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ethical investing

With little existing presence in ethical markets, investment trusts' stricter reporting requirements could make them an ideal vehicle for this market

History might suggest ethics are pretty fragile, tend to be for those who can afford them, or are for societies that think they have principles to export. In fact ethics form the foundation of good corporate governance, of value added (both by and for every stakeholder in a business) and of social wellbeing. Long-term ethical businesses and ethical business practices ought to generate greater returns than unethical, slash and burn economics. Those with a long term objective, and those who invest with principles and their conscience as well as their wallet, might want to place some influen...