Dirty deeds

Once, they could be dismissed as troublemakers who bought a few shares to make a point. It would be dangerous to do so now. By one calculation, socially and environmentally responsible portfolios have over $1.2 trillion in assets, and at any moment a company can find itself in the sights of do-good shareholder activists. A company could find itself praised for environmental policy, but attacked for anti-union policies – or vice versa. Monsanto has been singled out by some for being on the