Socially responsible investment in a global environment/
by Hung-gay Fung
- UK: Edward Elgar publishing, 2010.
- x,180p.; 24cm.
1. Socially responsible investment : opportunities, challenges, and practices 2. SRI approaches and criteria 3. Incentives, alternatives, and financial performance of SRI 4. Environmental issues 5. Social, ethical, and religious issues 6. Corporate governance issues, corporate policy, and corporate social responsibility practices 7. Practice of SRI by institutional investors, non-governmental organizations, and suprnational agencies 8. Socially responsible investment and global banking 9. Outlook and conclusion Index
Socially responsible investment (SRI) is becoming increasingly popular and can be potentially rewarding to all parties concerned. This book discusses the opportunities, challenges, and practices of SRI in a global financial environment in a consistent and integrated framework of risk management. It also covers a wide variety of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues related to various participants, such as values-based retail, institutional investors, corporations, banks, supranational agencies, and non-governmental organizations
9781848442139
Institutional investments Moral and ethical aspects, Social responsibility of business Moral and ethical aspects