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Socially Responsible Investment in a Global Environment
`The authors have done an excellent job explaining the development and practice of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). Under the recent recognition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Asia and its strong emphasis by US and European corporations, this book provides important guidance to students and professionals who are interested in the effects and implications of SRI. This book is truly informative and should be on the reading list of all fund managers and CFOs of international corporations which are serious about CSR.'
- Louis T.W. Cheng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
`Individual investors and corporate heads have the responsibility to keep abreast of major changes in the marketplace. Socially responsible investment is one of those changes. Fung, Law and Yau provide, in a single source, a great opportunity to get up to date on an area that will be a force for years to come. I encourage any thoughtful investor or manager to read this book.'
- Thomas Schneeweis, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, US
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.
Readers are provided with the perspectives of SRI from various players in the financial community - from values-based investors to fiduciaries to supranational agencies. The authors analyse the incorporation of ESG issues into investment practices within a regulatory, legal, reputational, and operational risk management framework.
Academics, corporate executives, government regulators and policymakers, bankers, and non-governmental organizations involved with sustainable development will find much of interest in this book.
- Louis T.W. Cheng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
`Individual investors and corporate heads have the responsibility to keep abreast of major changes in the marketplace. Socially responsible investment is one of those changes. Fung, Law and Yau provide, in a single source, a great opportunity to get up to date on an area that will be a force for years to come. I encourage any thoughtful investor or manager to read this book.'
- Thomas Schneeweis, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, US
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.
Readers are provided with the perspectives of SRI from various players in the financial community - from values-based investors to fiduciaries to supranational agencies. The authors analyse the incorporation of ESG issues into investment practices within a regulatory, legal, reputational, and operational risk management framework.
Academics, corporate executives, government regulators and policymakers, bankers, and non-governmental organizations involved with sustainable development will find much of interest in this book.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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February 12, 2021
Socially Responsible Investing is probably one of the most underrated ways of doing Investment. This book provides an explanation on SRI in the scientific approach, with explanation and examples in real life. It explains on what is SRI, SRI from the corporation's perspective (CSR), the ups and downs on doing SRI, what to expect and how to invest socially.
I have to say that the book is somewhat outdated, because by now, the world is vastly improved much more better than what we have 10 years ago. A revision or a new edition is needed to explain SRI, but as most of the time, this topic is getting left out, even though some are starting to talk about it again. From the book itself, it is very hard to read, because there are a lots of references to be stated in the pages, and it needs more than usual approach to understand what this book gives. In short, it feels like reading scientific articles compiled into a book.
However, despite the critics I gave, it's one good book to understand SRI in scientific way (if its the right term). If only the author or someone reach out and re-discuss the SRI topic as a whole in current situation, that would be great.
I have to say that the book is somewhat outdated, because by now, the world is vastly improved much more better than what we have 10 years ago. A revision or a new edition is needed to explain SRI, but as most of the time, this topic is getting left out, even though some are starting to talk about it again. From the book itself, it is very hard to read, because there are a lots of references to be stated in the pages, and it needs more than usual approach to understand what this book gives. In short, it feels like reading scientific articles compiled into a book.
However, despite the critics I gave, it's one good book to understand SRI in scientific way (if its the right term). If only the author or someone reach out and re-discuss the SRI topic as a whole in current situation, that would be great.
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