RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Performance Characteristics of Social and Traditional Investments
JF The Journal of Investing
FD Institutional Investor Journals
SP 27
OP 38
DO 10.3905/joi.2000.319421
VO 9
IS 2
A1 Sandra A Waddock
A1 Samuel B. Graves
A1 Renée Gorski
YR 2000
UL https://pm-research.com/content/9/2/27.abstract
AB Socially responsible investment is a growing movement. The authors ask how we can evaluate social performance. They investigate both the financial and social performance of companies included in socially responsible and traditional investment portfolios. Companies that successfully pass a social screen (screened-in companies) outperform screened-out companies on a variety of social performance measures: employee relations, diversity, product (customer), community relations, environment, non-U. S. operations, and governance. Screened-in and screened-out companies perform about the same financially and in market terms.