Fund EcoMarket
the sustainable, responsible and ethical investment information hub
the sustainable, responsible and ethical investment information hub
June 10th, 2019
May 2019 saw the increase in use of Fund EcoMarket continue, with 1200 ‘unique users’ carrying out 3177 ‘clicks’ on the various filter options.
Pointing, once again, to the importance of being able to combine ethical/sustainable investment & ESG related information alongside core product and conventional financial information in one place the top 50 searched for items during the month were:
| 1. Sustainability Themed |
| 2. OEIC/Unit Trust |
| 3. Equity |
| 4. Environmentally Themed |
| 5. Ethically Balanced |
| 6. Mixed Asset |
| 7. Environmental policy |
| 8. Global |
| 9. Coal, oil &/or gas majors excluded |
| 10. UK |
| 11. Invests in clean energy/ renewables |
| 12. Negative Ethical |
| 13. Equity Income |
| 14. Investment Trust |
| 15. Fracking and tar sands excluded |
| 16. Tobacco production avoided |
| 17. Climate change / GHG policy |
| 18. Deforestation / palm oil policy |
| 19. Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries |
| 20. Animal testing exclusion policy |
| 21. Clean energy themed |
| 22. Sustainability policy |
| 23. Not Set |
| 24. Sustainability themed |
| 25. ESG Plus |
| 26. Animal welfare policy |
| 27. Armaments manufacturers avoided |
| 28. Europe |
| 29. Passive Equity |
| 30. Plastics policy / reviewing plastics |
| 31. Fixed Interest |
| 32. Emerging Markets |
| 33. Unclassified |
| 34. Child labour exclusion |
| 35. Human rights |
| 36. Ethical policies |
| 37. Asia Pacific |
| 38. Gambling avoidance policy |
| 39. Pornography avoidance policy |
| 40. Social Themed |
| 41. Avoids companies with poor governance (new) |
| 42. Environmental damage and pollution policy (new) |
| 43. USA |
| 44. Europe Ex-UK |
| 45. Oppressive regimes exclusion policy (new) |
| 46. Responsible Ownership (FM company) |
| 47. Available via an ISA |
| 48. Nuclear exclusion policy |
| 49. Property |
| 50. Aims to generate positive impacts |
Source: Google Analytics
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