Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment

Tessa Hebb is Director of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and Adjunct Professor at Carleton University, Canada.James P. Hawley is Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the Elfenworks Center for the Study of Responsible Business at Saint Mary’s College of California, USA.Andreas G. F. Hoepner is Associate Professor of Finance at the ICMA Centre of Henley Business School, UK and Senior Academic Fellow at the United Nations supported Principles for Responsible Investment.Agnes L. Neher is a PhD candidate at the University of Hohenheim, GermanyDavid Wood is Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and the Director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI) at the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA

'We are all immensely lucky that The Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment has been published. This is the book that everyone interested in a field hopes will be available and, all too often, isn’t. It contains insightful, well edited, articles by the leading authority in each specialty comprising the field of Responsible Investment. The scale and quality of this book is so obvious that no one concerned with Responsible Investment can fail to read it - Buy the book and enjoy it like a superb feast.' - Robert A.G. Monks, Chairman, ValueEdge Advisors, USA'Comprehensive and very timely, this handbook provides helpful insight and analysis on the geographical reach and significance of what is becoming a global movement in responsible and sustainable investment.' - Colin Melvin, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes Investment Management, UK'The compendium section is followed by 23 essays. They look at responsible investment from the perspective of stakeholders who are affected, for example, asset managers, government-sponsored investment funds, religious investors, retail investors, and so on. The collection includes studies from well-known researchers who examine emerging issues. While they are learned scholars in the field, their writings are accessible and engaging[...]This compilation goes further than any before it to identify the obstacles and chart the most promising paths to change'Victor House News Co. USA

• Part I: 1. Introduction to the Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment 2. Setting the Scene: The Basics and Basis of Responsible Investment 3. Is Responsible Investment Proportionally Under-Researched? Part II: 4. The Responsible Investment Atlas – An Introduction 5. Responsible Investment in the United States 6. Responsible Investment in Canada 7. Responsible Investment in Mexico 8. Responsible Investment in South America 9. Responsible Investment in South Africa 10. Responsible Investment in Nigeria 11. Responsible Investment in Tunisia 12. Responsible Investment in Israel: A case of regulatory-based development 13. Responsible Investment in Australia 14. Responsible Investment in China 15. Responsible Investment in Hong Kong 16. Responsible Investment in Japan: A tale of two narratives 17. Responsible Investment in Russia 18. Responsible Investment in Eastern Europe 19. Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Investment in Italy: An overview 20. Responsible Investment in Spain 21. Responsible Investment in France 22. Responsible Investment in Austria, Germany and Switzerland 23. Responsible Investment in Belgium 24. Responsible Investment in the Netherlands 25. Introduction into Scandinavia 26. Responsible Investment in Denmark: Practices among institutional investors in a context of statutory CSR reporting requirements 27. Responsible Investment in Finland 28. Responsible Investment in Sweden 29. Responsible Investment in Norway 30. Responsible Investment in the United Kingdom 31. Reflections: Responsible investing around the World Part III: 32. The Changing Role of Asset Owners in Responsible Investment: Reflections on the principles for responsible investment – the last decade and the next 33. The Responsible Investment Practices of the World’s Largest Government Sponsored Investment Funds 34. Determining How to Invest More Responsibly as an Institution: A case study at the University of Edinburgh 35. Religious Investors and Responsible Investment 36. Stakeholders of Responsible Investment: Retail investors 37. Measuring the Impact of Engagement: Evidence from Canadian institutional investors 38. Asset Manager Stakeholders: At the heart of supply and demand in responsible investment 39. Stakeholder Perspective: Investment consultants, the need to collaborate to ensure supply meets demand 40. Responsible Investment Indexes: Origins, nature and purpose 41. Challenges in Responsible Investment Research 42. The Natural Environment 43. What do we mean by the S in ESG? Society as a stakeholder in responsible investment 44. Corporate Governance Research and Ratings Firms