Articles de revues : « Social responsible (SRI) »

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Risalvato, Giuseppe, Claudio Venezia et Federica Maggio. « Social Responsible Investments and Performance ». International Journal of Financial Research 10, n^o 1 (18 novembre 2018) : 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/ijfr.v10n1p10.

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This research paper shows the growing power of the practices of sustainable finance in the financial markets. The socially responsible investments (SRI), defined as a strategy to select issuers on the basis of both ESG Corporate Responsibility that financial factors, are rising a growing amount of capital. In fact, between 2012 and 2015 the SRI global asset increased of 61%, amounting to 21.4 billion of dollars. The proliferation of ethical indices in the various financial centers of the world is related to a significant growth of assets managed according to an investment strategy that rewards socially responsible companies. After the financial crisis of 2007, ethical or sustainable indices have generally performed better than traditional indices, which they are derived through a selection of stocks that are subject to strict requirements, the author show the performance of ethical finance compared with those of the traditional sector.

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Mikołajek-Gocejna, Magdalena. « The Environmental, Social and Governance Aspects of Social Responsibility Indices – A Comparative Analysis of European SRI Indices ». Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 21, n^o 3 (18 septembre 2018) : 25–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/cer-2018-0017.

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An increasing number of investors want to invest their capital not only with profit but also responsibly, and they pay significant attention to the formula of socially responsible investing (SRI), which means that they consciously engage their funds in companies operating in accordance with CSR principles. An important influence on the development of CSR is the role of stock exchange indices on socially responsible companies. These indices can be considered specific tools for adapting this concept in practice, in particular in the field of socially responsible investment. This article provides a comparative analysis of the social, environmental and governance criteria underlying the definition of the composition of selected European SRI indices. The research will cover the following indices: the DJSI Europe Index, the FTSE4Good Europe 40, the FTSE4Good Europe 50, the EURO STOXX Sustainability 40 and the Solactive Sustainability Index Europe. This paper also intends to set an index reflecting the degree to which companies of certain European countries are represented in major European SRI indices. Consequently, global and national initiatives and ratings were excluded, as well as sector‑and industry‑specific initiatives and ratings. The proposed index is standardized by introducing the GDP of each country into the calculation formula as a way to a achieve comparable result. We believe that the proposed metric will reflect the state of the art in SRI and provide an overall picture of SRI practices across nations.

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Hartz Pinto, Dimas, Celso Funcia Lemme et Ricardo Pereira Câmara Leal. « Socially responsible stock funds in Brazil ». International Journal of Managerial Finance 10, n^o 4 (26 août 2014) : 432–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmf-10-2013-0107.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the risk-adjusted performance of Brazilian SRI stock funds. Design/methodology/approach – Risk-adjusted performance of 11 Brazilian socially responsible investment (SRI) funds relative to local index funds and matched pairs of funds. Findings – SRI funds performed as well as portfolios representing the broad market on a risk-adjusted basis, both before and during the global financial crisis. Independent investment houses are not interested in SRI funds. Large financial conglomerates may see these funds as part of their corporate social responsibility image strategy. Research limitations/implications – Brazilian SRI funds are a very small niche in the stock mutual fund universe of the country, thus, the small sample (universe) of SRI funds, as far as the author's knew. One cannot say that independent asset managers do not include SRI screening in their stock selection criteria. The use of SRI screening by the most prominent independent asset managers is a potential topic for future research. Practical implications – Brazilian SRI funds did not represent an extra screening filter cost to their investors. The majority of asset managers do not consider this strategy important enough to deserve an exclusive vehicle. Social implications – As SRI funds did not posit an extra screening cost, they may deserve a greater share of the mutual fund market, stimulating more SRI. Originality/value – The performance of Brazilian SRI stock funds had not been examined in the international literature. Brazil has vast natural resources, a very large economy and the fourth largest mutual fund industry in the world, but was overlooked.

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Richardson, Benjamin J. « Are Social Investors Influential ? » European Company Law 9, Issue 2 (1 avril 2012) : 133–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eucl2012020.

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This article examines socially responsible investment (SRI) and its means of influence and argues that they presently do not enable SRI to greatly influence the social and environmental behaviour of the market.

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Mynhardt, Henry, Inna Makarenko et Alex Plastun. « Market efficiency of traditional stock market indices and social responsible indices : the role of sustainability reporting ». Investment Management and Financial Innovations 14, n^o 2 (2 juin 2017) : 94–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.14(2).2017.09.

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Corporate social responsibility, disclosed in sustainability reporting, influences the financial performance of companies. As a result, traditional stock market indices (TI) are expanded with the social responsible stock market indices (SRI). The aim of this study was to establish whether there are any differences in the behavior of the TI and SRI. To do this, the authors analyzed their efficiency. They used R/S analysis to calculate the Hurst exponent as a measure of persistence (long-term memory property). The presence of persistence was evidence in favor of less efficiency. According to empirical results, SRI has lower efficiency, in particular the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Lower efficiency was also observed in the emerging markets with a responsible investment segment, compared to the traditional stock market indices. Further standardization and a common methodological approach to corporate sustainability reporting disclosure are proposed.

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Tobias Peylo, Benjamin. « Rational socially responsible investment ». Corporate Governance 14, n^o 5 (30 septembre 2014) : 699–713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cg-08-2014-0089.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is first to give an in-depth discussion of the criticism of socially responsible investment's (SRI) alleged incompatibility with the concept of rational investment constituting an inferiority to conventional investment so as to disprove unwarranted arguments and identify potential for improvement of SRI. The second objective is to propose a framework that places SRI and conventional investment on the same level of rationality. Methodology – The discussion is based on a literature study. The framework uses a previously published multidimensional optimization approach and embeds it into a new, integrated methodology for investment decisions in the presence of SRI objectives. The framework is empirically evaluated using historic stock market data. Findings – The main findings show that SRI is not necessarily less rational than conventional investment; it can be implemented in an equally stringent and clearly defined methodology. The empirical results prove that investors can pursue SRI objectives without sacrificing performance. Research limitations – Focus is on the German stock market; in the future, research will be expanded to cover international markets. Practical implications – The results may contribute to enhance the SRI methodology. Social implications – Investors may be encouraged to consider SRI, strengthening the concept of sustainability. Originality/value – In the literature, the question of SRI’s compatibility with rational investment has often been cited but seldom scrutinized. An in-depth analysis combined with a framework to exploit of the learnings has yet been missing.

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Chen, En Te, et Yunieta Anny Nainggolan. « Distance bias of socially responsible investment ». Social Responsibility Journal 14, n^o 1 (5 mars 2018) : 96–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/srj-02-2017-0021.

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Purpose Despite the benefits of international diversification, the home equity bias phenomenon is well documented in the portfolio choice literature. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the same investment behavior applies to domestic socially responsible investments (SRIs) where ethical screenings should be the selection criteria. Design/methodology/approach The authors apply the model by Coval and Moskowitz (1999), Grinblatt and Keloharju (2001) and Agarwal and Hauswald (2010) to uncover the effect of distance relative to screenings on SRI domestic portfolio choice. For the first time, the authors test the robustness of distance effect by using time bias, which is the travel time between the fund manager and the company’s headquarter. Findings The authors find that SRIs exhibit a strong preference for locally headquartered firms. After controlling for screening activity and other fund characteristics, the authors still find a strong distance bias in SRI fund portfolio decision-making. The authors find that this bias is mostly observed in SRI fund with social screening and that fund holding characteristics determine the propensity of fund managers to invest locally. The results suggest that the local bias puzzle exists in SRI. Research limitations/implications This study provides avenue for future research to examine whether the same local bias is found in SRI investment in other countries where they have different characteristics and behavior. Also, the evidence that local bias exists in SRI investment may need further analysis as to whether this is conflicting with the objectives of SRI, which focus more on ethical beliefs. Practical implications The results suggest that many local firms in the same city currently held by an SRI fund will not be held by this fund if it is in another city. The implications of the findings are that geographic proximity, along with ethical screenings, is an important dimension to how SRI fund invests. Originality/value This study is the first that examines local bias in SRI funds by using portfolio holding data.

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Ivanisevic Hernaus, Ana. « Exploring the strategic variety of socially responsible investment ». Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 10, n^o 3 (1 juillet 2019) : 545–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-07-2018-0182.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to segment and profile socially responsible investment (SRI) funds based on investment strategies they use. Specifically, the paper investigates how different SRI strategies are applied and how they are related to fund-level characteristics, with the goal of recognising their potential dominant combinations in SRI practice. Design/methodology/approach Cluster analysis was complemented with one-way ANOVA to classify 147 SRI funds from 11 European countries into different groups based on the diversification (number and type) and application (intensity of usage) of the investment strategies. Discriminant analysis and chi-square tests were conducted to profile the clusters. Financial performance was examined by running multiple hierarchical regression and dominance analyses to determine meaningfulness of particular investment strategies within each of the SRI fund clusters. Findings Three basic SRI fund clusters were recognised: strong-intensity strategic heterogeneity, weak-intensity strategic heterogeneity and weak-intensity strategic homogeneity. The combination of SRI strategies used in the weak-intensity strategic homogeneity cluster significantly explained the variance in mid-term financial returns. Practical implications Fund managers may use these results to make more informed investment decisions on the selection and the application of SRI strategies. Social implications Financial industry has significant and broad and not only economic but also social implications. This research effort results in better understanding of the SRI universe, potentially leading to a broader consideration of the societal impact of financial investment. Originality/value The author provided useful insights into existing bundles of SRI strategies used in the European SRI market, recognised dominant investment strategies within SRI strategy portfolios and reported how strategic variety is related to fund-level characteristics.

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Risi, David, Falko Paetzold et Anne Kellers. « Wealthy Private Investors and Socially Responsible Investing : The Influence of Reference Groups ». Sustainability 13, n^o 22 (22 novembre 2021) : 12931. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132212931.

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Sustainable development requires a shift from traditionally invested assets to socially responsible investing (SRI), bringing together financial profits and social welfare. Private high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) are critical for this shift as they control nearly half of global wealth. While we know little about HNWIs’ investment behavior, reference group theory suggests that their SRI engagement is influenced by their identification with and comparison to reference groups. We thus ask: how do reference groups influence the investment behavior of SRI-oriented HNWIs? To answer this question, we analyzed a unique qualitative data set of 55 semi-structured interviews with SRI-oriented HNWIs and industry experts. Our qualitative research found that, on the one hand, the family serves as a normative reference group that upholds the economic profit motive and directly shapes HNWIs to make financial gains from their investments at the expense of social welfare. On the other hand, fellow SRI-oriented HNWIs serve as a comparative reference group that does not impose any concrete requirements on social welfare performance, indirectly influencing SRI-oriented HNWIs to subordinate social concerns to financial profits. Our scholarly insights contribute to the SRI literature, reference group theory, and practice.

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Praseeda, Challapalli. « Socially Responsible Investment, Microfinance and Banking : Creating Value by Synergy ». Indian Journal of Corporate Governance 11, n^o 1 (juin 2018) : 69–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0974686218769200.

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Socially responsible investing (SRI) is fast catching the imagination of the ever increasing social consciousness of the investor community. Emergence of SRI can be traced back to the 1970s to few socially conscious investors who wanted to invest in bonds other than war, arms and ammunition and alcohol. Traditionally, SRI has focused on the economic social and governance (ESG) areas. Dieckmann (2007) who authored; Microfinance an emerging investment opportunity as a part of the Deutsche Bank Research, indicates that the SRI sector is witnessing the emergence of novae entrants like the microfinance (MF). The report also states that MF is scanning the environment for new funding opportunities by securitising MF opportunities and moving to the extent of going public. The scenario suggests microfinance to be robust, low risk profiled and growing investment avenue, which is fast emerging in the field of SRI. The purpose of the present article is to explore into the different dimensions of this emerging phenomenon and understand the emerging opportunities for banks in creating value using the synergy of SRI and MF.

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Rivoli, Pietra. « Making a Difference or Making a Statement ? Finance Research and Socially Responsible Investment ». Business Ethics Quarterly 13, n^o 3 (juillet 2003) : 271–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/beq200313323.

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Abstract:What does socially responsible investing (SRI) accomplish for investors and for society? Proponents of SRI claim that the practice yields competitive portfolio returns for investors, while at the same time achieving better outcomes for society at large. Skeptics view SRI as ineffective at best and ill-conceived marketing hype at worst. My objective in this paper is to apply mainstream finance research findings to the question of whether SRI may be expected to lead to superior social outcomes. I conclude that under the perfect markets assumptions underlying most finance theory, SRI will not affect social outcomes. However, given well documented imperfections in equity markets, the claim that SRI “makes a difference” to society is a reasonable one that is consistent with current theoretical and empirical research in finance.

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Lis, Bettina, et Christian Neßler. « Corporate Social Responsibility : Mehr als nur PR ». Der Betriebswirt 55, n^o 1 (28 février 2014) : 27–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3790/dbw.55.1.27.

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Der Beitrag soll auf die wachsende ökonomische Relevanz von Corporate Social Responsibility auf dem Finanzmarkt Bezug nehmen . Nachhaltigkeits-Investments stellen hierbei einen noch kleinen, aber stetig wachsenden Bereich des Kapitalmarktes dar. Sustainable and Resposnsible Investments (SRI) verfolgen eine Investitionsstrategie, die sowohl den ökonomischen als auch gesellschaftlichen Anlageerfolg fokussiert. The paper reviews the development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable and responisble investment (SRI). SRI is a growing segment of international capital markets. SRI describes an investment strategy which seeks to maximize both financial return and social good. Keywords: sustainable investments, responsible investments, nachhaltige kapitalanlagen, csr

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Dilla, William, Diane Janvrin, Jon Perkins et Robyn Raschke. « Investor views, investment screen use, and socially responsible investment behavior ». Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 7, n^o 2 (3 mai 2016) : 246–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-07-2015-0066.

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Purpose Despite the increasing demand for socially responsible investments (SRIs) and the importance of information intermediaries in providing corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance information through SRI screens, relatively little is known about the relationship between nonprofessional investors’ views regarding SRI, their use of SRI screens and their actual SRI behavior. This study aims to distinguish between investor views about the importance of corporate environmental responsibility (environmental performance importance views) and whether they view environmentally responsible firms as yielding higher returns (environmental performance return views). It examines the association between these views, SRI screen use and reported SRI holdings. Design/methodology/approach Nonprofessional investor participants completed an online survey about their SRI investment views, screen use and investment behavior. The survey yielded 201 usable responses. Findings The strength of participants’ environmental performance importance and environmental performance return views is positively associated with their use of SRI screens and the proportion of their portfolios held in SRIs. SRI screen use only partially mediates the association between investors’ environmental performance importance and return views and their SRI holdings. Research limitations/implications The study does not precisely address what types of SRI screens nonprofessional investors may be using. It does not control for investors’ specific experience with SRIs, nor does it examine how or why investors come to believe that environmental responsibility may improve a company’s return potential. Practical implications The fact that SRI screen use only partially mediates the association between investors’ views and their SRI holdings suggests that either reliable, unfiltered CSR information is important for nonprofessional investors or some investors are choosing SRIs without obtaining adequate relevant information. Social implications The study’s findings confirm earlier research findings which show an association between investors’ pro-environmental views and their decision to invest in SRIs (Williams, 2007; Nilsson, 2008) and suggest that nonprofessional investors are becoming aware of the positive relation between environmental performance and firm value (Dhaliwal et al., 2011; Clarkson et al., 2013; Hawn et al., 2014; Matsumura et al., 2014). Originality/value This study simultaneously examines the influence of environmental performance importance (an “alternative” investment perspective) and environmental performance return (a “traditional” investment perspective) on investors’ SRI behavior.

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Knuutinen, Reijo, et Matleena Pietiläinen. « Responsible Investment : Taxes and Paradoxes ». Nordic Tax Journal 2017, n^o 1 (13 décembre 2017) : 135–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ntaxj-2017-0010.

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Abstract Taxes have become an issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR), but the role of taxation is to some extent an ambiguous and controversial issue in the CSR framework. Similarly, another unclear question is what role investors who are committed to sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) see taxes as having on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) agenda. Corporate taxes have an inverse relationship with the return of the investors: taxes paid directly affect what is left on the bottom line, reducing the return of investors. However, investors are now more aware of tax-related risks, which can include different forms of reputation risk. Corporate tax planning may increase the returns, but those increased returns are riskier. This study focuses particularly on the relationship between SRI and taxation. We find that tax matters are considered to be on the ESG agenda, but their role and significance in the ESG analysis is unclear.

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Lei, Shan, et Yafei Zhang. « The role of the media in socially responsible investing ». International Journal of Bank Marketing 38, n^o 4 (25 février 2020) : 823–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijbm-09-2019-0332.

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PurposeThis study aims to understand how media content and media sentiment in corporate social responsibility (CSR) news coverage affect investment performance, as reflected in the S&P 500 Environmental and Socially Responsible Index from 2010 to 2016.Design/methodology/approachComputer-assisted content analysis and sentiment analysis are employed to analyze 818 CSR-related newspaper articles from mainstream newspapers. Autoregressive model is used to comprehend socially responsible investment (SRI) performance.FindingsThis study reveals the impact of media content and media sentiment of CSR-related news articles on SRI. The authors’ findings indicate that such topics as recognition of a company's CSR contributions in CSR-related news articles are positively associated with SRI performance, whereas topics such as tax avoidance and environmental protection show a negative relationship with SRI performance. In addition, this study contributes to the authors’ understanding of framing bias in investment by confirming a significant positive association between an uncertain or constraining media sentiment and SRI performance, as well as a negative relationship between a litigious sentiment and SRI performance.Originality/valueThere has been limited attention to examining the effect of media coverage of CSR on the financial market. Since SRI is one of the most useful financial indices for SRIs, it is meaningful to explore the relationship between media coverage of CSR and SRI. To fill the research gap, this study specifically examines how media coverage of CSR-related issues is associated with SRI performance.

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Jun, Hannah, Hyojin Kim et Songhee Han. « Recent Innovations in Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) : The Role of “Socially Responsible Bonds” in Spurring Sustainable Development ». International Studies Review 19, n^o 1 (19 octobre 2018) : 27–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2667078x-01901002.

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While it has become clear that the global community needs to utilize partnerships between the public and private sectors to achieve broader economic and development goals, there has been less discussion about the potential role of investors in shaping and participating in this movement. Part of this may be due to familiarity with traditional methods such as official development assistance (ODA) and relatively less understanding about recent innovations in socially responsible investing (SRI), including social impact bonds and development impact bonds. As economies like Korea have begun to show greater interest in harnessing various investment strategies to achieve broader social goals, we find it critical to better understand what financial tools are available within the context of encouraging sustainable development. As such, this paper highlights the potential role investors can play in contributing to broader social issues both at home and abroad through an examination of recent innovations in SRI – specifically, the category of so-called “socially responsible bonds.”

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Geraldine, Jesselyn, et R. Shanti D. Ottemoesoe. « FACTORS AFFECTING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT INTENTIONS INVESTORS IN SURABAYA ». International Journal of Financial and Investment Studies (IJFIS) 2, n^o 2 (24 février 2022) : 74–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.9744/ijfis.2.2.74-82.

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Socially responsible investment (SRI) is an investment that considers financial goals and non-financial goals such as social, ethical, and environmental-related matters. This study aims to examine the factors that influence SRI intentions on 113 investors in Surabaya using the theory of reasoned action (TRA), attitude and subjective norms, and three additional variables, namely moral norms, financial literacy, and returns. The research data was obtained from distributing questionnaires through Google Forms. Data processing is carried out using Partial Least Square's method with the SmartPLS application. The study results found that all study's independent variables had a significant positive effect on SRI intentions.

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Boumda, Beatrice, Darren Duxbury, Cristina Ortiz et Luis Vicente. « Do Socially Responsible Investment Funds Sell Losses and Ride Gains ? The Disposition Effect in SRI Funds ». Sustainability 13, n^o 15 (21 juillet 2021) : 8142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158142.

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An increasing percentage of the total net assets under professional management is devoted to ethical investments. Socially responsible investment (SRI) funds have a dual objective: building an investment strategy based on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) screens and providing financial returns to investors. In the current study, we investigate whether this dual objective has an influence on the behavior of mutual fund managers in the realization of gains and losses. Evidence has shown that most investors in SRI funds invest in those funds primarily because of their social concerns. If the motivations of SRI managers align with those of SRI investors, SRI managers might then have more incentives than conventional managers to hold onto losing stocks if they feel their social value compensates for the economic loss. We hypothesize that SRI managers would be less prone to the disposition effect than conventional managers. Pertaining to the disposition effect, we do not find evidence of a difference in the behavior of SRI fund managers compared with that of conventional fund managers. Our results hold, even when considering market trends, management structure, gender, and prior performance.

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Barom, Mohd Nizam. « Understanding Socially Responsible Investing and Its Implications for Islamic Investment Industry ». Journal of Emerging Economies and Islamic Research 7, n^o 1 (31 janvier 2019) : 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jeeir.v7i1.6015.

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Understanding Socially Responsible Investing and Its Implications for Islamic Investment Industry // // // // // Social, ethical and environmental concerns have been used as important consideration for investment decision by an increasing number of investors. This can be seen by the size and growth of the socially responsible investment (SRI) industry in the developed economies. At the same time, scholars and commentators of Islamic finance have also called for Islamic investment industry to learn from the experience of SRI in incorporating social responsibility issues in the investment process, in line with the ethical principles of Islam and the overall objective of the Shari’ah (Maqasid al-Shari’ah). This would require Islamic investment sector to have a clear understanding of the SRI industry in order to effectively benefit from its experience. This is particularly critical due to the significant diversity of investors and complexity in the issues and strategies adopted in the SRI industry. Hence, this paper adds to the Islamic investment literature by providing an extensive and systematic survey of SRI industry in terms of its (i) underlying motivations and values; (ii) issues of concerns; (iii) types of investors; and (iv) screening strategies. It then synthesizes these components within the context of the ‘value-based’ investors. This synthesized framework offers a useful tool for Islamic investment practitioners to understand the theoretical and practical aspects of SRI. Subsequently, the paper highlights important implications of the findings for Islamic investment industry in terms of the issues that it needs to consider in emulating SRI practices and a number of lessons that it can learn from the SRI experience.

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Iryna Zhyhlei, Sergiy Legenchuk et Olena Syvak. « MODERN TRENDS IN SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : EFFICIENCY ISSUES ». European Cooperation 9, n^o 40 (31 octobre 2018) : 103–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.32070/ec.v9i40.30.

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Global issues of the modern world related to environmental pollution, climate change, military conflicts, epidemics, social inequality have recently exacerbated. The existence of these issues and the need for their solution affect the policies of countries, enterprises, as well as economic and social development. Society gradually begins to realize the need for responsibility towards the environment, to create the necessary conditions for sustainable development of the world. Due to these circumstances, financial mechanisms are needed to ensure sustainable economic development, social integration and economic interests. Socially responsible investment (SRI) is one of such mechanism that emerged as an independent branch of investment activity in the second half of the XX century. The authors analyze the features of SRI. In particular, the article analyzes the main trends of SRI both globally and in Ukraine, taking into account the hybrid war. The existing methods of quantitative and qualitative estimation of social investments of the enterprise have been investigated.

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Preu, Friederike Johanna, et Benjamin J. Richardson. « German Socially Responsible Investment : Barriers and Opportunities ». German Law Journal 12, n^o 3 (1 mars 2011) : 865–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2071832200017132.

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In socially responsible investment terms, Germany is a contradiction. The country is considered by many as one of the pioneers of post-war environmentalism and social reform. Yet, German financial institutions are amongst the European laggards in adopting environmentally and socially informed approaches to investment. This article identifies a variety of legal, institutional and attitudinal factors which hinder the growth of the German SRI market. Its paltry size does not reflect evidence of any specific disinterest among German investors in social and environmental issues. Rather, it arises from a combination of structural impediments, particularly the institutional arrangements for German pension schemes that hinder their participation in financial markets, regulations which encourage conservative investments, and investors' preference for low-risk assets and avoidance of shareholder activism. Legal and institutional reforms over the past decade have in theory created better opportunities for SRI in Germany, although they have yet to engender significant changes in the market.

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Demetriades, K., et C. J. Auret. « Corporate social responsibility and firm performance in South Africa ». South African Journal of Business Management 45, n^o 1 (31 mars 2014) : 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v45i1.113.

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be viewed from two different perspectives: that of the business; and that of the individual investor (Socially Responsible Investing, SRI). In this study regression analysis as well as an event study was used to examine the link between CSR and firm performance. The results suggested that in the short-term there were no significant price effects on the SRI shares. In contrast, the returns of SRI portfolios over the sample period seemed to be superior to those of conventional firms. The regression analysis found that generally the SRI coefficients were insignificant; however using one of the models during the fifteen year sample period, SRI constituents attained a ROE that was 11.18% higher (as well as a ROA that was 1.824% lower) than conventional firms. When the period was restricted to 2004-2009 it was found that social performance was positively - and sometimes significantly - correlated with ROE.

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Richardson, Benjamin J. « Socially Responsible Investing for Sustainability : Overcoming Its Incomplete and Conflicting Rationales ». Transnational Environmental Law 2, n^o 2 (13 août 2013) : 311–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2047102513000150.

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AbstractIn 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 as a means to promote environmentally sustainable development by disciplining financial markets to be more attentive to their ecological impacts. In this sense, SRI emerges as a putative form of transnational governance that utilizes non-state actors and mechanisms to promote sustainability in an economic sector that traditionally has had little accountability for its environmental performance. But as a largely voluntary movement, with rudimentary legal support, SRI so far has wielded limited clout.A hindrance to the aspirations of SRI is deficiencies in its rationales. This article critiques the main theories advanced to justify SRI from the perspective of their contribution to promoting environmental sustainability: the complicity-based doctrine, leverage-based responsibility, and the universal owner thesis. Apart from gaps or limitations shown in each rationale, the article demonstrates that they conflict with the existing parameters of fiduciary law responsibility of financial institutions. An alternative rationale that emphasizes the temporal perspective to invest over the long term is suggested as a better approach for SRI if it is to be relevant to the pressing challenges of promoting sustainability and governing global financial markets.

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Risi, David. « Time and Business Sustainability : Socially Responsible Investing in Swiss Banks and Insurance Companies ». Business & ; Society 59, n^o 7 (31 mai 2018) : 1410–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0007650318777721.

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Business sustainability aims to combine market logic with social welfare logic. In literature, it is commonly assumed that sustainability and the social welfare logic associated with it are characterized by a long-term orientation. However, this assumption is problematic because this principle may not apply in certain contexts. This qualitative study challenges this assumption and focuses on the mechanisms by which time affects the adoption of sustainability practices in the context of socially responsible investing (SRI) practices in Swiss banks and insurance companies. The article provides insights into the mechanisms associated with different time horizons and investigates their effects on the adoption of SRI in financial intermediaries. It also shows how the dimension of time shapes interactions between the two institutional logics underlying SRI in business organizations through specific mechanisms.

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Yan, Shipeng, Fabrizio Ferraro et Juan (John) Almandoz. « The Rise of Socially Responsible Investment Funds : The Paradoxical Role of the Financial Logic ». Administrative Science Quarterly 64, n^o 2 (12 avril 2018) : 466–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0001839218773324.

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Socially responsible investing (SRI) is gaining traction in the financial sector, but it is unclear whether the dominant financial logic complements or competes with the social logic in the founding of SRI funds. Based on insights we gained from observation at an Asian SRI industry association, interviews with SRI professionals in the U.S. and Europe, and other fieldwork, we questioned explanations for SRI’s conflicted relationship with the financial logic. Our observations prompted us to build a panel database of SRI fund foundings from 1970 to 2014 in 19 countries so that we could examine how a dominant logic interacts with alternative logics to promote or stifle institutional change. We decomposed the financial logic into interdependent dimensions as the provider of means (resources, practices, and knowledge) for novel financial ventures to be founded and the enforcer of profit-maximizing ends that constrain such foundings. Our theory suggests a paradoxical role for the financial logic, which explains an intriguing empirical finding: the founding of SRI funds has a curvilinear, inverted-U-shaped relationship with the prevalence of the financial logic. We propose and find that the relationship between the dominant financial logic and the social logic of SRI shifts from complementary to competing as the financial logic becomes more prevalent in society and its profit-maximizing end becomes taken for granted. We examined how certain alternative logics—those of unions, religion, and green political parties—moderate these effects. Our results shed light on how and to what extent institutional change can occur in fields in which one institutional logic is dominant. They also reveal country-level institutional factors that drive SRI.

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Bodhanwala, Shernaz, et Ruzbeh Bodhanwala. « Relationship between sustainable and responsible investing and returns : a global evidence ». Social Responsibility Journal 16, n^o 4 (15 juin 2019) : 579–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/srj-12-2018-0332.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine whether sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) outperforms the benchmark index investing across different time frames globally. Design/methodology/approach Based on the systematic weighted environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings compiled by Thomson Reuters Asset4, the authors assess the stock market performance and risk of highly compliant firms portfolio in seven different countries; grouped as developed and developing nations over different time frames by adopting the Jensen’s alpha model (CAPM) and the Fama and French three-factor model. Findings The study finds that SRI portfolios significantly underperform their benchmark index, in case of, the developing nations, however, enjoy a significantly lower risk. This is contrary to the findings in case of developed nations, where the US SRI portfolio has significantly outperformed the benchmark index and the UK and Australia SRI portfolios have performed in line with the benchmark index. Finally, the study discusses results and implications for regulators, practitioners and investors’ who believe in the SRI investing. Research limitations/implications This study provides empirical support for the practitioners, policymakers and investors emphasizing that in the case of developed nations SRI investments generate a significant excess return or at the best perform in line with the broader market index. However, in the case of developing nations, very few firms are consistently rated on ESG parameters. This provides lesser options for investors in developing nations to apply the “impact first” philosophy of investment. The investor’s community and regulators need to make a serious effort in promoting firms to take up sustainability effort seriously. Originality/value The unique contribution of this study is that it considers a wider definition of the term “sustainability” and examines the performance of SRI investment in developed vs developing countries. This is one of the few studies at the global level, which highlights whether sustainable investing generates abnormal risk-adjusted returns for the investors.

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Ngwakwe, Collins C., et Fulufhelo G. Netswera. « The corporate response to the socially responsible investment (SRI) index of the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) ». Corporate Ownership and Control 12, n^o 1 (2014) : 399–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv12i1c4p3.

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This paper examines the trend in corporate response to the social responsible investing index (SRI) of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The motif of the paper is to discover how and if SRI drives corporates towards public declaration of their social responsible investments. The approach is archival with a descriptive and quantitative analysis of data drawn from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Descriptively, we charted a trend of the rate at which the JSE firms join the JSE SRI Index, and our findings indicate an upward trend from 2004 to 2013. Quantitatively, we examined the likely difference in corporate climate disclosure before and after the introduction of the Code for Responsible Investing in South Africa (CRISA). Our findings – using a T-Test of difference in means, indicate a significant difference in means, which apparently show that the CRISA may have added further impetus to corporate climate disclosure. In 2013, the JSE SRI deepened its stringency in measuring corporate responsible claims by assessing only the publicly available responsible information of corporations for inclusion in its SRI index. We thus evaluate possible difference in climate disclosure before and within the year of the new stringent criteria of measurement. Our second T-Test of difference in means also shows a significant difference in means, which signal that corporations exerted extra efforts in making the extent of their climate responsibility publicly available. We conclude that the JSE SRI, coupled with the CRISA motivates firms to improve on their public disclosure. We also conclude that the carbon disclosure project (CDP) is adding pragmatic momentum on the activities of JSE firms to strive towards their improvement in climate performance. Thus voluntary codes and indexes, in the absence of binding regulations, could spur corporate social and environmental initiative in a developing country

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Junkus, Joan, et Thomas D. Berry. « Socially responsible investing : a review of the critical issues ». Managerial Finance 41, n^o 11 (9 novembre 2015) : 1176–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-12-2014-0307.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the most recent work in major finance journals on socially responsible investment (SRI). While SRI involves individual investors, firms, and investment managers, the authors concentrate primarily on the investment view. Design/methodology/approach – The authors briefly review the development of socially responsible investing (SRI) and the theoretical issues related to SRI and investment choice. This is followed by a review of the empirical results concerning firm value. The question of whether SR mutual funds and SR indexes differ in performance or other characteristics from their conventional counterparts is discussed next, and lastly the authors present suggestions for future research directions. Findings – Despite the large and extensive amount of empirical research published on SRI in recent years, the authors find no definitive answer to the question of SR actions for either the firm or the investor. For firms, evidence linking corporate social responsibility (CSR) rankings with higher value is mixed, and depends on the type of CSR behavior studied as well as the measures of firm performance used. The performance of SR mutual funds and indexes generally are not significantly different from conventional funds or indexes, but again these results are also highly dependent on model specification, time period, benchmark, and other characteristics of the study. Practical implications – The value of SR investing has not been definitely proved. This means, however, that there is room for further on this important topic. Originality/value – This paper synthesizes and presents the most recent research on SRI from a wide variety of refereed sources.

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Cañal, Verónica, et María Gómez. « ¿Se puede especular con conciencia ? La evolución histórica de la inversión socialmente responsable ». Revista Electrónica de Comunicaciones y Trabajos de ASEPUMA 21, n^o 1 (31 décembre 2020) : 65–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.24309/recta.2020.21.1.05.

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“Do no harm”. This is the core of traditional investment based on religion and, to some degree, the central concept of socially responsible investment (SRI): avoiding industries that conflict with moral values. As a result of social, ethical and environmental deficiencies arose throughout history; Financial Responsibility has led to this new type of investment as a driver of change in the management of companies and the society. Social and financial awareness worldwide and the different national legislations have led to various SRI practices. The aim of this work is building, from a historical perspective, the development of SRI in Europe and in Spain and of its main financial instrument, the Socially Responsible Investment Funds.

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Thanki, Heena, Sweety Shah, Harishchandra Singh Rathod, Ankit D. Oza et Dumitru Doru Burduhos-Nergis. « I Am Ready to Invest in Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) Options Only If the Returns Are Not Compromised : Individual Investors’ Intentions toward SRI ». Sustainability 14, n^o 18 (10 septembre 2022) : 11377. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141811377.

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SRI, or socially responsible investment, is a relatively new concept used to describe an investment that considers social, ethical, and environmental concerns. The purpose of this study is to investigate if collectivism, concern for the environment, financial performance, and awareness of SRI influence an individual’s propensity to invest in socially responsible investments (SRI). Secondly, the study evaluates the influence of the TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior) model constructs, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on the SRI investment intention of individual investors. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on 449 individual investors for this cross-sectional investigation. The data were then analyzed further with a two-step structural equation modeling technique performed in Smart PLS 3.2.9. The PLS-SEM analysis found that collectivism, environmental concerns, financial performance, and awareness of SRI all had significant positive effects on attitudes toward SRI, which, in turn, resulted in SRI investment intention. Further, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control had a significant impact on individuals’ intentions regarding SRI.

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Rahman, Mahfuzur, Che Ruhana Isa, Ginanjar Dewandaru, Mohamed Hisham Hanifa, Nazreen T. Chowdhury et Moniruzzaman Sarker. « Socially responsible investment sukuk (Islamic bond) development in Malaysia ». Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 12, n^o 4 (12 août 2020) : 599–619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/qrfm-09-2019-0117.

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Purpose This study aims to explore the underlying issues related to the development of socially responsible investment (SRI) sukuk in Malaysia. It identifies factors attracting investors and issuers, as well as challenges for the development of SRI sukuk (Islamic bond) in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted semi-structured interviews to collect data from the institutional investors, SRI sukuk issuers and arrangers, as well as researchers. A total of 19 experts were approached in which 10 participated in the interview. The thematic analysis technique is used to report the findings. Findings This study uncovers that social contribution through business activities (i.e. investment in the education sector) is the key motivational drivers for the investors and issuers. Besides, investment risks, lack of performance measurement standards, high transaction costs, risks of return, shortage of enough Islamic bonds, investors’ confidence and lack of awareness are the major challenges for the development of SRI sukuk instruments. Research limitations/implications Due to the challenges in finding experts on this subject matter, this study was able to manage only 10 interviews from the participants, which is a small sample size. However, the findings of this study cannot be ignored. Future research should carry out with a large sample size (i.e. at least 30 interviews) to validate the current findings. Originality/value This study is among the pioneer in Malaysia, which explores the influencing factors of selecting Islamic bonds as an investment option. This paper provides some valuable implications for investors through discovering the challenges for the growth of SRI sukuk in Malaysia, which can also be applicable in a global setting.

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Khouildi, Mohamed Yassine, et Salina Hj. Kassim. « AN INNOVATIVE FINANCING INSTRUMENT TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMIC MICROFINANCE THROUGH SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT SUKUK ». Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance 4, n^o 2 (9 février 2019) : 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.21098/jimf.v4i2.935.

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Purpose: Socially responsible investment (SRI) sukuk has a high potential to be an innovative financing mechanism for Islamic microfinance. This paper explores the possibility of implementing SRI sukuk for raising funds to support the microfinance industry and to promote financial inclusion. It also aims to identify the associated issues and challenges in implementing the SRI sukuk for microfinance purpose. Methodology: The paper uses qualitative research method through a thorough review of existing literature, archives, and library research related to the area of social, sustainable and responsible investment sukuk, Islamic microfinance and their related issues. Findings: The SRI sukuk has a high potential to be developed as innovative shariah-compliant mechanism as shown by Malaysian experience in issuing the SRI sukuk to develop socially-related projects including the educational and green energy sectors. The paper also highlights and learn from the successful experience of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in issuing the first microfinance bonds. Significance/Originality: The findings from this study provide inputs to the relevant stakeholders in implementing new financial tools to develop the social sector, especially Islamic microfinance in helping the poor and assist them to become economically independent. New innovative tools for raising funds in microfinance is highly needed to achieve sustainability of the microfinance industry. Type of paper: Research paper

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Jun, Hannah. « Investing Well by Investing for Good ? : Exploring the Motivations of Socially Responsible Investors ». International Studies Review 14, n^o 1 (15 octobre 2013) : 29–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2667078x-01401002.

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Investments in socially responsible investing (SRI), an investment process that integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into investment decisionmaking, have grown rapidly in many areas around the world. But compared to the growth of SRI investments on a global level, there is little clarity in the academic literature about why investors would choose to implement such a strategy. This paper attempts to highlight key theories and approaches to understand the motivetions of socially responsible investors and, in doing so, provide a more robust theoretical framework that underpins the recent global phenomenon.

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Saci, Fateh, Sajjad M. Jasimuddin et Morshadul Hasan. « Performance of Socially Responsible Investment Funds in China : A Comparison with Traditional Funds ». Sustainability 14, n^o 3 (27 janvier 2022) : 1476. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14031476.

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This paper empirically examines and compares social responsibility investment funds to traditional funds, and explores the performance of the existing social responsibility investment funds in China. Based on 64 social responsibility investment funds (SRI Funds) and 64 traditional funds, this paper extracts the data of the sample fund from the fourth quarter of 2016 to the fourth quarter of 2019 as sample data to conduct a comparative analysis of the difference between the SRI fund and the traditional fund in terms of return and risk, and to then empirically study the performance of the funds. The results show that the difference between the return of China’s socially responsible investment funds and the traditional funds is insignificant, and the risk of socially responsible investment funds is significantly lower than that of traditional funds. The regression analysis is also carried out on a model of social responsibility as a factor affecting the performance of the funds. Subsequently, the results show that social responsibility has a significant positive impact on the fund’s return in the Chinese market.

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Muzindutsi, Paul F., et Tshediso J. Sekhampu. « Socially Responsible Investment And Macroeconomic Stability In South Africa : An Application Of Vector Error Correction Model ». Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 29, n^o 6 (29 octobre 2013) : 1623. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v29i6.8201.

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<p>The study reported in this article investigated the relationship between the Social Responsible Investment (SRI) sector and macroeconomic stability in South Africa. Johansen co-integration approach and Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) were employed to test the relationship between SRI Index and a set of macroeconomic stability variables (inflation, real exchange rate, interest rates and money supply). Secondary data for the period April 2004 to December 2012 was analysed. There was a long-run association between all the variables during the period under consideration. However, the inflation rate, real effective exchange rate and money supply were not significant in predicting short-run changes in the SRI Index. A significant short-run relationship between SRI Index and the difference between long term and short-term interest rates (term structure) was observed. Macroeconomic variables are significant in explaining the behavior of the South African SRI sector in the long-run.</p>

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Pérez-Gladish, Blanca, Paz Méndez et Bouchra M’Zali. « Ranking Socially Responsible Mutual Funds ». International Journal of Energy Optimization and Engineering 1, n^o 2 (avril 2012) : 59–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijeoe.2012040104.

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Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), also known as sustainable or ethical investing, corresponds to an investment practice that takes into account not only the usual return-risk criteria, but also other non-financial dimensions, namely in terms of environmental, social and governance concerns. Recently, given the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, these concerns became even more relevant. However, while a diverse set of models have been developed to support investment decision-making based on financial criteria, models including also socially responsible criteria are rather scarce. The main objective of this paper is to contribute to try fulfilling this gap on the financial literature, suggesting a Multicriteria Decision Making tool which allows individual investors to analyze and rank socially responsible mutual funds based on their environmental, social and governance performance and taking into account the individual, subjective, personal preferences of each investor.

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Kuksov, A. S. « Socially Responsible Investment in the Russian Stock Market ». Review of Business and Economics Studies 10, n^o 4 (31 janvier 2023) : 55–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.26794/2308-944x-2022-10-4-55-66.

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One of the major elements of the sustainable development policies is the socially responsible investing (SRI), also called ESG investing (environmental, social, and corporate governance) or green investing. The key feature of SRI (ESG investments), which distinguishes it from the other forms of raising capital, is the focus on priority financing of environmental and social projects providing long-term positive effects and consequences for society (the wellbeing of an individual and the nation), the environment (including climate), regional and global economies. The research aims to study ESG-investments’ influence on the Russian economy, specifically, the exchange-traded funds (ETF) industry. The research methodology includes structuring, comparison, generalization, economic analysis, induction, deduction and synthesis. The results of include analysis of the foundations of socially responsible investments, the concepts, and factors of ESG investments. Also, the global and Russian ESG markets are explored, including ESG-exchange traded funds industry, its features, structure and trends. Based on the research, the author concludes that the Russian market for ESG instruments is only developing. However, interest in this category of financial instruments is growing among investors, which is facilitated by the policy pursued by the national regulator (the Bank of Russia), which encourages the introduction of ESG practices by Russian issuers of securities.

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Burchi, Alberto. « The risk in socially responsible investing : the other side of the coin ». Journal of Risk Finance 20, n^o 1 (21 janvier 2019) : 14–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jrf-04-2018-0067.

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Purpose The field of socially responsible investment (SRI) has become a central theme in the mutual funds industry. The risk implications associated with this investment approach are less explored. This study further investigates the real contribution to the investor offered by the SRI alternative.The aim of this paper is to throw more light on this debate. Design/methodology/approach Analyzing a large sample of US companies, this study investigates the tendency to generate risk when the portfolio is built, taking into account SRI. The research is based on the backtest of the real performance obtainable by adopting different investment strategies in which the red line is the selection method based on the principles of corporate social responsibility. Findings The investor must pay a cost that depends on the degree of rigor in the selection criteria. The risk associated with SRI is influenced by the measure adopted. SRI has a better asymmetric risk behavior than other securities. The results suggest using different selection models according to the investor’s objectives. When the objective is to maximize the average return and the remuneration risk, the SRI selection model should be negative or at least as inclusive as possible. In the event that the investor’s objective is to contain risk indices, a restrictive approach to the selection of investments is advisable. Originality/value Academic research has long been investigating the ability to generate profits but often neglects the levels of risk implicit in such investment approaches. The originality of this research consists in the adoption of a model based on the continuous optimization of the portfolio. This approach allows the results to be assessed by the returns actually obtained.

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Khan, Inam Ullah. « Islamic Bonds (Sukuk) in Malaysia ». ICR Journal 6, n^o 4 (15 octobre 2015) : 489–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.52282/icr.v6i4.299.

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This article introduces the various types of sukuk that exist in the Malaysian secondary market. The Malaysian sukuk market was initially debt-based which attracted criticism from the Shariah scholars from the Gulf and Middle East. However, the Malaysian sukuk market made a turn towards equity and ijarah sukuk and ventured into “green sukuk” or socially responsible investment (SRI) sukuk. To facilitate the financing of sustainable and responsible investment initiatives, the Securities Commission of Malaysia (SC) has launched the Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) sukuk Framework in 2014. The introduction of the SRI sukuk framework is seen to be in line with the rising trend of “green bonds” and “social impact bonds” that have been introduced globally to facilitate and promote sustainable and responsible investing. The writer has presented different examples from both regions to show that the gap has been bridged. However, despite this convergence the author recommends a revisit of the controversial debt-based instruments by Malaysian Shariah scholars.

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Roy, Subrata. « Impact of Environmental (E), Social (S) and Governance (G) Factors on Return Distribution ». Paradigm 23, n^o 1 (7 mai 2019) : 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0971890719835629.

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The present study seeks to examine the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors on return distributions of the sustainable responsible indices (SRI). Here, four SRI indices are considered and then daily monthly return is computed for further analysis. The data period ranges are between December 1998 and March 2016. The study uses dummy variable approaches to examine the various impacts of ESG factors on return distribution depending on various situations. It is observed that ESG factors do not have any significant variation on return distribution except in few cases.

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Noordin, Nazrul Hazizi, Siti Nurah Haron, Aznan Hasan et Rusni Hassan. « Complying with the requirements for issuance of SRI sukuk : the case of Khazanah’s Sukuk Ihsan ». Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 9, n^o 3 (8 mai 2018) : 415–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jiabr-02-2016-0024.

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide a critical review on how the Khazanah’s Sukuk Ihsan was structured in compliance with the requirements for issuance of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) sukuk set by the Securities Commission (SC) Malaysia. Design/methodology/approachTo explain the structures and features of the Sukuk Ihsan, this study extracted important information from the sukuk’s Principle Terms and Conditions and Information Memorandum and presented them in a simple and easy-to-understand way. Next, this study refers to Part D: Requirement for Issuance, Offering or Invitation to Subscribe or Purchase Sustainable and Responsible Investment Sukuk of the SC’s Guidelines on Sukuk (revised edition: 28 August 2014) to assess the compliance of the sukuk in terms of eligibility of SRI sukuk issuer and SRI projects, use of proceeds, reporting and disclosure and independent assessment on SRI programmes. In addition, this study then compares the requirements stated in the SC’s SRI Sukuk Framework with the International Capital Market Association’s Green Bond Principles (GBP) and the USA’s Social Impact Bond (SIB) Act 2014. FindingsThe present study finds that the definition of eligible SRI sukuk issuer in the Guidelines on Sukuk seems to be more stringent compared to the one provided in the GBP and the US’ SIB Act. Nevertheless, the SRI Sukuk Framework provides a more comprehensive yet precise list of eligible SRI projects, covering both environmental and social aspects, compared to the GBP (which only focuses on broad categories of environmental projects) and also the USA’s SIB Act (explicitly outlines 13 social projects which are aligned with the US Federal Government’s agenda in tackling social illnesses). Indeed, the main difference between the eligible SRI sukuk projects and its conventional counterparts lies in its compliance to Shariah principles. It is also observed that a significant emphasis has been given on SRI legislations in ensuring proper reporting and disclosure provided to the SRI sukuk stakeholders together with critical evaluation on the impacts of SRI programmes provided by an independent assessor. Practical implicationsThis paper contributes towards enriching the literature on the Islamic capital market, particularly on the integration between sukuk and social impacts investing. This paper was intended to highlight the important requirements in issuing SRI sukuk to various stakeholders of the Islamic capital market. Originality/valueThe authors hope to shed some lights on the unique features and structural applications of SRI sukuk and its importance in becoming an effective instrument to raise funds for social agenda of a country by providing a real and practical example.

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Paul, Karen. « The effect of business cycle, market return and momentum on financial performance of socially responsible investing mutual funds ». Social Responsibility Journal 13, n^o 3 (7 août 2017) : 513–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/srj-09-2016-0154.

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Purpose This study examines the effect of business cycle, market return and momentum on the financial performance of socially responsible investing (SRI) mutual funds using data from two complete business cycles as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Design/methodology/approach A “fund of funds” approach is used to identify the extent to which SRI financial performance is affected by the macroeconomic climate. The Fama-French Three-Factor model and the Carhart four-factor model are used to bring the results into alignment with commonly used finance methodologies. Findings The results indicate that SRI tends to preserve value during economic contraction more than it adds value during economic expansion. Market return is important during both expansion and contraction, while momentum is important only during expansion. Research limitations/implications These findings suggest that double screening, for both financial and social performance, enables portfolio managers of SRI funds to have insight into those companies that are particularly vulnerable during times of economic contraction. Practical implications These results bring added clarity to the mixed findings found by previous researchers examining the relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and financial performance. Social implications This study reinforces the idea that the financial performance of companies with high ethical standards is comparable to the financial performance of the market as a whole during times of economic expansion and superior to the market as a whole during times of economic contraction. Originality/value Business cycle analysis, along with the Fama-French Three-Factor model and the Carhart four-factor model, brings SRI research more into the realm of conventional financial analysis than previous studies.

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L. Kobo, Kgabo, et Collins C. Ngwakwe. « Relating corporate social investment with financial performance ». Investment Management and Financial Innovations 14, n^o 2 (21 août 2017) : 367–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.14(2-2).2017.08.

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Previous researchers have found conflicting results between CSI and firm financial performance. This paper moves this debate further by examining the extent to which corporate social investment (CSI) relates with corporate financial performance (CFP) from a developing country perspective. The main aim of the paper was to determine the relationship between CSI, stock price, sales turnover and return on equity (ROE) amongst the socially responsible investing (SRI) companies in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. CSI data on the SRI companies were collected from companies’ integrated reports from 2011 to 2015. Therefore, a cross-sectional panel data arrangement was applied and the analysis was conducted using the ordinary least square (OLS). Tested at an alpha level of 0.05, the regression result produced a probability level of P &lt; 0.01 for share price and sales turnover; and P = 10 for return on equity. Therefore, the findings revealed a strong positive and significant linkage between the SRI companies’ social investment, share price and sales turnover and no significant linkage with return on equity. These findings are consistent with previous literature findings reviewed in the paper on similar research conducted in developed countries, which showed positive and negative relationships. Findings from the literature indicate that various factors may account for conflicting results, which includes inter alia, time coverage, size of data, location, market sustainability awareness and culture. The paper contributes by revealing that whilst CSI may trigger improvement in stock price and sales turnover of SRI companies, the sales turnover might not necessarily result in boost in profit level that could engender enough return on equity within a short period time. The conflicting results from the literature is indicative of the inclusiveness in research between CSI and firm performance. Hence, the paper recommends further research to examine the relationship within a longer period of time using new sample of companies and other methods of analysis.

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Kim, Hak-Kyum, et Hee-Joon Ahn. « Is There an Issuance Premium for SRI Bonds ? : Evidence from the Periods Before and After the COVID-19 Outbreak ». Korean Journal of Financial Studies 50, n^o 4 (31 août 2021) : 369–409. http://dx.doi.org/10.26845/kjfs.2021.08.50.4.369.

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This study empirically examines whether there are any issuance premia for Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) bonds, using the data from the South Korean bond market from May 2018 to December 2020. We classify SRI bonds into three types: green, social, and sustainability. We divide the sample period into pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 to understand how the pandemic has impacted the pricing of SRI bonds. We employ two empirical approaches: a matching sample analysis and a regression analysis that controls various bond and market characteristics. We find the following. First, significant issuance premia of at least 8bp existed for our sample of social bonds. However, we do not find any evidence of an issuance premium from the other two types of bonds. The premia on social bonds decreased significantly after the outbreak of COVID-19. As most studies have focused on green bonds, the literature on SRI bonds has largely been silent about social bonds and sustainability bonds. By focusing on these two less researched SRI bond types in addition to green bonds, we help expand our knowledge on SRI bond markets. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the SRI bond market in South Korea.

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Geczy, Christopher C., Robert F. Stambaugh et David Levin. « Investing in Socially Responsible Mutual Funds ». Review of Asset Pricing Studies 11, n^o 2 (11 février 2021) : 309–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rapstu/raab004.

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Abstract We construct optimal portfolios of mutual funds whose objectives include socially responsible investment (SRI). Comparing portfolios of these funds to those constructed from the broader fund universe reveals the cost of imposing the SRI constraint on investors seeking the highest Sharpe ratio. This SRI cost crucially depends on the investor’s views about asset pricing models and stock-picking skill by fund managers. To an investor who strongly believes in the CAPM and rules out managerial skill, that is, a market index investor, the cost of the SRI constraint is typically just a few basis points per month, measured in certainty-equivalent loss. To an investor who still disallows skill but instead believes to some degree in pricing models that associate higher returns with exposures to size, value, and momentum factors, the SRI constraint is much costlier, typically by at least 30 basis points per month. The SRI constraint imposes large costs on investors whose beliefs allow a substantial amount of fund-manager skill, that is, investors who heavily rely on individual funds’ track records to predict future performance. ( JEL G11, G12, C11) In 2005, when we released what ultimately proved to be the final version of this study, socially responsible investment (SRI) had already become a major presence on the investment landscape. In the years since, this approach, now often called “sustainable” investment, has grown even more rapidly and often encompasses a broad set of “ESG” (environmental, social, and governance) criteria. As evidence of the rapid growth, Morningstar (2020) notes, “one need look no further than the nearly fourfold increase in assets that flowed into sustainable funds in the United States in 2019.” Sustainable investing has also received increased attention in the academic literature, in subsequent studies too numerous to list. Some of the studies are especially related to ours in that they also examine mutual funds. In our study, mutual funds constitute an asset universe faced by an investor imposing an SRI/ESG constraint. A number of the subsequent studies use mutual funds to address other dimensions of sustainable investing. For example, Bollen (2007), Benson and Humphrey (2008), Renneboog, Ter Horst, and Zhang (2011), Bialkowski and Starks (2016) and Hartzmark and Sussman (2019) investigate determinants of mutual fund flows into sustainable funds versus other funds. Riedl and Smeets (2017) use survey and experimental data to explore investors’ preferences for sustainable funds. Madhavan et al. (2020) examine sustainable active equity mutual funds, relating factor loadings and residual returns to ESG characteristics. While we focus on mutual funds, our study also intends that the basic aspects of the SRI setting extend to other institutional investors. That intent is supported, for example, by the recent evidence of Bolton and Kacperczyk (forthcoming, 2020) providing broader perspectives on the SRI portfolio tilts of various types of institutional investors.One conclusion of our study is that an SRI/ESG constraint is especially binding for investors wishing to tilt toward value or small-cap funds. It seems reasonable to infer that such is still the case, though we have not updated our formal analysis. For example, Morningstar (2020) identifies, as of 2019, 99 sustainable U.S. equity funds categorized within its 3 × 3 style box that sorts along the dimensions of value/blend/growth and small/mid-cap/large. Of those 99 funds, only 8 are classified as value, versus 24 as growth and 67 as blend. Only 7 of the 99 are small-cap funds, versus 79 large-cap and 13 mid-cap. More generally, our 2005 study is early in noting meaningful differences in factor loadings between sustainable versus other funds, in both three- and four-factor models.An SRI/ESG constraint is also especially binding for investors who see much information in individual funds’ historical alphas. The basic reason we discuss in our study is seemingly still at work. That is, despite the rapid growth noted earlier, the number of sustainable funds is still well less than those in the total fund universe, so many of the highest track records appear among funds outside that subset. Not mentioned in our original study is that the case of an investor who sees much information in historical alpha confronts the argument of Berk and Green (2004): if fund flows rationally respond to historical alpha, an investor will not view historical alpha as being informative about future alpha. That argument relies on investors correctly assessing the degree of fund-level decreasing returns to scale. One might view an investor who sees historical alpha as informative about future alpha as also having beliefs that favor a lower degree of decreasing returns to scale, as compared to other investors. Moreover, the equilibrating effects of fund flows might interact with the nonpecuniary utility that SRI-conscious investors derive from their fund choices, as suggested by the evidence of Bollen (2007) that flows respond to returns differently for SRI funds versus conventional funds. In any event, when prior beliefs admit substantial information from historical alphas, Busse and Irvine (2006) find that Bayesian predictive alphas computed as in Pástor and Stambaugh (2002a, 2002b), as are the alphas in our study, do predict future performance.While not one we address, a question often asked is whether sustainable investments perform better or worse than other investments. A number of studies do pursue this question, obtaining a range of findings that include both higher and lower performance for sustainable investments. Pástor, Stambaugh, and Taylor (forthcoming) discuss the challenge in interpreting such findings’ implications about expected future performance. A wedge between ex ante and ex post performance of sustainable investments arises during any period that witnesses unanticipated shifts in either customers’ demands for sustainable products or investors’ demands for sustainable holdings.1 As those authors note, sorting out such effects is an important challenge for future research. Our study conducts its analysis under a variety of asset pricing models and prior beliefs. In each case, an investor conditions on funds’ past returns and thus takes account of any historical performance differences between the sustainable funds and other funds in our sample. We do not, however, include models in which expected asset returns depend on sustainability. In this respect, our study does not attempt to provide direct evidence about a potential relation between sustainability and expected investment performance.We are grateful to the Review of Asset Pricing Studies for the opportunity to publish our original study, which follows below with only the references updated to reflect subsequent publications. The study’s abstract is also unchanged from its original version.

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Badía, Guillermo, Vicente Pina et Lourdes Torres. « Financial Performance of Government Bond Portfolios Based on Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria ». Sustainability 11, n^o 9 (30 avril 2019) : 2514. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11092514.

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We evaluated the financial performance of government bond portfolios formed according to socially responsible investment (SRI) criteria. We thus open a discussion on the financial performance of SRI for government bonds. Our sample includes 24 countries over the period of June 2006 to December 2017. Using various financial performance measures, the results suggest that high-rated government bonds, according to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) dimensions, outperform low-ranked bonds under any cut-off, although differences are not statistically significant. These findings suggest that ESG screenings can be used for government bonds without sacrificing financial performance.

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Et.al, Dr A. Anis Akthar Sulthana Banu. « “A Study On The Sustainable Investment Funds With Sepcial Reference To State Bank Of India Esg Mutual Fund Shcemes” ». Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) 12, n^o 6 (10 avril 2021) : 261–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/turcomat.v12i6.1363.

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Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) refers to the allocation of funds in certain practises that have a high social impact. It includes assessing businesses on the Environmental , Social and Governance (ESG) screens. A socially conscious investor may either invest directly in financial markets or through investment instruments such as mutual funds via ESG fund schemes. Very few of the numerous mutual fund organizations have implemented ESG Fund schemes to appeal to SRI investors. The SBI Mutual Fund is the first AMC to follow this and has been benchmarked against the Nifty 100 ESG indices. A correlation analysis is made among the results of the SBI Mutual Fund and the NIFTY to compare the four different types of SBI ESG funds and their sector wise participation in different industries. This research paper is methodological in nature as it interprets the published secondary data sources of the SBI Mutual Fund and the NIFTY indices. The goal of this paper is to assess the efficacy of the ESG Equity Fund in the investment portfolio of mutual fund investors and to enable small and medium-sized investors to contribute their money to ESG-driven mutual fund schemes.

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Śliwiński, Paweł, et Maciej Łobza. « The impact of global risk on the performance of socially responsible and conventional stock indices ». Equilibrium 12, n^o 4 (31 décembre 2017) : 657–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.24136/eq.v12i4.34.

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Research background: In the last decades social responsible investment has evolved into an important and influential investment class. What supports then the development of SRI? The neoclassical approach suggests that the attractiveness of investment should result from the risk-return relationship that is satisfying for the investor. However, the performance analysis of SRI vs. conventional investment, conducted in numerous research papers, often delivers contradictory conclusions. If financial factors could not explain the phenomenon of SRI, nonfinancial factors may have played a decisive role in the formation of modern SRI market. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this paper is to analyze financial investment perfor-mance of socially responsible vs. respective conventional indices in the periods of high, low and unidentified global risk. Therefore, a following research hypothesis was verified: SR indices perform financially better in high-risk periods than in low-risk periods. This hypoth-esis is justified by the assumption that, when selecting SRI, investors go by a longer invest-ment horizon than they do when selecting other investments, not subject to such verification. Methods: Among SR indices, we chose three to compare them with their conventional counterparts: DJSI US vs. DJITR (USA), DJSI Korea vs. KOSPI (South Korea) and Respect Index vs. WIG20TR (Poland). The VIX index was used as the global measure of risk aver-sion. To measure the relative performance of SR and conventional indices in different risk periods, we applied risk-adjusted performance measures, including RSD, Sharpe and Treynor ratios, traditional and asymmetrical CAPM. Findings & Value added: The research shows that conventional and socially responsible indices do not differ statistically in terms of risk and return irrespective of global risk. Our research confirms that the rising, socially responsible, investment market cannot be analyzed only through the prism of simplified rational choices. Additionally, it should be analyzed in terms of moral philosophy and behavioral economics, including the psycho-social features of investors.

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Richardson, Benjamin J. « Sovereign Wealth Funds and Socially Responsible Investing : An Emerging Public Fiduciary ». Global Journal of Comparative Law 1, n^o 2 (2012) : 125–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211906x-00102001.

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The dramatic growth of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in recent decades has made them a significant phenomenon in global financial markets and raised the prospect of more enlightened investing that respects the environmental underpinnings of economic prosperity. Until the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, the movement for socially responsible investing (SRI) had been the only noteworthy dissenting voice to the traditional complacency about the financial economy’s wider impacts. That financial calamity not only unveiled a systemic malaise in the financial alchemy of the global economy but also highlighted its social and environmental sequelae. The rise of SWFs, several of which are legally mandated to practice SRI, gives hope that states may reclaim some public oversight over finance capitalism. The purpose of this article is to investigate the governance of some SWFs with a view to assessing their capacity to contribute to environmental sustainability. As public financial institutions empowered by a broader conception of investment that takes account of social and environmental factors, SWFs have the incipient markings of ‘public fiduciaries’. SWFs could provide a novel way to interpolate the public trust environmental responsibilities of the state into the governance of the financial economy. This article focuses on the French and Norwegian SWFs, which arguably have the most comprehensive SRI practices of all SWFs. Both, however, have struggled to reconcile their ethical and financial mandates into a coherent investment philosophy. But their putative fiduciary responsibilities to society through an increasingly long-term investing perspective suggest a new normative direction to reconcile these tensions and to thereby help institutionalize the principles of intergenerational equity and sustainable development in the context of financial markets.

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Revelli, Christophe. « Re-embedding financial stakes within ethical and social values in socially responsible investing (SRI) ». Research in International Business and Finance 38 (septembre 2016) : 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2016.03.003.

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