Ethex is the UK’s leading platform for positive investing, connecting investors with businesses and projects that deliver social and environmental impact throughout the UK and at the same time supporting targeted returns. Since launching in 2012, Ethex's retail investors have raised over £130 million to support more than 200 community-led organisations tackling climate change, inequality, and social challenges across the UK with a growing 27,000 plus community. Recent examples of projects include community investment opportunities supporting organisations such as Kent Community Energy and the Big Solar Co-op; Fair for You, a not-for-profit social lender providing affordable credit to families who are often excluded from mainstream finance; and Solar for Schools, a community benefit society installing solar panels on school rooftops to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs while generating educational and community benefits. All with targeted returns of between 5.5% to 8%.