How ethical investing can pay off, and unethical even more...

Does Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) mean having to trade profits for principles? Not necessarily, but is it as profitable as investing in the sinners?

You can combine profit and principle

Does Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) mean having to trade profits for principles? Not necessarily, says Steven Frazer in Shares. There are now around 40 dedicated ethical funds according to TrustNet, half of which have outperformed the UK All Companies sector, and the FTSE4Good Global index has outperformed the FTSE 100 by about 11% since its launch in 2001. Shares recommends a starting portfolio of the following seven firms that combine profit and principle.

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Charles has previously written for the MoneyWeek, giving readers his share tips regularly and covering other topics on the side such as stock markets and the economy. He has also written for The Business, Shares, Investors Chronicle and The Evening Standard, and Charles has presented on LBC and been a guest on BBC One and BBC World. Aside from his journalist background, Charles graduated as a chemist from the University of Oxford specialising in ligand gated ion channels.