Essays about: "Socially Responsible Investment"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 63 essays containing the words Socially Responsible Investment.

  1. 11. Classification of Corporate Social Performance

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statistik och maskininlärning

    Author : Erik Anders; [2021]
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    Abstract : Over the past few years there has been an exponentially increasing attention in financetowards socially responsible investments which creates a need to determine whether acompany is socially responsible or not. The ESG ratings often used to do this are based onEnvironmental, Social and Governance related data about the companies and have manyflaws. READ MORE

  3. 12. 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

  4. 13. Values over value? : Pension beneficiaries' willingness to pay for socially responsible investments and their perception of exponential growth.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Emilia Jemtå; Matilda Kvist Björklund; [2021]
    Keywords : Willingness to pay for socially responsible investments; SRI; pension; exponential growth bias;

    Abstract : Background: As more individuals continuously become more conscious of the external influences of their decisions, integrating social and ethical criteria and perceived non-monetary value in their investment decisions, the interest in socially responsible investments (SRI) has escalated in the past decade. Reflecting this shift, the Swedish Pension Agency continuously increases the requirements and sustainability demands for the funds available in the premium pension selection. READ MORE

  5. 14. The difference in risk adjusted performance between socially responsible and conventional equity mutual funds - Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Sebastian Alm; Otilia Esping; [2020-07-01]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to study the difference in risk-adjusted performance between socially responsible (SR) and conventional equity mutual funds from a Swedish perspective. The study uses mutual fund data from the time-period January 2010 to January 2020. READ MORE

  6. 15. The role of media reported weather shocks on mutualfund capital flow : A comparison of socially responsible- and conventional funds

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Bizuayehu Tefera; [2020]
    Keywords : Capital flow; Weather shocks; Socially responsible investment;

    Abstract : Identifying factors that affect the flow of mutual fund capital and betweenmutualfund types hasthe potential, among others,to relief fund management and investors from unnecessary administrative costs. This study investigated the role media reported weather shocks have on socially responsible and conventional mutual trust funds’capital flow. READ MORE