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[Financial News] Should You be Looking at Socially Responsible Investing ...: Socially responsible investing (SRI) is approximately $2.7 trillion out of the $25 trillion invested in the United States marketplace. It also accounts for a large range of investment opportunities including: stocks, bonds, mutual funds, savings and checking accounts, and venture capital opportunities.

[Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Cause Marketing News Distribution] The 2010 Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends in the ...: What unites these diverse investment approaches—and what ultimately distinguishes them from the broader universe of assets under management in the United States—is precisely the explicit incorporation of ESG issues into investment decision-making, fund management or shareholder activities. The specific ESG factors and the way they are used may differ widely from investor to investor, and tactical and technical considerations are often specific to an institution or fund manager.

[Eco Business » News] Index set to draw socially responsible funds | Eco Business: “Bursa hopes the index will raise the profile of Malaysia’s listed companies that perform well on environmental, social and corporate governance indicators when compared to their peers,” Bursa Malaysia Bhd chief regulatory officer Selvarany Rasiah told StarBizWeek.

[Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability and Cause Marketing News Distribution] Socially Responsible Investing: Reaching New Heights | 3BL Media: At Green Money Journal you will find numerous articles in this expanded version of our Spring 2011 issue, including a look at SRI growth trends as well as insight on SRI around the world from Canada, Europe and Asia. Daniel Fireside of Equal Exchange reports on some important successes they are having with Fair Trade coffee and many other products.

[Bogleheads - Recent changes [en]] Social responsibility indices - Bogleheads: Ter Horst, Zhang, and Renneboog (2007) examined the global universe of SRI funds and found that from 1991-2003 US and UK SRI funds provided risk adjusted returns that tracked their indexes closely, while European and Asia Pacific SRI funds had risk adjusted returns that trailed their indexes by -5.00% annually. They also found that SRI fund returns were increasingly being explained by the Fama and French Three-Factor Model.

[Articles Online Max] What is an ethical investment funds? | Articles Online Max: Ethical and SRI funds are measured in shades of green. Dark green funds “will have strict ethical standards, moral or environmental issues in the choice of investing in stocks while the light green background of a well will use more relaxed criteria.

[Pensions Age] UKSIF launches responsible investment survey: Socially responsible investing (SRI) can boost pension fund portfolios, rather than be to their detriment, according to investment managers at a Newton Investment London roundtable today (8 March 2010)

[Kulme Online | Share and Learn] Socially Responsible Investing for Idiots: 9.    SocialFunds.com, an advertising-driven website with information on SRI mutual funds, community investments, corporate research, shareowner actions, and daily social investment news.

[REGGY'S WEALTH CREATING IDEAS, INFORMATION, TIPS & REVIEWS] Dynamic Wealth Management Do good while making money: A guide to ...: Along with funds and other professionally managed portfolios that specialize in socially responsible styles, the Social Investment Forum reports that mainstream money managers are also incorporating social and environmental screens into their investment selection processes. The approach has also taken on global dimensions, as more investors around the world seek to promote specific causes through their investment dollars.

[The Corporate Library Blog] CSR Focus: Socially Responsible Investing Gaining Mainstream ...: The emerging trend of ESG based investing means that ordinary investors are now starting to incorporate ESG into their investment strategies rather than just focus on traditional SRI screens.  Activist investors and initiatives like the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (PRI) project are using ESG research to encourage publicly listed companies to adopt meaningful environmental management policies.

[The Business Ethics Blog] Socially Responsible Investing & Value Alignment « The Business ...: If you think of it the opposite way around, then you could say that a socially responsible investor sieves through available investments by making ethical distinctions that other investors do not see as important. You and I may both see child slavery as appalling, and may make investments based on expressing that view, but you may see the manufacture of weapons for peacekeeping purposes as ethically acceptable, while I do view all weapons manufacture as reprehensible.

[Moxy Vote Blog] What Exactly is Socially Responsible Investing? : Moxy Vote Blog: Socially responsible investing (SRI) considers the social and environmental impact of investments within the context of certain financial goals and analysis.  Social investors range from individuals, businesses, pension funds, endowments, non-profits, and other organizations that invest with the consideration of multiple stakeholders.  The process of selecting companies can be based on a certain set of values or standards, such as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives or other criteria that reflect the mission of the investor.  In addition to CSR, socially responsible investing involves analyzing the corporate impact on surrounding communities and natural resources.  It may require engaging in active conversation and negotiation with companies to improve management techniques.

[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.

[Diversified Investments Review] Socially Responsible Investing for Idiots: SocialFunds.com, an advertising-driven website with information on SRI mutual funds, community investments, corporate research, shareowner actions, and daily social investment news. 10.

[Oddpath Live Local Search] Sustainable business: $40 trillion green tech boom will help save ...: Already tweeted about this to my followers, especially regarding Socially Responsible Investments (SRI), whereupon I conduct my very interesting dissertation research about in the UK..would love to have your point-of-view on this, if possible. Will certainly buy your ‘Sustainagility’

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