SRI funds offerwide-reaching opportunities

Green companies are maturing and more large companies are eligible for ethical portfolios so equity income investors can invest ethically and make a decent return

It is a sign of the growing maturity of the ethical investment market that fund managers are able to offer investors the ability to combine green sensibilities with a reliable income stream. Traditionally, green companies were smaller specialist businesses that offered growth potential but little immediate return. The perception was of companies hungry for cash inflows rather than willing to distribute cash to shareholders. For those seeking income the conventional hunting ground lay in the more mature mainstream companies that were able to offer investors a decent dividend each year. Two...