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The New CSRhttp://thenewcsr.com/2008/08/01/socially-responsiblewait-no-ir-responsible-investing/ [The New CSR] Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against SRI, but in this case, investments under the guise of SRI have resulted in a mishandling of the pension fund money of California’s state teachers and public employees.  SRI shouldn’t be unprofitable and the metrics for determining what is an SRI need to be reexamined.  Socially responsible citizens shouldn’t have their pensions jeopardized by irresponsible investing.

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Accountability Central[Accountability Central] SEC Charges Mutual Fund Manager for Violating Socially Responsible ...: According to the SEC's order, Pax World violated the Funds' SRI restrictions by making purchases in the securities of companies that derived revenue from the manufacture of alcohol or gambling products, derived more than 5 percent of their revenue from contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense, or failed to satisfy the Funds' environmental or labor standards. Pax World Funds held at least one security that violated their SRI restrictions at all times from 2001 through early 2006.

A Few Dollars More[A Few Dollars More] Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: Overall, Socially Responsible Investing has taken its share of losses in 2008 but has faired no worse than the rest of the market. That runs contrary to its detractors who believe SRI, the investment strategy of combining financial .

Green Your Futurehttp://greenyourfuture.experience.com/2008/07/sustainable-investing-that-is-good-for.html [Green Your Future] Sustainable investing that is good for the wallet and the environment: I founded award-winning GreenMoney Journal in 1992 to cover all different aspects of Sustainable / Socially Responsible / Green Investing.

Make a Wise Investment[Make a Wise Investment] What are SRI funds?: Pax world - Pax worlds funds were among the first, if not the first socially responsible Mutual funds. Luther Tyson and Jack Corbett Launched the Pax World fund, on August 10, 1971, the fund was launched with $101,000 in assets and created the first broadly diversified, publicly available mutual fund to use social as well as financial criteria in its investment decisions.

GreenBiz: Mktg/PR/Advertising[GreenBiz: Mktg/PR/Advertising] Marketing & Sales Associate / KLD Research & Analytics, Inc ...: · knowledge of and interest in socially responsible investing (SRI). · a four-year college degree. · excellent verbal and written communication skills. · experience in Financial Services and/or high-level investor relations ...

Responsible Investinghttp://responsibleinvesting.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/community-based-investing-a-new-brand-of-responsible-investing/ [Responsible Investing] Community Based Investing: A New Brand of Responsible Investing: Historically, socially responsible investing (SRI) has referred to a set of approaches used in investment decisions that consider social, ethical, and environmental issues.

Dirt Diggers Digest[Dirt Diggers Digest] SRI Firm Now has Blemish On Its Own Record: It is unclear from the SEC filing whether someone at Pax deliberately added those stocks (which are not identified) to its portfolios or did so through sloppiness. The SEC also charged that until 2004 Pax did not continuously monitor fund portfolios for compliance with their SRI criteria.

Spotya! Blog[Spotya! Blog] Do you have money to invest?: SRI is investing in corporate businesses that have these societal concerns. SRI is choosing the businesses that will seek what is best for keeping our earth healthy.SRI is the businesses that will not only think to maximize their finances but especially the social good.

kasina Bloghttp://kasina.com/blog/2008/07/funds_cannot_get_sued_over_sud.html [kasina Blog] Funds Cannot Get Sued Over Sudan: Divesting in companies that do business with the Sudanese government is a choice--there are other, alternative, socially responsible funds companies can select instead.

Good Honest Dollar $$[Good Honest Dollar $$] Socially Responsible Investing - Series Introduction: Accordingly, in tomorrow’s post, I wish to commence a series of discussions based around the topic of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), otherwise known a ethical investing, a concept whereby investors take social or environmental factors into account when making investment decisions.

thebankaccounts.com webloghttp://free.thebankaccounts.com/2008/07/socially-responsible-investing-sri.html [thebankaccounts.com weblog] Socially Responsible Investing, SRI: . From 2005-2007 alone, SRI assets increased more than 18 percent while the broader universe of professionally managed assets increased less than 3 percent.[9] As of 2007 about one out of every nine dollars under professional management in the United States is involved in socially responsible investing—11 percent of the $25.1 trillion in total assets under management tracked in Nelson Information’s Directory of Investment Managers.

Socially Responsible Investinghttp://www.bluesummitinvest.com/blog/?p=10 [Socially Responsible Investing] Why Consider Company Labor Relations When Investing?: Last year, Alex Edmans won the Moskowitz Prize, recognizing his outstanding quantitative research in the field of socially responsible investing (SRI). His paper analyzed the relationship between employee satisfaction and long-run stock .

KLD BLOGhttp://blog.kld.com/uncategorized/sustainability-reporting-now-the-norm-for-sp-100-companies-says-annual-kldsiran-study/ [KLD BLOG] Sustainability Reporting Now the Norm for S&P 100 Companies, says ...: Sound investment is built on information, and socially responsible investment (SRI) requires accurate reporting of every aspect of corporate activity. A traditional balance sheet doesn’t reveal a company’s environmental, social and .

environmentastic![environmentastic!] Celebration! and Eco-Investments: So since this is a celebration of environmentastic!’s success thus far in its existence, I would like to extend the information I have provided to people about SRI and offer you, my beloved readers, the following gift:

opticalrodent.net[opticalrodent.net] Celebration! and Eco-Investments: often read post on the blog, even though it was posted back on March 11th of 2008. Other posts that discuss similar issues as the above are pretty well-read:.

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