Investing in a socially responsible or ethical way is becoming increasingly important to many of our clients. The days when ethical investing was seen as a fringe activity are long gone. Today, it's now a realistic option for clients wishing to build successful investment portfolios while enjoying a clear conscience.

At its most basic level, this involves successfully screening clients' pensions, ISAs and investment portfolios to filter out companies or funds that don't take a socially responsible, ethical or environmentally conscious stance.

For clients wanting to take a more rigorous 'dark green' approach, we can build a stable of investments that take full advantage of many of the support mechanisms (i.e. tax breaks) the present Government has put in place to encourage ethical investors. These investments can be in renewable energy sources such as wind farms and solar parks, as well as more established investments in forestry and timber production.

The ethical investment market is still young, but is diverse enough to offer clients the real potential of acceptable investment returns while at the same time being socially and environmentally responsible.