Socially Responsible Investing : Making a Difference and Making Money

by Amy Domini

Put your money where your heart is! It sounds like an Can you really make money as a socially responsible investor? The answer is, unquestionably, yes. The way you invest can contribute not only to your bottom line but also to a just and fair society. In Socially Responsible Investing , Amy Domini, the movement's pioneer and the name behind the Domini 400 Social Index , shows you how.

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Amy Domini is founder and chair of Domini Impact Investments. Widely recognized as the leading voice for socially responsible investing, Time magazine named Amy to its Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. Other awards include the Clinton Global Initiative citation for innovation and finance, an honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree from Northeastern College of Law, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Flagler College, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Yale University’s Berkeley Divinity School. Amy has also been named to Directorship magazine’s Directorship 100, the magazine’s listing of the most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom, and Barron’s selected her as one of the 30 most influential people in the mutual fund business.

Active in her community, Amy is a board member for the Center for Responsible Lending. She is also a past board member of the Church Pension Fund of the Episcopal Church in America; the National Association of Community Development Loan Funds, an organization whose members work to create funds for grassroots economic development loans; and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, the major sponsor of shareholder actions. A frequent guest commentator, Amy has appeared on CNBC’s Talking Stocks and various other radio and television shows.

In addition to a BA in international and comparative studies from Boston University, Amy has also earned the CFA designation. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and gray cat. In her free time, she enjoys teaching her five grandchildren how to garden.

Reviews

[Sandra]

signed by the author.

[Lianna Gomori-Ruben · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and was greatly inspired by it. Amy Domini has a strong ethical compass paired with a killer knowledge of the investment world. We need more people like her leading the way in structuring a socially just economy that benefits everyone.