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More interest in ethical investments since credit crunch
11/11/2009
Interest in ethical investments has increased as a result of people becoming more wary about where they invest their money since the credit crunch hit.
Although the popularity of ethical investments actually reduced during the past two years, now the downturn is looking like it may be on the retreat, ethically minded investors are looking for a good place to put their cash.
Mark Robertson, the site editor for yourethicalmoney.co.uk, says, “the financial crisis has increased interest in ethical finance, as more people are thinking about what ethical behaviour means in a financial institution.”
Kathy Booth, an independent financial advisor for The Gaeia Partnership, says that a Co-Operative Bank study found 60 per cent of people said they would like to make ethical investment choices providing their returns were not reduced significantly.
She added, “there is this whole section of middle England – those who do their recycling, buy organic food and try to reduce their carbon footprint – that don't know what they are investing in.”
Recession or no recession, forestry investment generates great returns. This is because, if the price of timber falls at the point of maturity, investors can simply hold onto their trees for longer, allowing them to mature even further and ready to be felled when prices have risen again.
Although the popularity of ethical investments actually reduced during the past two years, now the downturn is looking like it may be on the retreat, ethically minded investors are looking for a good place to put their cash.
Mark Robertson, the site editor for yourethicalmoney.co.uk, says, “the financial crisis has increased interest in ethical finance, as more people are thinking about what ethical behaviour means in a financial institution.”
Kathy Booth, an independent financial advisor for The Gaeia Partnership, says that a Co-Operative Bank study found 60 per cent of people said they would like to make ethical investment choices providing their returns were not reduced significantly.
She added, “there is this whole section of middle England – those who do their recycling, buy organic food and try to reduce their carbon footprint – that don't know what they are investing in.”
Recession or no recession, forestry investment generates great returns. This is because, if the price of timber falls at the point of maturity, investors can simply hold onto their trees for longer, allowing them to mature even further and ready to be felled when prices have risen again.
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