Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia
What is SRI?
INVESTING IN THE PRESENT FOR THE FUTURE
Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI), also known as Socially Responsible Investment, is investment which takes account of wider concerns, such as social justice, economic development, peace or a healthy environment, as well as the usual financial considerations.
SRI strategies now exist for many aspects of finance, including mutual funds investing in stockmarkets, bond funds, private equity funds, index funds, pension fund services, bank lending practices, insurance products and community investment options.
The most successful SRI strategies provide investors with Triple Bottom Line returns:
Financial returns that compare well to the returns of conventional investments
Social and Environmental rewards that go beyond the direct financial return to the investorSRI is a positive economic choice about the way we live and the world we live in.