just 20%, compared to 1990 levels.
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