So, has social investment finally come of age?

Views from the Good Deals 2009 National Social Investment Conference in London on 29 October were, predictably, mixed. UK Minister for the Third Sector, Angela Smith, noted that the financial crisis has stimulated a growing wider market for ethical products and services and provided a boost to ethical investment. A view shared by Pradeep Jethi, CEO of Social Stock Exchange, who said that today ‘people want a more social constructive capitalism’.