The concepts of environmental, social and governance accountability and the Triple Bottom Line (people, planet, profits) have gained considerable momentum in the past decade within the financial community. Globally, Ethical Investment and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) are growing at a rapid pace. The increase in awareness of the social and environmental impact of investments has created a tremendous demand for research on corporate performance in areas such as human rights, environment and corporate governance, as well as qualitative ratings that will capture and express this research.

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The articles presented in this section have been written by SFG founders and published by The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative for the launch of SFG association in October 2008.