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.


according to a variety of criteria such as

according to a variety of such criteria, as by

according to such a variety of criteria as by

in accordance with such a variety of criteria as

in accordance with a variety of criteria, such as by

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题目分析：
本题主要的矛盾点就在于两个词选取，即，according to和in accordance with。这两个短语虽然经常可以互换，但是意思上还是有些许不同的，所以我们在使用这些短语时应多加小心。“According to…”通常在你要重述你从某人那儿听到的内容、你听说的内容或者在某处读到的内容时使用。这个短语通常用于新闻报道。例如：
According to the clerk we spoke to when we telephoned the supervisory authority this morning, the application was filed last week.
这个短语可以用于引入可能并不真实的信息：
According to the state news agency, the number of demonstrators did not exceed 1,000. However, the organisers of the protest say there were at least 100,000 people on the march.
这个短语也可以用于引入传闻：
According to Annabel, Tom wants to dump Sarah because he really fancies Emma.
“In accordance with…”用于更为正式的情景，引入依据内容。在法律文本中，这个短语用于说明与法律或合同一致的内容。这个短语不得用于引入可能并不真实的信息。

简而言之，如果根据的是一般的信息而非法律规定等极为正式的信息，用according to；如果根据的是法律规定等极为正式的信息，用in accordance with。

选项分析：

A选项：Correct. 本选项在语法和逻辑上均是正确的。

B选项：according to已经是介词了，所以在such as身后不必要再添加一个介词by，这样会造成语法错误，即，funds screen companies according to by A。

C选项：本选项错误同(B)。

D选项：由于本题描述的是“根据”某些特点来评判公司，所以这些内容显然不是法律条文，应该将in accordance with改为according to。

E选项：本选项兼具本题中所有的错误。

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