Well, that's just the cutoff point we set. The information on which such decisions are made is sometimes suspect. Researchers who advise funds on stock selection scan data banks for environmental irregularities, but for the most part they depend on information provided by the companies under scrutiny. It doesn't make sense. These are idiosyncratic ideological filters, not ethical screens.
Recent studies suggest that the funds track the market.
Jantzi thinks so. If we help publicize environmental or ethical inconsistencies, it affects corporate behaviour. The impact is negligible, like taking a bucket of water out of the shallow end of a swimming pool and emptying it into the deep end. Tempering idealism with pragmatism, Shuttleworth pleas for patience. We have to make a profit for our investors.