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Even though socially responsible investing has shown great dominance expansion in the last decades, there are still countless of socially responsible investors who think that they must decline some levels of portfolio performance in order to invest in social good. However, due to the escalating information showing that socially responsible investment funds can strictly match, if not surpass, their counterparts in the market, many socially responsible investors are now capitalizing their earnings as well as their involvement to social good. Nowadays, socially responsible investing is booming in both Europe and in the United States.

SRI or socially responsible investing is also known to many people as ethical investing or socially conscious investing. It mainly describes a strategy in investment which seeks both social good and financial return. Generally, socially responsible investors favor business practices and operations that promote diversity, human rights, consumer protection and environmental stewardship. Although not all of them do, there are socially responsible investors who avoid certain businesses that are involved in gambling, weapons, abortion, military, tobacco and alcohol. In summary, the SRI industry recognized the areas of concern revolving around corporate governance, social justice and environment.

SRI is a global phenomenon. Many social investors invest in companies that operate internationally.