This article examines whether socially responsible investing (SRI) may be legally permissible if it fulfills the will of the beneficiaries in a fiduciary relationship, and considers potential legal reforms to give better effect to the interests of beneficiaries. It thus examines a relatively...

This article investigates the influence of socially responsible investment (SRI) on the social and environmental impact of the market and corporate behavior. It assesses SRI's influence through five means: (i) to promote SRI as a profitable alternative to conventional investment (ii) to alter...

The SRI industry has been preoccupied with financial returns, and said little about its potential social or environmental "returns." Yet, ultimately this must be the most important yardstick with which to measure the importance and value of SRI. This paper assesses whether social investors who...

This chapter assesses whether socially responsible investing (SRI) through voluntary codes of conduct can help promote sustainable development. The financial industry has drafted, sometimes in partnership with public agencies and other stakeholders, a wide range of codes of conduct in recent...

This book investigates fiduciary law's influence on the financial economy's environmental performance. It focuses on how the law affects responsible investing and considers possible legal reforms to shift financial markets towards sustainability. Fiduciary law governs how trustees, fund managers...

This article assesses the fiduciary law context governing socially responsible investing (SRI) in retail funds in order to understand the scope for promoting sustainable development. Most scholarship on this subject has focused on institutional investors such as pension plans, yet the legal,...

Can investors lawfully engage in socially responsible investment (SRI)? The legal context to SRI is a complex and detailed subject. This chapter canvasses selected issues. It focuses on the fiduciary and trust law duties that govern finance in the institutional sector, including consideration...

In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis and worsening collateral social and environmental problems, socially responsible investing (SRI) has garnered more interest internationally as a potential civilizing influence on the financial economy. In particular, SRI is increasingly conceptualized...

How might company law be in a world in which all economic sectors are expected to show leadership and share responsibility in the transition to an environmentally sustainable future? That is the focus of the final chapter, which synthesizes insights from the rest of book in reiterating the...

The financial sector has a significant presence in the activities of business corporations through equity investments and debt financing. This chapter investigates how the financial sector shapes the environmental performance of corporations and assesses whether the global movement for socially...