Screen LibrarySustainable investing : what everyone needs to know /
"Can investors do well financially and do good for the world? Should they try? Many assume that investors "don't care who wins" as long as they are making money. For some investors, this mindset still rings true. Yet, many other investors challenge this stereotype and prefer to &...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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What everyone needs to know. |
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"Can investors do well financially and do good for the world? Should they try? Many assume that investors "don't care who wins" as long as they are making money. For some investors, this mindset still rings true. Yet, many other investors challenge this stereotype and prefer to "make money mean more." Thus, they have dual goals: making money and doing good. This viewpoint, called sustainable investing, has gained considerable momentum in the last few decades. Sustainable investing delivers value by balancing traditional investing with environmental, social, and governance-related (ESG) insights to improve long-term outcomes. Some view sustainable investing as critical to the sustainability of investing. The book aims to demystify sustainable investing for "average" investors. It uses a question-and-answer format to examine whether such investments have a place in investor portfolios. Each chapter also contains insightful and amusing quotes by investment professionals and others. The book includes six chapters. Chapter 1 examines the changing investment landscape. Chapter 2 explores corporate social responsibility and the evolving responsibilities and obligations of a business. Chapter 3 focuses on the roles of social and religious values in shaping sustainable investing. Chapter 4 discusses the many investment options available to sustainable investors, such as stock, bonds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Chapter 5 reviews the performance implications of sustainable investing. This research-oriented chapter investigates the intriguing question, "Can sustainable investors have their cake and eat it too?" Finally, Chapter 6 ends by focusing on building a portfolio with a purpose"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-226) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197643815 0197643817 9780197643785 0197643787 |
| Index Number: | HG4515 |
| CLC: | F830.59-05 |
| Call Number: | F830.59-05/B167-1 |
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Why Did We Write This Book? -- Whom Do We Want to Thank? -- Who Are the Authors? -- What Is the Book About? -- 1. The Changing Investment Landscape: The Past, Present, and Future -- What are the earliest origins of socially responsible investing (SRI) and corporate social responsibility (CSR)? -- Who were the first drivers of SRI and CSR, and how did their efforts help establish the ways social responsibility activists affect corporate behavior? -- What is screening, and why is it important? -- What were the most critical milestones in the 20th century for SRI? -- How did these earlier milestones in the 20th century help establish how SRI activists could affect corporate behavior? -- Who created the first modern SRI index? -- How did environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria become the three primary social responsibility factors? -- What are other vital issues in the 21st century for SRI and CSR besides ESG criteria? -- What are the main ways that investors can participate in SRI and SDG efforts? -- What are the similarities and differences between sustainable investing and green investing? -- What are the similarities and differences between impact investing and community investing? -- How have risk tolerances and investment preferences changed from a generational perspective? -- What impact are millennials and progressive politics making on sustainable investing? -- What are the conservative politics of sustainable investing in terms of advocacy agenda? -- What is the divide between progressive and conservative investors? -- What trends are likely to drive the future of the sustainable investing industry? -- Takeaways -- 2. Corporate Social Responsibility: Delivering Both Profit and Purpose -- What is corporate social responsibility? -- What is business ethics? -- Who are a firm's stakeholders? -- How can a firm demonstrate its social responsibility? -- How can firms be environmentally sustainable? -- How do firms demonstrate social responsibility to society? -- What firm governance characteristics are responsible? -- How can firms exhibit social responsibility to employees? -- How can a firm be socially responsible in some areas and not in others? -- How does doing good differ from avoiding doing harm? -- What is corporate philanthropy, and should firms be engaged in it? -- How can firms become involved in community engagement? -- How can investors determine whether a firm is socially responsible? -- How are firms held accountable for CSR? -- What is a nongovernmental organization, and how does it interact with companies? -- How can a firm have a social purpose and earn a profit? -- How is CSR viewed around the world? -- What companies are known as leaders in CSR? -- What online resources are available for researching socially responsible firms? |