Socially Responsible Investing as a Tool to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract:

The article is devoted to socially responsible investing (SRI) and its role in achieving sustainable development goals. Analyzing the dynamics of growth of socially responsible investment in the world, the authors explore the reasons of non-perception of the Russian financial and credit market important international initiatives in the field of SRI. Linking the issue of socially responsible investing with the level of development of corporate social responsibility in the business environment and showing the interaction and interdependence of these technologies, the authors formulate proposals which will give financial Russian market of a socially responsible nature, and turning his face to the issues of sustainable development. Among the proposed measures, there is the development of the Russian code of socially responsible investing.

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