1. SRI – An Introduction SRI as the Financial Industry’s Mode of CSR Why should the Financial Industry engage in CSR? For and Against – The Pro – CSR position – The Anti – CSR position – The Neither Nor position

2. SRI as the Financial Industry’s Mode of CSR

3. Why should the Financial Industry engage in CSR? A need to legitimate financial industry, in the light of monitory democracy – an industry that has scored low on reputation measurements over the latter years A wish to push all sectors of the economy towards higher environmental and social performance through investor pressure A hope to improve long term return on investment through prospective analysis of environmental and social sustainability, added on to traditional financial analysis. However, SRI has also been opposed and is still debated.