Essays about: "Sustainable and Responsible Investment SRI"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Sustainable and Responsible Investment SRI.

1. 1. Preferences for carbon information : a Discrete Choice Experiment with Swedish non-professional investors

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Mahesh Kumar Shrestha; [2023]
   Keywords : discrete choice experiment; investment preference; GHG target; carbon information; target progress; carbon disclosure; non-professional investors; impact investing; sustainable and responsible investments; SRI;

   Abstract : GHG targets, an aspect of carbon disclosure are an integral part of corporate carbon management and overall carbon accounting. GHG targets and the target-related attributes – including target difficulty, target progress, and external validation of target as a science-based target, along with past GHG emission performance are attributes related to carbon information that is increasingly included in the corporate carbon disclosures. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Individual investors' preferences regarding green bonds : A survey of Swedish investors

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Lauri Kivikoski; Robert Sandberg; [2019]
   Keywords : green bonds; socially responsible investing; SRI; sustainable finance; environmental attitude; environmental behaviour;

   Abstract : Green bonds are a type of bonds that are designated for investment projects that have a positive effect on the environment. Such projects could be preventing climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, increasing energy-efficiency, or improving waste management. Green bonds have risen considerably in issued volume in recent years. READ MORE

6. 5. Preferences for Sustainable and Responsible Funds : a choice experiment with Swedish private investors

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Isabelle Tibbelin; Ylva Wahlstedt; [2019]
   Keywords : discrete choice experiment; ESG; fund attributes; preferences; screening criteria; sustainable and responsible investments; SRI;

   Abstract : This study addresses the issue of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) funds and private investors’ trade-offs between fund attributes. Few previous studies have examined preferences of private investors to see which attributes that are most preferable for SRI funds. READ MORE