Increasing numbers of people want to make ethical investments so rather than miss out on this business opportunity start advising on it by following five easy steps
With more than 75 ethical funds from around 50 providers now available, together with a growing public awareness of notions of corporate social responsibility, advisers risk losing business by not being up to speed with ethical investment. Recent figures released by Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS), the London based non profit sustainable investment specialists, show that Britons are investing ethically at record levels. As at 31 December 2005 the amount invested in Britain's ethical retail funds exceeded the £6bn mark for the first time. The £6.1bn represents about half a mill...
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