What is SRI?
· Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is a broad-based approach to investing that now encompasses an estimated $3.07 trillion out of $25.2 trillion in the U.S. investment marketplace today. SRI recognizes that corporate responsibility and societal concerns are valid parts of investment decisions. SRI considers both the investor's financial needs and an investment’s impact on society. SRI investors encourage corporations to improve their practices on environmental, social, and governance issues. Other SRI-like approaches to investing referred to as mission investing, responsible investing, double or triple bottom line investing, ethical investing, sustainable investing, or green investing.
As a result of its investing strategies, SRI also works to enhance the bottom lines of the companies in question and, in so doing, delivers more long-term wealth to shareholders. With SRI, investors can put their money to work to build a more sustainable world while earning competitive returns both today and over time. Socially responsible investors include individuals and also institutions, such as corporations, universities, hospitals, foundations, insurance companies, public and private pension funds, nonprofit organizations, and religious institutions. Institutional investors represent the largest and fastest growing segment of the SRI world.
· Community investing which INTEGRAL focuses on is the fastest growing area of SRI. Over the past three years, community investing has grown over 60-percent, from $25.0 billion to $41.7 billion in assets. Community investing directs capital from investors to communities that are underserved in terms of integration, sustainability, and economic well being (source: https://socialinvest.org/) in the form of real property investments.
Responsible Property Investments (RPI) are the real estate investment avenue for Socially Responsible Investors who wish to diversify and enjoy the tangibility of real estate. For more information, please visit the RPI section of our website at: http://www.srirpi.com/rpi.html
