Green/ Social Investing |
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Organizations |
Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
http://www.asria.org/
Association promoting SRI in Asia. |
Building Communities
http://www.communityinvest.org
This site is an introduction to community investing and the joint Co-op America and Social Investment Forum 1% campaign to put 1% of assets into community investments by 2005. There's a streaming video on the subject and links to resources. |
Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
http://www.cdvca.org/
CDVCA promotes use of the tools of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and the economies of distressed communities. |
Community Investing Center
http://www.communityinvest.org/
Discussion of what community investing is - for individuals and professionals - and a database of investments. |
Corporate Watch
http://www.corpwatch.org
Aiming to "lift the veil on corporate 'smoke and mirrrors'," Corporate Watch offers solid research for ethical investors. |
Eurosif
http://www.eurosif.info/
A pan-European NGO covering socially responsible investing. Eurosif (European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum) unites the social investment forums of many European countries - UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Eurosif will conduct research, promote shareholder action to influence corporate behavior, and expand the network of social investment forums into other European countries. |
Finance Institute for Global Sustainability (FIGS)
http://www.figsnet.org
FIGS is a global facilitator for evaluating and integrating sustainability criteria into the financial decision-making process. Large collection of literature on how environmental and other sustainability issues are correlated to financial decisions and performance around the world. |
Investor Network on Climate Risk
http://www.incr.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=198&srcid=-2
$4 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change. |
Investors' Circle
http://www.investorscircle.net
Network of socially responsible venture capital investors. Sponsors two venture fairs annually to discuss social investing and to review investment opportunities. |
National Community Capital Association
http://www.communitycapital.org/
Capital for social, economic and political justice. |
Social Investment Forum
http://www.socialinvest.org
Promotes the growth of socially responsible investing. |
Social Investment Organization
http://www.sio.org
Monthly updates on performance of Canada's social and environmental mutual funds.
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SocialFunds.com
http://www.socialfunds.com
Portal for social investing news and information. |
SRIStudies.org
http://www.sristudies.org/
Resource for people interested in the impact of social screening on investment performance, and in other quantitative aspects of socially responsible investing. |
Database(s) |
ASrIA SRI Fund Portal
http://www.asria.org/portal/SRI_Fund/introduction
Comprehensive list of SRI funds available for investors in Asia. |
Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
http://www.sustainability-indexes.com
Includes 300-400 companies said to represent the top 10% of leading companies committed to sustainable practices worldwide. |
FTSE4Good Indexes
http://www.ftse4good.com
Socially responsible investing (SRI)index. |
ResponsibleShopper.org
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/
In-depth social/ environmental profiles on hundreds of companies. Compare companies and investigate industries. |
SRI Compass
http://www.sricompass.org
Guidance on social investing and detailed information on each SRI mutual fund in Europe. |
