Socially Responsible Investment

Russell Sparkes is recognised as one of the UK's leading authorities on socially responsible investment, and is the first person to analyse SRI from a global perspective. He has travelled widely, meeting SRI investors around the world. He is a Senior Fund Manager for the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church, as well as being Secretary of the Joint Advisory Committee on the Ethics of Investment for the Methodist Church. Russell Sparkes has twice served as a Director of the UK Social Investment Forum, as well as being actively involved in a number of other SRI initiatives.

• Foreword by Tim Smith. Series Preface.Preface.Part I: Exploring Socially Responsible Investment.Socially Responsible Investment Comes of Age.What Is Socially Responsible Investment?From the Beginning.Profiling the Investors.Screening in Practice.Part II: Issues for Institutional Investors.From Environmental Risks........To Sustainable Development.Human Rights.Corporate Social Responsibility.Investment Returns.Part III: A Global Revolution.Information Services.Alternative Approaches: Canada and Australia.Into the Mainstream.A Global Revolution.Index.

"…Sparkes addresses the topic logically and succinctly and appears to cover all significant considerations…a useful tool for investors and managers…"" (Professional Investor, November 2002) "...While traditional ethical funds exclude sectors like tobaacco, gambling and companies using child labour, Russell Sparkes, author of the new book Socially Responsible Investment: A Global Revolution, says things are changing..." (Independent on Sunday, 24 November 2002)"…The authors, however have done a highly diligent and professional job in surveying the current banking scene in Europe…" (The Tablet, 4 January 2003)