SRI – An Introduction
• SRI as the Financial Industry’s Mode of CSR
• Why should the Financial Industry engage in
CSR?
• For and Against
– The Pro – CSR position
– The Anti – CSR position
– The Neither Nor position
SRI as the Financial Industry’s Mode
of CSR
Why should the Financial Industry
engage in CSR?
• A need to legitimate financial industry , in the light of
monitory democracy – an industry that has scored low
on reputation measurements over the latter years
• A wish to push all sectors of the economy towards
higher environmental and social performance through
investor pressure
• A hope to improve long term return on investment
through prospective analysis of environmental and
social sustainability, added on to traditional financial
analysis.
• However, SRI has also been opposed and is still
debated.