Responsible investment: how to choose?

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) continues to gain ground. No less than half of the funds marketed in France now claim a sustainable approach, according to data collected by the specialized company Quantalys. More than 5,000 funds claim to promote environmental and/or social characteristics (so-called article 8 funds, according to the European SFDR classification), or even pursue a sustainable investment objective (article 9 funds).

Savers are sensitive to it. 60% of French people declare that they give an important place to environmental and social impacts in their investment decisions, according to a survey carried out by Ifop for the Forum for responsible investment (FIR) last September. They will now be able to put their word into action. Since 1^er January, all financial investment distributors must ask their clients about their sustainable investment preferences and respond to their…