Social Responsible Investment Tool (SRI)
Published on 30 April 2018
Cyprus
Kýpros
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About this good practice
SRI is an investment tool that considers environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria. The purpose of the tool is to enable asset owners/ investment managers to undertake a basic assessment of company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, and to thereby enable them to consider these extra‐financial factors as part of investment decisions to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impacts.
The SRI Tool analyses companies ESG management approaches and performance across 6 different domains that is Governance and Transparency, Environment, Sector Sustainability, Human, Health and Safety Management, Supply Chain Management and Community Engagement. The tool is entirely interview-based. The final score indicates the level of the company’s sustainability performance.
The SRI Tool analyses companies ESG management approaches and performance across 6 different domains that is Governance and Transparency, Environment, Sector Sustainability, Human, Health and Safety Management, Supply Chain Management and Community Engagement. The tool is entirely interview-based. The final score indicates the level of the company’s sustainability performance.
Resources needed
The tool is already ready and has been tested therefore it can be immediately used. Training will be needed for the person to use the tool even though a practical guide for its use exist.
Evidence of success
The SRI tool has been piloting tested to 5 companies. After that 42 big companies started to use the tool. The benefits from using the SRI tool are the following:
1. Companies with sound social and environmental policies can reduce costs from reducing energy consumption, reduced turnover of employees, greater access to international markets.
2. There is increasing evidence that socially and environmentally responsible companies perform better in the long-term.
1. Companies with sound social and environmental policies can reduce costs from reducing energy consumption, reduced turnover of employees, greater access to international markets.
2. There is increasing evidence that socially and environmentally responsible companies perform better in the long-term.
Potential for learning or transfer
The tool can be considered as a part of the objectives that shape the European Union's CSR policy, encouraging investors and businesses to contribute to sustainable development through socially responsible investment decision. Socially conscious investors may assume a more holistic view of a company when making investment decisions, looking at how it serves its stakeholders, a rubric under which are subsumed not only shareholders, but also creditors, management, employees, the community, customers and suppliers. Within this context, socially responsible investment seeks to maximize welfare while earning a return on one's investment that is consistent with the investor's goals.
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Good practice owner
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Organisation
Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Cyprus
Kýpros
Contact
Operations Manager