Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 2012 (Revised from original 2009 version)

Note on Socially Responsible Investing

by Sandra J. Sucher, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Ian McKowan Cornell

Abstract

This note describes Socially Responsible Investing, providing a brief history, description of different socially responsible investing approaches, and overview of selected players and institutions involved in the socially responsible investing field. It has been written to provide background for the case study on Generation Investment Management.

Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability;

Citation:

Sucher, Sandra J., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Ian McKowan Cornell. "Note on Socially Responsible Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 609-060, August 2012. (Revised from original February 2009 version.)