Compelling Returns: A Practical Guide to Socially Responsible Investing

ISBN-13: 9780470240588 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 208 str.

Scott J. Budde; S. J. Budde

Opis

Achieve competitive financial returns and make a difference at the same time by applying the information in Compelling Returns: A Practical Guide to Socially Responsible Investing, a well-rounded guide to socially responsible investing (SRI). Understand the basics of SRI and discover how you can align your values with your investments by choosing from three basic strategies. Learn to implement these strategies in your investment portfolios and combine your newfound knowledge with the basic principles of successful investing. An up-to-date directory of companies involved with SRI is included.

Spis treści

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Socially Responsible Investing.

Chapter 2: Sensible Investing Habits for SRI.

Chapter 3: Lining up SRI Goals with Strategies.

Chapter 4: Social Screening Strategies.

Chapter 5: Community and Proactive Investing Strategies.

Chapter 6: Shareholder Activism through Proxy Voting and Engagement.

Chapter 7: SRI Strategies for Institutional Investors.

Chapter 8: Responses to External Critics and Key Questions within the SRI Field.

Chapter 9: Yielding to Compelling Returns.

Appendix A: Social, Environmental, and Governance Resources.

Appendix B: Financial Advisors and Planners with SRI Experience.

Appendix C: Social Screening Resources.

Appendix D: Community Development and Environmental Investing Resources.

Appendix E: International Microfinance Resources.

Appendix F: Shareholder Activism and Proxy Voting Resources.

Appendix G: Added SRI Resources for Institutional Investors.

Notes.

About the Author.

Index.

O autorze

Scott J. Budde, CFA, is a Managing Director at TIAA–CREF Asset Management, the invest–ment management arm of TIAA–CREF, a national financial services organization with over $400 billion under management, and the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields. He manages TIAA–CREF′s Global Social and Community Investing Department. Budde currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the newly formed International Association of Microfinance Investors and represents TIAA–CREF as a shareholder of ProCredit Holding a leading microfinance institution headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

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Praise for Compelling Returns

"Scott Budde′s Compelling Returns: A Practical Guide to Socially Responsible Investing covers all the bases for individual investors interested in fully integrating social factors into their personal investment strategies. As Mr. Budde points out, by understanding investment options, and carefully planning investments, socially responsible investors can achieve competitive investment returns. It is an essential guide for anyone who wants to employ the SRI approach to investing."
Denise L. Nappier, Connecticut State Treasurer

"Compelling Returns offers value–based investors the practical tools and information to make good choices that are in line with their values and achieve comparable rates of return. Scott Budde′s thoughtful and transparent approach makes socially responsible investing accessible to anyone interested in ′doing well and doing good.′"
Jean Pogge, Executive Vice President of Consumer and Community Banking, ShoreBank

"Compelling Returns outlines a ′compelling case′ for individuals and institutions alike to invest in a socially responsible manner. Grounded in the experiences of TIAA–CREF and the mandate of their clients, this book provides multitudes of current examples and digs deep into various objections to offer a thoughtful, detailed analysis of socially responsible investing."
Timothy Smith, Senior Vice President, Environment, Social & Governance Group, Walden Asset Management

"Compelling Returns offers a clear, comprehensive introduction to socially responsible investment and a convincing refutation of common myths and misperceptions about SRI. At the same time, Budde provides a well–crafted, provocative argument for a particular SRI investment style that can achieve competitive returns, align investments with values, and effect social change. It′s hard to survey the field of SRI and simultaneously take a clear stand within it Budde does both very well."
David Wood, Director, Boston College Institute for Responsible Investment

"Compelling Returns marks a milestone in the mainstreaming of socially responsible investing. Drawing on the experience of a venerable institutional investor, the book provides a simple and practical guide to the increasingly complex choices for making investments that address social and environmental challenges while generating reasonable financial returns. Compelling Returns will resonate with those who already know they want to invest responsibly, but seek clear advice on how to do so."
Antony Bugg–Levine, Managing Director and head of Impact Investing, Rockefeller Foundation

"This is the most practical ′how–to′ book that makes social investing accessible for anyone."
Jackie Khor, Managing Director, Imprint Capital Advisors