Green

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).

The majority of IFAs feel clients will no longer accept underperformance from green and environmental funds, Virgin Money research reveals.

The idea investors have to sacrifice returns for ethical considerations is a myth, according to Jewson Associates.

Guinness Asset Management has launched an offshore alternative energy fund with no initial charges until 2 May.

Investments in UK green and ethical retail funds reached £8.9bn last year, an 18% rise on 2006, according to ethical fund research company EIRIS.

Jupiter has backed Shadow Chancellor George Osborne's plan for a Green Individual Savings Account (GISA), which would allow individuals to invest in green strategies tax-free.

FUTURE Capital Partners has launched a renewable energy investment opportunity, focused on the construction and operation of two wheat-based bioethanol plants.

Ethical fund managers Rathbone Greenbank are profiting from the mining boom by targeting the metal recycling industry.