With socially responsible investments in your portfolio, you understand the importance of the triple bottom line in analyzing corporations for SRI investment performance. The underlying principles are sound, but how can you take the next step in turning theories into practice for your socially responsible investments? If you are looking to add socially responsible stocks to your portfolio, how can you conduct your qualitative and quantitative research?

As the world becomes smaller with globalization, socially responsible investing can create an even larger impact on the international community’s sustainability. History has demonstrated that domestic socially responsible investors can make a tremendous impact on global affairs – including the current social investing role in helping to counter human rights abuse in Burma.

Socially responsible investing provides you with double returns – profits on a financial basis from socially responsible stocks and an ability to enact positive change on humanity. However, like every investment strategy, there are a set of benefits and disadvantages to social investing. In order to be an informed socially responsible investor, it is important to evaluate the risks associated with socially conscious investing.