Green

The European Commission has pledged €60bn a year to cut green house emissions 20% by 2020.

A range of marketing and support tools have been launched to help advisers increase their ethical investment business.

There is no doubt the global green debate has educated the world on the dangers of carbon emissions and climate change, paving the way for changes in everyday living decisions. But when it comes to investment, do morally-just considerations take a back...

Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) has today launched a UK Ethical Funds Directory to help investors and their advisers find funds that match their ethical concerns.

Virgin Money has launched a new Climate Change fund, targeting companies with a ‘lighter footprint' than their sector peers.

Financial services organisations will need to embrace green attitudes across their business to attract the customers of the future, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA).

Skandia Investment Management (SIML) as added the Impax Environmental Markets fund to its ethical multi-manager offering.

The Protected Water fund, a Protected Distribution Limited (PDL) and Barclays Bank collaboration, is now available to IFAs via 13 offshore bond providers.

Investing in Africa, commodities, environmental markets and for absolute returns are the four highly topical subjects being addressed by a quartet of investment experts at an upcoming Meet the Managers conference.

The Ludgate Environmental fund has invested £1.43m in Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Emergya Wind Technologies (EWT).