Family Investments launches ethical child trust fund
Tuesday, 31 Oct 2006 15:44
Family Investments has launched an ethical stakeholder child trust fund after 64 per cent of parents said they would choose an ethical child trust fund over a standard one if the terms and prospective returns were the same.
Family Investment's ethical stakeholder child trust fund will not invest in companies that:
Export of armaments and nuclear weapons
Animal testing of cosmetics and toiletries
Alcohol and tobacco sale or production
Trade in prohibited pesticides
Manufacture or supply of ozone depleting chemicals
Extracting or importing tropical hardwood
Pollution of waterways
Using intensive farming methods
Pornography