Fraser Donaldson: The rub of the green

Environmental', ‘green' (‘light' and ‘dark' and all shades in between), ‘SRI', ‘ecology', ‘responsible', ‘renewable', ‘negative screening', ‘positive screening', ‘engagement' - these are all terms the world of retail finance has, rightly or wrongly, associated with the generic term of ‘ethical' investing. Every five years or so, it seems, there has been a big push on this area in its various guises. Around those sorts of time, I will usually be asked for articles on the subject and, being of a particular vintage, that has made for quite a few articles. Their gist, however, is always the ...