Socially and environmentally responsible investing is on the rise: last year in the United States, over $2 trillion was invested in funds that screen companies according to a variety of criteria such as adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights.
A. according to a variety of criteria such as
B. according to a variety of such criteria, as by
C. according to such a variety of criteria as by
D. in accordance with such a variety of criteria as
E. in accordance with a variety of criteria, such as by
according/in accordance
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The answer choice should be 'A' because it has examples as a list (adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights) and we use such as for the list.
E is wrong because it uses such as 'by' which is wrong because does not follow parallelism for the the other items in the list.
E is wrong because it uses such as 'by' which is wrong because does not follow parallelism for the the other items in the list.