What Are Social Responsible Investments?

Socially responsible investing (SRI), social investing, or sustainable investing, is an investing style where you make sure what you invest in matches up with your values and beliefs.

When you invest in socially responsible stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, you take into account the financial health of an organization and its impact on the local community, the environment, and the people that make it up.

By investing in companies that positively impact the community, the environment, and the world, you can make sure that your investments do more than make money for you; they can also change society for the better.

The socially responsible investment strategy has become more and more popular in recent years.

The most recent investing trend report of the total amount of sustainable investments in the US in 2020 from the well-respected trade organization Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investing (better known as US SIF) notes 16.6 trillion dollars of sustainable assets in the US, more than a 40% increase since 2018. (Report is completed every two years.)

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