Innovative product launches offer boost to SRI sector.
The ethical and SRI investment space has been an overlooked and unloved part of the industry for some time. But recent innovation in the sector may bring investments with a social conscience back on to the radar. Last week, Seed Mentors launched a fund designed to help ex-servicemen and women build businesses after their return to civilian life. The Start-ups for Heroes fund is structured as an enterprise investment scheme (EIS) and aims to support businesses which offer a product or service of direct benefit to armed forces staff. Seed Mentors founder Harvey Shulman said: “The discip...
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