FRONT COVER -- SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR SOCIETY? -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF APPENDICES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY AND REVIEW BOARD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- EXPLORING THE SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF SRI -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS SRI? -- UNDERSTANDING SRI'S EVOLVING NATURE -- DIVESTMENT AND SCREENING: 1970s-1980s -- SRI MUTUAL FUNDS AND PERFORMANCE: 1990s-2000s -- MAINSTREAMING SRI: MID-2000s -- RENEWED LEGITIMACY OF SRI: 2009 - PRESENT -- LITERATURE GAP -- OVERVIEW OF THE VOLUME -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART II: SRI IMPACTS: ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATION -- MOBILIZING SRI THROUGH INVESTOR GOVERNANCE NETWORKS: THE POLITICS OF COLLECTIVE INVESTOR ACTION -- MOBILIZING SRI THROUGH INVESTOR GOVERNANCE NETWORKS -- PHASE ONE: EMERGENCE (1970s-1980s) -- PHASE TWO: TRANSFORMATION (1990s) -- PHASE THREE: EXPANSION (2000-PRESENT) -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND CHEVRON'S POLICY 520 ON HUMAN RIGHTS: THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE UNITED STATES JESUIT CONFERENCE'S "NATIONAL JESUIT COMMITTEE ON INVESTMENT RESPONSIBILITY" -- INTRODUCTION -- THE JESUITS AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING -- ENGAGEMENT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE NIGER DELTA -- PROCESS OF SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH CHEVRON -- CASE ANALYSIS THROUGH THE LENS OF SHAREHOLDER SALIENCE -- KEY LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL INNOVATION AND INVESTMENT: THE SHOREBANK EXPERIENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- SHOREBANK: FOUR DECADES OF SOCIAL INVESTMENT, SOCIAL INNOVATION, AND SOCIAL IMPACT -- ENABLING FACTORS -- THE PURPOSE OF A BANK: BACK TO THE FUTURE -- SHOREBANK: ENDURING LESSONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: SHOREBANK HISTORY AND TIMELINE.

THE EMERGENCE OF IMPACT INVESTMENTS: THE CASE OF MICROFINANCE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ORIGINS AND RISE OF RESPONSIBLE INVESTING -- THE SUN IS RISING IN THE WEST -- TWO WORLDS COMING TOGETHER -- THE CASE OF MICROFINANCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- FURTHER READING -- PART III: SRI CHALLENGES: LIMITS AND EFFECTIVENESS -- WHERE DO-GOODERS MEET BOTTOM-LINERS: DISPUTES AND RESOLUTIONS SURROUNDING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- DISPUTES AND JUSTIFICATION FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT -- METHOD -- DISPUTES AND RESOLUTIONS FOR SRI -- IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SRI CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH A RESPONSIVE REGULATION FRAMEWORK -- INTRODUCTION -- SRI AS A VOLUNTARY REGULATORY REGIME -- THE CASE OF SRI ENGAGEMENT -- DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF RESPONSIVE REGULATION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE -- IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- COMPANY-COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS IN THE MINING SECTOR -- INTRODUCTION -- RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO COMPANY-COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS -- MEETING RESPONSIBLE INVESTORS' COMMUNITY RELATIONS EXPECTATIONS: COMPANY-COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE VICTOR AND MEADOWBANK MINES -- MINING EXECUTIVES' RATIONALES FOR NEGOTIATING AGREEMENTS AND THEIR TACIT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FPIC -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: SRI DEVELOPMENTS: VALUES AND GOVERNANCE -- ETHICS, POLITICS, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE 21STCENTURY TRUSTEE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EPS ASPECTS OF INVESTMENT -- PART TWO: WHY, WHEN, AND HOW ETHICAL, POLITICAL, AND SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS PLAY A ROLE IN INVESTMENT DECISION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- SRI IN SOUTH AFRICA: A MELTING-POT OF LOCAL AND GLOBAL INFLUENCES -- INTRODUCTION.

SOUTH AFRICA: A COUNTRY OF CONTRASTS -- THE ROOTS OF SRI IN SOUTH AFRICA: A MIXED SPRINGBOARD OF POLITICAL GOALS AND RELIGIOUS VALUES -- SRI IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE 21ST CENTURY: A COMPLEX PICTURE -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS - DIVERGENCE VERSUS CONVERGENCE -- TO GOVERN AND BE GOVERNED: THE GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS OF SRI'S INFLUENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGAL REFORMS FOR SRI -- SOCIAL INVESTORS' ADVOCACY FOR POLICY AND LEGAL REFORMS -- GOVERNING THROUGH THE MARKET: SRI CODES OF CONDUCT -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PART V: CONCLUSION -- SRI IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO SOCIETY? -- IS SRI A VIABLE SOLUTION TO SOCIETIES' PROBLEMS? -- WHAT ARE THE IMPEDIMENTS AND LIMITS TO SRI'S ABILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? -- WHERE IS 'ETHICS' IN SRI? -- MEASURING SOCIETAL IMPACT -- THE FUTURE OF SRI -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: STATEMENTS -- APPENDIX B: PARTICIPANTS LISTS (FOCUS GROUP AND INTERVIEWS) -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.