Essays about: "Socially Responsible Investing"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 58 essays containing the words Socially Responsible Investing.

1. 16. Big Five Personality Traits andSustainable Investments : A survey study based on the Swedish private investors willingness to pay for ESG rating

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Amanda Björnström Hellbom; Erika Jigholm; [2021]
   Keywords : Big five taxonomy; Behavioral finance; Environmental; social and governance ESG ; Personality; Socially responsible investing SRI ; Willingness to pay WTP .;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the currently still sprawling literature on the force of sustainable investing together with the “Big Five” personality structure (Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism). By investigating which personality trait, based on the Big Five personality taxonomy, that was willing to exchange revenue for a higher ESG rating in a hypothetical investment fund, we were able to determine when private investors were willing to pay more for a more sustainable investment. READ MORE

3. 17. Drivers of Sustainability in the Swedish Financial Market: A Qualitative Study on the Swedish National Pension Funds

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Peggy Jägfeldt; Erik Olivecrona; [2021]
   Keywords : Active Ownership; Corporate Dialogues; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Institutional Owners; Socially Responsible Investing;

   Abstract : Over the past few decades, the world has seen the continuation and rise in the severity of issues facing the long-term wellbeing of people and the environment. To surmount these pressing challenges, society is aiming to change the standard profit-maximizing models of corporations to ones that include considerations for sustainability issues. READ MORE

4. 18. Retail investors' ESG-preferences: Is there something to find under the blanket term of ESG?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Henrik Lilliecreutz Harryson; Alexander Hervieu; [2021]
   Keywords : ESG; CSR; Sustainable Investing; SRI;

   Abstract : Environment, Social and Governance factors within Socially Responsible Investing and sustainability have been widely discussed subjects. In light of an increasing amount of research and interest into capital allocation towards SRI and ESG, this study aims to fill the research gap on what drives investments in ESG in Sweden from retail investors. READ MORE

5. 19. Private Equity Firms and ESG - Friends or Foes?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emil Telander; William Ullbors; [2021]
   Keywords : private equity; ESG; socially responsible investing; environmental; social; governance; finance; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to study the effects of private equity ownership on sustainability performance in private equity backed companies. The paper initially makes an introductory explanation of the private equity business model and covers indications that the industry is facing rapid change within the ESG space. READ MORE

6. 20. Investing with an Objective Conscience: A qualitative study on standardization of socially responsible investing in the Swedish financial market

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

   Author : Markus Johansson; Simon Fast; [2021]
   Keywords : Socially Responsible Investing; Standardization; Heterogeneity; EU Taxonomy; Institutional Investors;

   Abstract : The transition towards a sustainable capital market requires private and institutional investors to shift investments to truly socially responsible companies. Identifying genuinely socially responsible investment (SRI) opportunities is, however, complicated by greenwashing, as some companies attempt to portray themselves as more sustainable than they truthfully are. READ MORE