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F&C is to launch a fund focused on companies that provide greenhouse gas emissions reduction technologies and systems and companies that seek to address the realities of climate change.

JOHN Gummer MP, chairman of the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has highlighted the growth in the ethical investment sector and the role of AIFA and the UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) in raising awareness of ethical and socially...

SOCIALLY responsible investors are pushing more and more global companies to change their corporate governance methods, according to the latest report by ethical watchdogs, EIRIS.

STANDARD Life Investments is set to roll out a European Equity Ethical fund on September 24 aimed at investors concerned with social and environmental issues.

SCHRODERS hopes to have its new Climate Change fund available through at least six platforms by the time the portfolio starts trading in October.

With parts of Britain having been under water, forest fires in Southern Europe and the annual hurricane season hitting parts of the Caribbean and southern USA, it is increasingly hard to get away from news of climate change and how it is impacting day...

ETHICAL funds' returns have exceeded those of mainstream traditional funds over the past year and the past three years, according to research by Moneyfacts

CONSUMERS are slow in embracing ‘green' financial products, with just one in seven (15pc) considering green credentials when choosing a product, according to research by Beacon Asset Management.

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ETHICAL funds are set to smash last year's sales figures after recording huge inflows in the first four months of 2007 alone, FundsNetwork has revealed.