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8 - Shareholders, Institutional Investors and Socially Responsible Investment

from Part III - Stimulating Private Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2023

Onyeka K. Osuji ,
Franklin N. Ngwu  and
Gary Lynch-Wood
By
Franklin N. Ngwu
Onyeka K. Osuji
Affiliation:
University of Essex
Franklin N. Ngwu
Affiliation:
Pan-Atlantic University Lagos Business School, Nigeria
Gary Lynch-Wood
Affiliation:
University of Manchester School of Law
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Summary

The chapter argues that socially responsible investment (SRI) can be linked to long-term financial success and therefore should be part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy of investors. It shows how capital providers, including ordinary shareholders, institutional investors and socially responsible investors, can provide the stimulus for improvements in CSR standards and performance. The chapter traces the origins of SRI and investigates the range of powers and responsibilities, procedures and opportunities that can be applied to encourage a greater degree of participation of different kinds of investor, particularly institutional investors, in SRI.

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corporate governancecorporate social responsibilityinstitutional investorsshareholderssocially responsible investment (SRI)stakeholders
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Corporate Social Responsibility Across the Globe
Innovative Resolution of Regulatory and Governance Challenges
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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