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In 2008, EDHEC-Risk Institute analysed the performance of a sample of SRI funds distributed in France, covering a six year-period from January 2002 to December 2007. This study concluded that none of the funds in the sample produced both positive and statistically significant alpha. In a new position paper entitled “The Performance of Socially Responsible Investment and Sustainable Development in France: an Update after the Financial Crisis,” EDHEC-Risk Institute again finds that a majority of the funds studied over long or short periods produce negative but non-significant alpha. To highlight the period of the financial crisis, the new study examines SRI funds over both a fairly long period, with eight years of data, ending in December 2009, and a shorter period of three years, including...
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