A growing number of investors no longer seeks mainly to earn money by running businesses, but by making transactions on property rights of companies. The purchase and resale of industrial and commercial establishments are moments where large sums of money are exchanged quickly and in which fortunes are made ​​and unmade. What are the consequences of these changes in ownership on the constant long-term development of the institutions concerned and prosperity (or decline) of their stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers, small investors and local) ? We propose here to examine these issues from the case study of European investment in the Brazilian bioethanol.

This article focuses on current and future analysis teams Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) of asset management in France. The aim of this paper is to investigate a possible convergence between traditional asset management and SRI management, in particular through a detailed study of the tasks performed by these teams and their position in the Management Industry assets. The results of a survey conducted in France in 2009 with key players in the field are presented. These results suggest a convergence taking place between SRI and conventional management (mainstream), although it still seems to be a great heterogeneity of practices reflecting a transition in a field still very fragmented.