Socially Responsible Investing : Making a Difference and Making Money

Book Description:

Selecting investments to meet specific social criteria, and keeping the twin goals of justice and environmental sustainability at the forefront, investors can achieve better results in their portfolio and create a better future. For every investor who wants the money to follow the principles, Socially Responsible Investing outlines all the details to bring congruence to investing and social awareness.

Amy Domini, the woman whose name is on the premier index of socially responsible companies, has become one of the most visible and outspoken advocates for SRI. The Domini 400 index tracks highly targeted, select socially responsible companies. This benchmark index, and The Domini Social Equity Fund, a mutual fund that invests in indexed companies, are the brainchildren of Domini and her partners who set out to prove that investing with conscience can be a profitable venture. For its eight years since inception, the fund’s results beat the S&P 500.

Showing how to improve the quality of life and the value of a portfolio at the same time, Socially Responsible Investing helps investors:

*align investments with beliefs
*define particular benchmarks and screen for principles they wish to invest in (or avoid)
*learn to identify ethical and financial investment stars
*use investment dollars to support community economic development
*assess the screening process to address the needs of all stakeholders in a company
*dialogue directly with corporations incorporating activist tactics on current issues