Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) has been one of the creative and constructive attempts to counter the structural violence of the economic system, over the last three decades. In Episode 6, Amy Domini, who is known as the ‘Founding Mom of SRI’ in the USA, speaks about how her parents’ experiences and political views made aversion to violence a key element of her childhood. She describes how and why she became one of the pioneers of SRI at a time when there were neither social-environmental rules nor checks and balances on investors. The rise of investors and consumers who are committed to ‘Buying Better’ has both reduced their complicity in the economic violence caused by companies as well as raised awareness about people and planet impacts of production systems. Here Amy speaks candidly about minor successes in the sphere of curbing gun sales and how that remains an uphill task in the USA. She remains hopeful about efforts to foster nonviolent, or less violent, economic systems.

Episode ID: 1000686253901

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Release Date: 28/01/2025, 12:15:41