A new report has detailed how ethical investments into projects linked to climate change prevention have consistently offered better returns than the FTSE and other indices.
According to Holden and Partners research, renewable and alternative energies are the most successful investments, while the energy efficiency market, which performed the worst of all the ethical options, still beat the FTSE.
Commenting on the findings, Ethical Investors, which deals with climate change funds, said that even those happy with putting money into the stock market should consider at least one option to help prevent global warming .
Lee Coates, managing director of the firm, said: "The idea that every investor should hold climate change funds is just sensible. It's probably the first area of responsible investment that can comfortably have a foot in the boat."
Friends Provident recently conducted a survey for National Ethical Investment Week, which found that the majority of British people believe that socially responsible funds are "far more important" now than they were 25 years ago.
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