Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; About the editors; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART I; 1 Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Responsible Investment; 2 Setting the scene: the basics and basis of responsible investment; 3 Is responsible investment proportionally under-researched?; PART II; 4 The responsible investment atlas -- an introduction; 5 Responsible investment in the United States; 6 Responsible investment in Canada; 7 Responsible investment in Mexico; 8 Responsible investment in South America 9 Responsible investment in South Africa10 Responsible investment in Nigeria; 11 Responsible investment in Tunisia; 12 Responsible investment in Israel: a case of regulatory-based development; 13 Responsible investment in Australia; 14 Responsible investment in China; 15 Responsible investment in Hong Kong; 16 Responsible investment in Japan: a tale of two narratives; 17 Responsible investment in Russia; 18 Responsible investment in Eastern Europe; 19 Corporate social responsibility and responsible investment in Italy: an overview; 20 Responsible investment in Spain 21 Responsible investment in France22 Responsible investment in Austria, Germany and Switzerland; 23 Responsible investment in Belgium; 24 Responsible investment in the Netherlands; 25 Introduction to Scandinavia; 26 Responsible investment in Denmark: practices among institutional investors in a context of statutory CSR reporting requirements; 27 Responsible investment in Finland; 28 Responsible investment in Sweden; 29 Responsible investment in Norway; 30 Responsible investment in the United Kingdom; 31 Reflection: responsible investment around the world; PART III 32 The changing role of asset owners in responsible investment: reflections on the principles for responsible investment -- the last decade and the next33 The responsible investment practices of the world's largest government-sponsored investment funds; 34 Determining how to invest more responsibly as an institution: a case study at the University of Edinburgh; 35 Religious investors and responsible investment; 36 Stakeholders of responsible investment: retail investors; 37 Measuring the impact of engagement: evidence from Canadian institutional investors 38 Asset manager stakeholders: at the heart of supply and demand in responsible investment39 Stakeholder perspective -- investment consultants: 'the need to collaborate to ensure supply meets demand'; 40 Responsible investment indexes: origins, nature and purpose; 41 Challenges in responsible investment research; 42 The natural environment; 43 What do we mean by the S in ESG? Society as a stakeholder in responsible investment; 44 Corporate governance research and ratings firms; PART IV; 45 Contemporary issues in responsible finance and investment