Monday, 5 March 2012

Investing turns `green' // Interests go beyond cash yield

Is your money green?

Before you reach for your wallet to make sure . . . that's notthe kind of money in question.

And the question isn't as silly as it sounds. It's not aboutwalking-around money or the money you have stashed in a checking orsavings account or certificates of deposit.This is about stocks, mutual funds, individual retirementaccounts, pension plans, 401(k) plans and all the other ways youinvest, directly or indirectly, in corporate America.And it's about viewing those investments through the prism ofenvironmental and social responsibility.Green, or environmentally conscious, investing has been aroundfor more than two decades. "Green" also has come …

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