Olga Kruchkova

the article presents the materials about reform and the components of the pension system, pension reform, the existence of future changes in the system, the peculiarities of the increase of insurance and the pros and cons of pension reform in the Russian Federation.

In this article the basic directions of development of social business, given its concept as an economic category. Presented by the development of elements of social business, their classification.

The article presents the main components of socially responsible investing. Factors that contribute to the development of this trend in the financial markets. The author makes an analysis of the total capacity of the European market of socially responsible investing. Particular attention is given to socially responsible pro-grams of Russian companies.