 Is it Costly to Introduce SRI into Islamic Portfolios?Erragragui Elias () Islamic Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 25, 23-54 Abstract: Could Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance be a criterion for Islamic investment? The development of socially responsible investment (SRI) has challenged the ethical approaches associated with Islamic investment as a means to promote social achievements. Noting similarities with the positive screening approach, we investigate the integration of ESG criteria, into Islamic portfolios using KLD social ratings. This research seeks to determine the financial price of being both Sharī‘ahcompliant and socially responsible. We examine the financial performance of self-composed Islamic portfolios with varying ESG scoring. The results indicate no adverse effect on returns due to the application of Islamic and ESG screens, with a substantially higher performance for positive screening on governance during post subprime crisis’ period. Significant outperformance still arises for portfolios with bad records in community and human rights though. Performances are controlled for market sensitivity, investment style, momentum factor and sector exposure. Keywords: socially responsible investing (SRI); Islamic investing; ESG scorings; corporate social responsibility (CSR); portfolio management (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:isecst:0164 Access Statistics for this article Islamic Economic Studies is currently edited by Salman Syed Ali and Anis Ben Khedher More articles in Islamic Economic Studies from The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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