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What is ethical investment? |
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The concept of ethical investment is based on the philosophical, religious or moral convictions of individual or collective investors, who exclude from their investment universe all stocks in fields which they consider contrary to their convictions.
- Its most common form is the selection of an investment universe which excludes companies implicated in the production of alcohol, tobacco, nuclear energy, gambling or pornography, for example. Negative screening can also exclude companies based in countries in which the political regimes do not guarantee fundamental human rights (e.g. Burma).
- Ethical investment can also be the result of positive screening, i.e. the selection of an investment universe based on good practices in a particular field, such as in human rights or the protection of the environment, for example.
- Some investment universes result from the combination of both negative and positive screening.
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