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Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin	The Coming of Age of Socially Responsible Investing Despite investor interest, at least two surveys suggest that planners are not picking up on the business potential of SRI.
Financial Advisor March 2005 Karen DeMasters	A Passion For Values Some advisors are focusing their practices on socially conscious investing.
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AFP eWire February 20, 2006	Socially Responsible Investment Assets Growing Faster Than Other Funds According to a recent report, nearly one out of every 10 dollars under professional management in the United States today is involved in socially responsible investing.
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On Wall Street January 1, 2011	Five Questions With Bennett Freeman Bennett Freeman works with companies that traditional socially responsible investors never used to consider owning, like Exxon Mobile and Dow Chemical. He talks about advocating with those companies to adopt greener policies.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Geoff Lewis	Advocacy Investing Catnip for Wealthy Clients? Advocacy investing has several important advantages over some conventional social-investing techniques -- not least of them is helping clients actually make money. But for financial advisors, advocacy investing has an even more significant benefit: It is, potentially, catnip for high-net-worth clients.
Registered Rep. April 24, 2006 John Churchill	Don't Know What SRI is? It's Time to Learn If you don't know what SRI is, or only have a vague idea, it turns out you're in good company. Most registered investment advisors don't know either, and because of it they're missing a big opportunity with their clients.
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On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wine	SRI Plows the Path to Profitability Advisors need to know about the trends that have intertwined under the broad umbrella of socially responsible investing in order to help clients interested in going down this path.
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The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 S.J. Caplan	Who's Naughty? Who's Nice? Want to avoid the market's Grinches? Here's how to put some socially responsible investments in your stocking.
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The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Seth Jayson	Dueling Fools: Socially Responsible Investing Bear Rebuttal Socially responsible investing through funds is a crapshoot -- just like investing in mutual funds in general. It may not be good investing, and it may not rise to your standards of social responsibility.
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