Abstract
This paper aims at reviewing concepts and international experiences of SRI practices, especially among pension funds. It also provides an overview of what a pension fund can do if its stakeholders and managers take the decision to apply SRI criteria. The document should be seen as a contribution to the implementation of the Statement of Intent between the Government of Brazil and the International Labour Organization to promote decent work through the investment policies of Brazilian private pension funds, signed during the International Labour Conference in June 2011. The paper’s frame of reference is the investment of the assets of funds, such as pension schemes or funds of a similar nature, in the securities issued by corporate entities, and mainly - but not exclusively - company shares.