A Critical Review on Socially Responsible Investment and Fiduciary Duties of Institutional Investors

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (null) ◽  
pp. 719-747
Author(s):  
염미경
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Fiduciary Duties ◽  
Responsible Investment

scholarly journals Encouraging Investors to Enable Corporate Sustainability Transitions: The Case of Responsible Investment in France

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Crifo ◽  
Rodolphe Durand ◽  
Jean-Pascal Gond
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Investors ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Socially Responsible Investment ◽  
Sustainability Transitions ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Intermediary Organizations

This article studies the case of the socially responsible investment industry in France. This case accounts for how the socially responsible investment category and practices have successfully moved from the margins of the industry in the late 1990s to become mainstream over two decades. We bring to the forefront the importance of three complementary factors in the process of causing corporations to transition toward more sustainable businesses: the role of investors and, in particular, institutional investors; the importance of the presence of a clear category definition and of intermediary organizations, providing ratings, scores, and other calculative devices; and the role of governments and regulators. With other studies, this case stresses the fundamental influence of investors in how corporations manage sustainability transitions.

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