Originally the approach of such investments was one of negative screening. The term ethical has now been expanded to encompass positive screening and ’best in class’ approaches.
What is meant by that, is a fund will screen against tobacco for example, but for pollution control or waste management. Over recent years we’ve seen the introduction of policies regarding publication of ethical policies by pension funds and a general need for openness in the information available from companies.
The collapse of such major players as Enron and Worldcom has pushed to the forefront the need for companies to provide freely available data on their operations. With further legislation likely in the future, ethical investing is about avoiding the bad guys and supporting the good guys.
Our ethical and green investment approach screens funds to show what they avoid, (e.g. tobacco) and what they support (pollution control etc).
Couple this with the investment screening approach below to ascertain the better performing green and ethical funds
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