As of today social responsibility has emerged into an en vogue topic for corporate executives, governmental officials, international public servants and stakeholder representatives. Due to globalization, worldwide business mergers, but also as for international deficiencies beyond the scope of...

Socially responsible investments (SRI) are a confluence of money and ethics, simply known as “ethical investments”. SRI has laboured for more than 5 decades now to gain recognition as an investment strategy, and today, it has reached a juncture where it is being considered as a potential...

This paper uses an administrative panel dataset to examine Swedish households' socially responsible investing (SRI) in mutual funds. We zoom in on the differences between all and wealthy households because of the wealthy households' importance for the economy. Surprisingly, wealthy households...

Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from mainstream (i.e. not SRI funds) investment organizations we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social and governance (ESG) information. Relevance to investment performance is the most...

Using five years of internal proprietary data collected directly from United Nations supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories, we examine the attributes of the stakeholder relationship between the PRI and investment organizations. The analysis is carried out in the...

Nowadays, investors have variety of options for investment, in order to get a return that they planned. Furthermore, investors would decide easier if those investments are related to sustainability. Socially Responsible Investment is a good type of investment which seeks to generate financial...

An unprecedented number of investors are giving their financial advisors a mandate for socially responsible investing (SRI). Yet, the impact of SRI mandates on consumers is unclear. In a pre-registered lab-in-the-field experiment with 345 professional advisors, we find that advisors charge a...

If corporate purpose debates concern whether corporations should operate solely to benefit their shareholders, or if instead they should operate to benefit the community as a whole, “ESG” – or, investing based on “environmental, social, and governance” factors – occupies a middle...