Do financial markets care about social and environmental disclosure? Further evidence and exploration from the UK

A Murray, D Sinclair, D Power, R Gray - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2006 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of the paper is to explore whether there is any relationship (s)
between social and environmental disclosure and the financial market performance of the …

Socially Responsible Investment Funds: a review of research priorities and strategic options

M van Dijk-de Groot, AHJ Nijhof - Journal of Sustainable Finance & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This is the first literature review on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds. Although
SRI funds flourish, we know very little about these investment vehicles. This article reviews …

“Doing Well While Doing Good” Revisited: A Study of Socially Responsible Firms' Short‐Term versus Long‐term Performance

T Shank, D Manullang, R Hill - Managerial Finance, 2005 - emerald.com
This article reexamines the “doing well while doing good” debate within the financial
management literature, using comparisons among socially responsible mutual funds (SRMF …

Financial and social performance of socially responsible investments in the Netherlands

B Scholtens - Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We analyse the performance of socially responsible investments in the Netherlands. It
appears that the financial performance of the various types of socially responsible …

Ignorant advice–customer advisory service for ethical investment funds

U Schrader - Business Strategy and the Environment, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Ethical investment is a growing but still small market in many countries. One obstacle for
further diffusion is the lack of information transparency. The actors with the highest potential …

Does voluntary corporate citizenship pay? An examination of the UN Global Compact

M Barros Kimbro, Z Cao - International Journal of Accounting & …, 2011 - emerald.com
Purpose–The UN Global Compact (GC) is the world's largest voluntary corporate social
responsibility (CSR) initiative. Signatory companies voluntarily agree to abide by the GC ten …

Do markets value companies' social and environmental activity? An inquiry into associations among social disclosure, social performance and financial performance

A Murray - 2010 - theses.gla.ac.uk
In the context of a changing world, and faced with a scientific analysis that unequivocally
links corporate activity with climactic changes which might threaten humankind, any study of …

Integration of sustainability into modern portfolio theory

BT Peylo - Journal of Management and Financial Sciences, 2011 - infona.pl
As the modern world is facing economic limits and an increase in ecological and social
problems, the need for innovative and sustainable solutions becomes more pressing. This …

The cost of being good

AM Anderson, DH Myers - Available at SSRN 954703, 2007 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper examines the performance of US equities through the use of socially responsible
investment screens. We extend the socially responsible investing literature by examining a …

Socially responsible investing and climate change: Contradictions and challenges

S Van Der Laan, N Lansbury - Australian Accounting Review, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores the contradiction between the articulated investment policies, screening
criteria or ethical charters of socially responsible investment funds and their actions …