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.
EIRIS says the directory offers clear and comparable information on all of the ethical and green retail funds available in the UK. The directory will contain numerous details on the UK’s ethical funds, including their ethical investment strategy, positive and negative screening criteria, voting and engagement policy and fund manager contact details. EIRIS says the directory also includes a guide to green and ethical issues featuring the key issues most commonly covered by ethical funds. It estimates around £8bn was invested ethically in the UK in 2007 and the number of ethical funds is f...
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