Green

Cherry Reynard looks at how the once 'weirdy beardy' world of socially responsible investment has become a profitable mainstream activity as a result of the growing need for a technological and industrial fix for the world's environmental problems

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Isle of Man boutique The Premier Group has launched a new fund investing in UK waste management and recycling facilities.

Asian investment specialist Lloyd George Management has launched LG Asian Green fund, a Dublin-listed UCITS III fund focusing on attempts across Asia to take a more active stance on environmental issues.

Impax Group, an AIM-listed specialist environmental investment company, and the FTSE Group are launching a new index to cover companies in the environmental sector.

Zurich is set to offer a guaranteed account linked to the green business sector.

AIFA has published its green policy in a bid to persuade the adviser community to be socially responsible and increase awareness of environmental impacts.

Over half of the public are willing to put money in ethical investments even though they assume the returns will be less than mainstream offerings, new research suggests.

Rathbones is extending its ethical investment service by launching Rathbone Greenbank Investments in Liverpool.

Four out of five advisers find information on green and ethical investments is limited or hard to come by, according to a survey by the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA).