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What are Organic Mutual Funds?
We see it
every day on TV, in the movies, at grocery stores...the
United States is going green and people are beginning to
take responsibility for how their actions impact our
environment and society.
Just like you
can now buy organic milk or corn flakes at the store, it is
now possible to invest your money in mutual funds that are
socially responsible. It is a market called
Socially Responsible Investing
(SRI). There are numerous mutual fund
families that have specialty funds that may invest in energy
alternatives such as solar power or won't invest in big
tobacco. The main focus on these funds are to focus on
industries that are socially responsible to mankind and our
environment.
What is Socially Responsible Investing?
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is an
investment strategy that integrates social or environmental
criteria into financial analysis which gives hope to a
cleaner brighter future.
With approximately $2.29
trillion in assets in the US today, SRI is gaining steam
with many individual and institutional investors who want
to:
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Align their investment
portfolio with their individual core values by
avoiding companies that do not meet certain standards
and investing in companies that do.
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Help improve corporate
social and environmental performance by putting your
money behind companies that meet your core values.
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Pick companies with a
brighter long-term financial future through the
recognition of social and environmental factors that may
effect their bottom line.
SRI was originally practiced by religious investors who,
nearly 200 years ago, avoided companies involved in
tobacco, alcohol, and gambling. More recently, SRI has
grown beyond avoidance to:
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Social Research
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Mutual Fund companies
before investing will dive into the social and
environmental records of companies to determine which
companies to include or exclude in an investment
portfolio. Rapidly, social research is used as a
way to "zero in" on companies with better management and
lower risk.
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Shareholder Advocacy
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As
an shareholder you have the power to influence board
members of companies by voting on issues or even
something as simple as writing a letter to the CEO
expressing your views.
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Social Venture Capital
- Seeking out early-stage investments in
companies that have identified profitable ways to meet
societal needs (such as alternative energy companies),
before they are publicly traded. This early-stage
investing can help these companies secure necessary
funding to grow and often leads to healthy returns for
shareholders.
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Community Investing
- Channeling affordable credit to communities
underserved by traditional credit markets to create
jobs, build homes, and finance community facilities.
Investors often accept slightly below-market rates of
return to encourage investment that can build or rebuild
communities.
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