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UK ethical investment hits record high of £9.5 billion

The £9.5 billion represents approximately three quarters of a million investors in ethical funds, up from around 200,000 investors in 1999 when around £2.4 billion was invested ethically in the UK. The last ten years has also seen the universe of UK ethical retail funds expand considerably.

There are now almost 100 green and ethical funds available to UK investors - a decade ago there were just a couple of dozen. Growing consumer interest in ethical finance is backed up by the findings of EIRIS' recent Ipsos/MORI survey national consumer which found that 44% of the British public are interested in finding out about the ethical credentials of the next financial product or service that they buy. Read more (Source: EIRIS)

08 June 2010