Ethical Banking

Ethical banking is the term for those individuals, companies and banks who commit themselves to a high standard of ethics when saving and investing their money. This can come through a number of policies, whether humanitarian or environmental, but the majority of ethical banking excludes companies with poor records in any of a number of moral areas. Examples of these include the arms trade, oil companies or those who are complicit in a number of dictatorial governments.

Ethical banking has become an increasingly popular area in recent years, with more and more investment companies, banks and building societies offering ethical investment options.