Small green companies ride high in changing tides

Although the number of green companies in the UK is still small their good performance means that they are no longer only considered for investment by ethical funds

There is no doubt that there has been a tidal change in UK investor attitudes towards ethical issues and in particular the environment. Indeed, as climate change receives increasingly more attention in the British press with the publication of several research papers into the effects of global warming, not least the long-awaited Stern Review on the economics of climate change, demand for ethical products is rising and will continue to gather momentum into the foreseeable future. For UK fund managers across the whole investment market place, not just those managing ethical funds, the growin...