These funds aim to spur your gains and soothe your conscience

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Sustainable Investments continue to gain in popularity among socially conscious Canadians. This month, we provide you with an overview of ETFs designed to appeal to those investors—at the same time keep their returns high. In selecting their holdings, these ETFs look at a company’s environmental impact, social behaviour, and corporate governance. Here’s your look at two Sustainability funds and your potential gains relative to their benchmarks. Each is a buy. Our supplements (click here: Link 1 & Link 2) provide you with more Successful Investor insights on this investment style. INVESCO CLEANTECH ETF $46.76 (New York symbol PZD; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $201.2 million) gives you global exposure to firms leading in creating and deploying clean technology products and services. Companies that get at least 50% of their revenue or profits from clean technology qualify for inclusion. Clean technology businesses are defined as those providing knowledge-based products or services aimed at reducing costs and raising productivity. At the same time, they aim to reduce resources…