Ethical Consumer ethical investment funds

What to look for when choosing an ethical fund:

• Is the fund fossil fuel free? Find a fund that is not investing in coal, oil and gas.
• Is the fund fully transparent? You need to be comfortable with where your money is invested and some ethical funds will contain shareholdings in what you may think are controversial multinationals – such as BP or GlaxoSmithKline.

What to avoid when choosing an ethical investment fund:

• Does it have a weak screening criteria? Ensure that the fund's screening criteria is robust enough to ensure that they do no invest in unethical companies.
• Is it owned by an unethical companies? Ethical funds are often run by companies that have many other, often non-ethical funds. Try and avoid the worst companies.