Charities 'still reluctant to invest in ethical funds'

By Ben Cook, Third Sector, 20 February 2008

Charity trustees are more reluctant to invest in ethical funds than the general public, according to an ethical investment expert.

Many trustees still believe ethical funds will not perform as well as other funds, according to Sam Collin, charity adviser at the Eiris/UKSIF charities project, jointly run by the Eiris Foundation and the UK Social Investment Forum. She was commenting on research published last week by Cooperative Insurance, which found...

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