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The SRI Realm: a helpful graphic

Socially Responsible Investing is concerned with three areas:

  • Environment
  • Social Justice
  • Corporate Governance

There are three investor activities associated with SRI:

  • Screen-out bad companies, Screen-in good companies when buying securities.
  • Shareholder Action - vote your proxy (stockholders usually have a vote in directing corporate decision making).
  • Community Investment - you can lend your money AND get paid interest AND get paid back AND help the world.

The graphic below represents the realm of SRI showing the areas of concern across the top (Environment, Social Justice, Corporate Governance) and the investment activities involved down the left side (Screening, Shareholder Action, Community Investment). Basically, what you can do down the side, where you can do it across the top.

At the intersection of each category we have presented examples of SRI (in the green boxes). While there are many ways that SRI can be conducted in each box, these examples should help you understand the possibilities of SRI. Use your imagination!