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[Hedgehogs.net: connections' blogs] Socially Responsible Investing vs Vice Investing - Jacob Bettany's ...: Our research shows while the annualized return of SRI through Domini Social Index (DS 400 Index) from 1990 to 2009 has been higher than that of S&P 500, the relative 5 and 10-year returns are more favorable in S&P 500. We also find that while SRI through Domini Social Equity Mutual Fund (DSEFX) outperformed vice investing through vice fund (VICEX) over the most recent one year, VICEX has outperformed DSEFX over the long term.

[finweb.com] A Look at Socially Responsible Investment Performance - Financial Web: In fact, it is the individual investor who decides what is "socially responsible." Some will consider emerging market investments responsible, while others will favor investments in green technology. The main factor determining whether the investment qualifies as responsible is the ultimate purpose.

[GreenBiz.com Green and Sustainable Business News] Social Funds and BP: How Embarrassing! | Business | GreenBiz.com: When Cary Krosinsky, an editor of a book called "Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance," tallied up the holdings of about 350 socially responsible investment (SRI) funds from around the world, he found that at the end .

[CSR NEWS | csr-news.net » LANGUAGES] Socially Responsible Investment Community Reacts to BP Deepwater ...: Mark has written extensively on the investor response to the BP spill (here are a few examples Responsible Investor - Business Ethics – Ethical Corporation).

[Business Tips and Tricks] How an organization can act socially responsible | Business Tips ...: Organizations that aim at educating their employees take a liberal approach in managing their stuff. Enlightened management appeals on the cognitive aspects of each employee and their intrinsic motivations and puts them to work toward the achievement of organizational goals, but also the achievement of their personal goals.

[Marc Gunther] Social funds and BP: How embarassing! | Marc Gunther: By contrast, Pax World held BP in one of its traditional SRI funds. As Joe Keefe, Pax’s president and CEO, told me by email: “BP had been on Pax’s approved list prior to the spill and our research indicated that historically it had a good environmental record, good disclosure, etc.

[How to Invest Today] Socially Responsible Investing - Are You Ready To Invest | How to ...: Even if you don’t have corporate provisions for contributions you have alternatives such as Roth IRAs that will give you a tax break for investing some of your money and helping to plan for your own retirement.

[EcoGEOS] EcoGEOS: Socially Responsible Investment Funds' Strategies: Best ...: With many socially responsible investment funds, the fund manager is going to choose companies that are specifically designed to help the environment or some type of cause. This means that you are going to be investing in ...

[Change.org's Social Entrepreneurship Blog] The Giving Pledge and the Opportunity of a Generation | Social ...: And so, to maximize both financial return and social return for the Billionaire Givers, I would recommend not just a late-stage PE firm for social ventures, but also expanding capital investments in existing or new growth stage funds for socially responsible companies, particularly those in the developing world.

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[Socially Responsible Investing] Corporate Political Contributions & Shareholder Consent : Socially ...: In contrast, Justice Kennedy stated “When government seeks to use its full power, including the criminal law, to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought,” Justice Kennedy wrote. “This is unlawful.

[Social Finance - Blog] Canadian Responsible Investment Conference Preview | Blog | Social ...: "Furthermore, even with the knowledge that SRI funds and conventional funds generate similar returns, holders of SRI funds are willing, to a certain extent, to sacrifice part of their return in exchange for the social and environmental benefits brought about through the nature of their investments. In fact, given the choice between a conventional fund and an SRI fund with a 1% lower return, 85% of investors would choose the SRI fund.

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