Green investing has rooted with climate change issue

Over the 18 years that we have been running green funds at Jupiter, 2006 was probably the most significant as climate change finally became accepted at the highest level of government. It is probably no coincidence, therefore, that 2006 was also a year in which inflows into green funds grew sharply. Unlike ethical investing, green investing is not simply about screening out companies that do 'bad' things such as sell armaments or tobacco, but about identifying companies that are proactively seeking out solutions to environmental problems. We have characterised the opportunities into six...