Climate change will drive growth

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neptune manager likens trend to pharmaceutials 50 years ago and onset of technology in the 1990s

Environment-orientated funds will experience solid growth over the next 10 years as countries across the globe are forced to take action over climate change, said Neptune's Green Planet manager Chris Taylor. He said the industry will grow strongly as the planet cannot afford to ignore the evidence of the damage that has already been done. "There are no other sectors like this as every single country in the world has to take this route," he said. "It does not matter what the causes are, this cannot be ignored. If we do not take action, the results could be life threatening." Taylor liken...

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