Once you re in that net it just becomes too like hard work to extricate yourself. Our offspring, on the other hand have spare cash and no bills. Children, like minnows, can escape through the mesh and swim off to warmer and less polluted waters. Advice packs are usually only a phone call away. Amongst the useful information that this organisation forwards are the names and addresses of the two banks and one building society that have purely ethical policies.
Children generally have a very strong sense of fair play.
People s principles differ and not all ethical funds have quite the same objectives. The Co-operative Bank specifically avoids those businesses that may damage the environment or are involved in activities which their savers find unacceptable such as tobacco production, animal testing, oppressive regimes, armaments etc. They also actively seek to encourage companies that have a positive environmental impact and support Fair Trade. In the spirit of a co-operative the bank consults its customers with regards to investments via questionnaires and focus groups and all their policies are customer led. Their charitable record is excellent.