Socially responsible investments 'do not mean diminished returns'

Opting for socially responsible investments does not mean that investors will be faced with diminished returns, one sector commentator has asserted.

Writing for FT Adviser, Richard Marwood stated that ethical and socially responsible investments have become increasingly commonplace in the last decade or so.

As such, he noted that such investing is no longer considered to be a fringe product and has become a specialist sector that offers its own unique benefits to those who opt for it.

’Ethical investing has emerged from the fringe and moved into the investment spotlight. And, with mainstream exposure comes greater, more diverse investment choice, appropriate for any range of investor risk/return profiles,’ Mr Marwood continued.

He concluded by noting that a continually-growing concern for worldwide ethical issues among investors means that socially responsible investing has become increasingly important for a range of different market participants.

Earlier this month, Mark Robertson, communications and development manager at EIRIS, said that people are becoming more aware that ethical investments can generate good returns as well as making a different.ADNFCR-2318-ID-19475890-ADNFCR