Fund EcoMarket
the sustainable, responsible and ethical investment information hub
the sustainable, responsible and ethical investment information hub
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
Here is the link to our latest occasional newsletter – sent out on 18 July 2019. This include comments on and links to information on recent developments in the ESG / SRI market – as well as ‘in house’ news. Also – a big welcome to Aberdeen Standard Investments our newest supporter! … And a […]
For a great overview of the SRI / ESG / Ethical fund market you might like to take a look at this month’s Investment Life and Pensions Moneyfacts deep dive article – attached here – which I am delighted to be quoted in, alongside our good friends at EdenTree, King & Shaxson – and survey […]
Media release 9 July 2019 Use of the Fund EcoMarket (SRI) fund tool has trebled over 12 months – with users indicating growing interest in both sustainability and ethical issues. Figures released today by SRI Services point to rapidly growing interest in environmental, social and ethical investment in the retail (individual) investment market. Use of […]