Assets in funds that use socially responsible investing screens grew at a faster pace between 1995 and 2005 than the assets of all professionally managed funds, the
Assets in SRI funds grew 258%, from $639 billion in 1995 to $2.29 trillion in 2005, while assets in all funds grew 249%, from $7 trillion to $24.4 trillion.
"Over the past decade, SRI has become a major force in the U.S. financial marketplace," said Tim Smith, president of the Social Investment Forum and senior vice president at