Saving the green way

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Paul Wright talks to Helen Morrissey about Zurich's Green Guaranteed Account

Tell me about the Green Guaranteed Account? The product is a bank account with returns linked to the RBS Green Index which is essentially a basket of the thirty largest funds linked to the green industry. These could comprise things such as wind farms, biotechnology, hydroelectricity or solar energy. It is a new index but has so far performed strongly and is catching people's imagination as they increasingly look towards investing in the evolving green sector. We worked very closely with RBS in developing this product and so far we are the only company to offer it. Investors put in a si...

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