The scoop on socially responsible investing

Published 4:52 pm Thursday, March 7, 2013

Would you like your investment portfolio to reflect your personal social and environmental concerns? If so, you might want to explore socially responsible investing. Several websites offer a wide range of insights about this particular type of investing. Here is a sampling.

CFA INSTITUTE: www.cfainstitute.org. Features 10 tips for SRI, including setting goals and objectives, and investigating SRI vehicles.

THE FORUM FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: ussif.org/resources/sriguide. Offers informative guide to socially responsible investing.

GREEN AMERICA: www.greenamerica.org/socialinvesting/whattoknow.cfm. Provides overview of social investing, in question and answer format.

TIAA-CREF: www.tiaa-cref.org. Spotlights different SRI strategies and how they work.

— Chuck Myers, McClatchy-Tribune News Service