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Ethical Investment, Uncompromised Returns

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Solar farms offer a completely green form of renewable

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from the moment they go into production. A typical solar

20 farm of 1.5 MW will avoid the emission of thousands of

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tonnes of carbon dioxide equalling the photo-
synthesizing effect of over 150,000 trees.

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Investors who want to keep a clear conscience may have
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their principles. Many investment funds specialising in
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ethical investing are easily beaten by their peers, in some
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Avoiding companies you don’t like can be enormously
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problematic.
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MSCI MSCI Avg Solar 21 Avg
Solar 21 offers investors who want to keep a clear MSCI World average return = 3.66% p.a.
Solar 21 average return = 10% p.a.
conscience without having to sacrifice profits, an
opportunity to invest in a sector that is aligned with their
WARNING: These figures are estimates only. They are not a
own conscience and ethics. The graph (above right) is an reliable guide to future performance of your investment.

illustration of Solar 21 returns compared to the MSCI
world index annual returns and average return over the

last ten years.

The MSCI World is a stock market index of 1,500 ‘world’

stocks. It is maintained by MSCI Inc., formerly Morgan

Stanley Capital International, and is often used
as a common benchmark for ‘world’

or ‘global’ stock funds.

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