Investing for Change: Profit from Responsible Investment | 
| Authors: Augustin Landier, Vinay B. Nair
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0195370147
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.6
EAN: 9780195370140
ASIN: 0195370147
Publication Date: November 26, 2008
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Product Description
For many of us, giving significant money away for promoting change is not a practical option. But investing for change--otherwise known as SRI (Socially Responsible Investing)--is something all of us can consider. Still, a number of questions come up when we consider what it means to invest "responsibly," including:
* Is it possible to "express values" through one's investments?
* How easy is it to rank companies along standards of social rather than financial value? Wouldn't such standards be subjective?
* Does "responsible investing" imply taking more financial risks, resulting in poor performance?
* Does SRI force less virtuous companies to improve their behavior?
In Investing for Change, Augustin Landier and Vinay Nair provide answers to these questions. Categorizing investors in illuminating groups of Yellow, Blue, and Red, and drawing on the latest research and their long experience in asset management, the authors show how responsible investing can truly come into its own.
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Are You Socially Responsible? January 6, 2009
OK, I'm not big into investing in the stock market. Don't get me wrong, I do have a 401K and make a small percentage investment in a few stocks. So this book did intrigue me, if I could learn something about investing and be socially responsible at the same time would definitely be a plus.
After reading the book, I have new knowledge about what exactly socially responsible investing (SRI) is and how using my own values will help dictate which stocks/companies I should invest. It is clear that the authors are academic as the book is well-organized, carefully researched while thoughtful cases/examples are used to further explain SRI. Some of the topics had to be read several times to get a clear understanding of the material presented as the word choice and concepts were new to this youthful investor. Even though the reading is dry and some of the concepts are challenging, the clear presentation and well documented resources bring value to the information. This is a great start in truly understanding SRI.
On a side note, when you step out to inform about social responsibility - you should also walk the walk. This book is printed on glossy acid-free paper with color print throughout, hardback with a glossy cover - while this makes the book look good, is it socially responsible?
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As detailed, thorough and thoughtful as any investing book on the market January 4, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've never read another book like this, and I've never really given socially responsible investing (SRI) a thought. That changed after reading this book. The authors present a well researched, organized, and thoughtful case for the support and practice of SRI. They also provide a method for analyzing one's own investments and investing theories in light of SRI. The book is printed in color on glossy paper (which I personally don't care for too much), so the graphs are clear and easy on the eyes. They even use the color feature to color the text when they talk about their blue, red and yellow investor models. Throughout the book are blue sidebars with real life examples of things they talk about, from companies who are socially responsible, to laws and trends that make SRI the wave of the future. The authors also take care to continually relate their ideas back to actually making money, something that some investment books pushing alternate theories often do only sporadically. These guys really stay consistent and on the subject. I have to say, it is a very dry but not difficult read, and being a very scholarly work, the ideas it contains are well supported and fully explained. I doubt that I will change my own personal investment model and portfolio much, but I have to admit, this did give me some new and original ideas to think about.
 Concise Read on Investing in Responsible Companies January 2, 2009
The authors of this book bring us through case studies and discussions about the types of companies that we would invest in if we wanted invest responsibly. Bringing us through the history of investing in industries since religiously based investing avoided certain industries, this has grown into a whole new approach.
Now, people want to choose not only to stay away from companies involved in gambling, tobacco, fire arms and related, but also to invest in companies that are proactive in areas like the environment, employee treatment and the like. The authors give us indexing of portfolios that had most or all verses an open index using the S&P 500 as a comparison. They do a compare and contrast to encourage that type of investment and that maybe having a more narrow portfolio with the above in mind may not hurt you at all, and maybe even be a benefit to the investor.
I really learned a lot from this very quick and insightful read. My only take away is the many of sentences were verbose and not due to technicalities, just wordiness. A great addition to the library of the thoughtful investor.
Great read if this is your thing January 2, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Look, I personally don't buy into the whole SRI. I put my money into companies that fit my criteria - making money and not cooking the books.
However, I give these authors a lot of credit:
1) They make great arguments;
2) The book is nicely laid out - spaced beautifully and the pages have a gloss to them;
3) The movement is gaining momentum, so it behooves us all to pay attention.
So even if I am not a subscriber to SRI, I do have an open mind. This book was worth the read, and I'm sure I reference it many times. Why? The SRI movement is probably here to stay.
Helpful Evolutionary Investment Advice December 29, 2008
After so many investment scandals, consumers truly want to know where the money is going, hence the need for socially responsible investing. It's not enough to get a good return on investment--you need to know what companies are up to and whether or not they have good values systems.
Augustin Landier introduces readers to the concept of SRI and offers useful advice on how to get the most SRI out of your dollars. If you're NOT a stock market wizard and don't ever care to become one, but you want to know that your dollar is going to companies with values that match your own, Landier offers useful hints and tips on finding companies worth looking into.
You also learn a bit about the methodology Landier uses and gives you categories of interest that rate companies in terms of community, diversity, safety and climate change among others.
For some, this might be a bit basic but for many who are passionate about investing with a conscience, this is highly useful and readable information. A good read to give you great thoughts about responsible investing!
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