The traditional “sin stocks” were the first companies getting screened out of investment portfolios by investors hell-bent on making money without compromising personal values. As the below graph depicts, the rise of “SRI” investing has jumped dramatically over the years.
Two decades later, the typical “screens” of investment portfolios have broadened beyond just cutting out entire industries (i.e. tobacco, gaming and pornography) to now include a more company-centric approach for monitoring investments. In today’s global marketplace, labor and environmental factors are becoming more and more commonplace in the research of the investment management community.
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