Posted on: May 7th, 2019
 
            In a month when climate change was constantly in the news it will surprise few to see that Fund EcoMarket users regularly searched for fund options listed as: ‘sustainability themed’, ‘environmentally themed’, ‘environmental policy’, ‘climate change policy’, ‘avoids coal, oil & gas majors’, ‘invests in clean energy / renewables’ .
The high ranking of ‘animal welfare policy’ and ‘animal testing exclusion policy’ – may however surprise some.
The total number of events (‘clicks’) were 1943 during April, from 930 users – according to Google Analytics.
Fund EcoMarket filter searches
| 1) OEIC/Unit Trust | 
| 2) Sustainability Themed | 
| 3) Ethically Balanced | 
| 4) Equity | 
| 5) Negative Ethical | 
| 6) Global | 
| 7) Animal welfare policy | 
| 8) Environmentally Themed | 
| 9) Mixed Asset | 
| 10) Animal testing exclusion policy | 
| 11) UK | 
| 12) DFM/Portfolio Planner* | 
| 13) Investment Trust | 
| 14) Environmental policy | 
| 15) Europe | 
| 16) Available via an ISA | 
| 17) Climate change / GHG policy | 
| 18) Coal, oil &/or gas majors excluded | 
| 19) Fixed Interest | 
| 20) Unclassified | 
| 21) ESG Plus | 
| 22) Invests in clean energy/renewables | 
| 23) Not Set | 
| 24) Tobacco production avoided | 
| 25) Passive Equity | 
| 26) Equity Income | 
| 27) Fracking and tar sands excluded | 
| 28) Deforestation / palm oil policy | 
| 29) Armaments manufacturers avoided | 
| 30) Asia Pacific | 
| 31) Clean energy themed | 
| 32) USA | 
| 33) Social Themed | 
| 34) Emerging Markets | 
| 35) Europe Ex-UK | 
| 36) Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity | 
| 37) Kames Ethical Cautious Managed | 
| 38) Pension | 
| 39) Responsible Ownership (under review) | 
| 40) Sustainability themed | 
| 41) Environmental damage and pollution policy (new) | 
| 42) Positive selection bias | 
| 43) Property | 
| 44) Sustainability policy | 
| 45) Gambling avoidance policy | 
| 46) Positive environmental impact theme | 
| 47) Tobacco avoidance policy (new) | 
| 48) Child labour exclusion | 
| 49) Infrastructure | 
| 50) Limits exposure to carbon intensive industries |