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Global Reporting Initiative - http://www.globalreporting.org
Develops and disseminates globally applicable "Sustainability Reporting Guidelines" for voluntary use by organisations reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services. |
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Sustainable Endowments Institute - http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/
Organization engaged in research and education on the sustainability investment practices of higher education endowments. Site includes services offered and background information. |
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Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes - http://www.sustainability-index.com/
Maintains investable indexes to benchmark the performance of investments in sustainability companies and funds. Maintains independent indexes as a basis for derivatives and funds focused on sustainability companies. Switzerland. Global. |
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Clean Edge - http://www.cleanedge.com/
Helps investors and innovators understand clean technology via consulting services, market research, publications, and conferences. |
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http://www.ceres.org/ - http://www.ceres.org/
Coalition of investors, environmental, and public interest organizations in North America. Services and projects include industry programs, sustainability reporting, and investor programs to advance solutions to the threats of global warming and corporate accountability. |
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UNEP Finance Initiative - http://unepfi.net/
United Nations Environment Programme working group on integrating sustainability into investment management. |
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The Corporate Library - http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com
International corporate governance research. Current news, reports, and database products on the relationship between company management, their boards, and shareholders. |
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CorpWatch - http://www.corpwatch.org/
Research guide for social investors, activists, students. |
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FTSE4Good - http://www.ftse4good.com/
Developed and maintains a series of global sustainable investment indexes for use in benchmarking and portfolio construction. |
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CorporateRegister.com - http://www.corporateregister.com
Directory of corporate non-financial reports. Information on environmental, social and associated reports by companies worldwide. |
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Ethical Corporation - http://www.ethicalcorp.com/
Monthly global business publication providing corporate social, environmental, and financial responsibility news, advice, and examples. |
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CSR Asia - http://www.csr-asia.com
Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: The issues, as they emerge in the Asia-Pacific Region. |
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Investor Network on Climate Risk - http://www.incr.com/
Organization serving institutional investors to increase understanding of climate risk on portfolios. Coordinates related UN Summits, conferences, briefings, meetings, and the publication and distribution of reports. Member and public access. United States. |
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Business Ethics 100 Best Corporate Citizens - http://www.business-ethics.com
Magazine annually researches, names, reviews corporate citizenship. Also publishes annual socially responsible investing issue. |
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SRI World Group - http://www.sriworld.com
Provider of news, research, and consulting for social investing, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance and ethics. |
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http://www.vigeo.com - http://www.vigeo.com
European corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating agency. Produces data and tools for institutional investors and company directors. |
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Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) - http://www.eiris.org/
European research organization founded by churches and charities to investigate companies' ethical, environmental and social policies and performance. Also provides information to the general public on personal finance to enable people to put their principles into practice. |
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http://www.verite.org/ - http://www.verite.org/
Non-profit social auditing and research organization looking at issues related to safe, fair, and legal working conditions. Research for shareholder activists and investors. United States. Global. |
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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home
Includes links to a range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, and academics. Library covering thousands of companies. E-mail update and custom alert services available. |
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Social Investment Forum Research Reports - http://www.socialinvest.org/resources/
Statistics and trends. Many graphs and charts. Includes access to the biannual Trends Report on SRI in USA. |
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KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. - http://www.kld.com/
Independent investment research firm providing management tools to professionals integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions. Includes daily pricing of KLD indexes, database, and SRI bibliography. USA. |
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Jantzi Research Inc. - http://www.jantziresearch.com/
Investment research and support for institutional and professional social investors. Maintains a Canadian social investment database and the Jantzi Social Index. |
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AccountAbility Forum - http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/af/afframe.htm
Quarterly journal provides information on the practice and theory of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting. Worldwide. |
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CRO Corp, LLC - http://www.thecro.com/
Site offers related newsletter and managed links to corporate responsibility, sustainability, global citizenship, environmental reports from major U.S. and international corporations. |
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Ethical Performance - CSR news - http://www.ethicalperformance.com/
Newsletter for professionals in corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Covering Europe, The Americas, and Asia Pacific regions. |
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Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change - http://www.iigcc.org/
Forum for collaboration between pension funds and other institutional investors on issues related to climate change. Europe. |
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GovernanceMetrics International - http://www.gmiratings.com/
Independent global corporate governance ratings agency. Subscription-based research service and institutional advisory services. |
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http://www.ethibel.org/ - http://www.ethibel.org/
Independent consulting agency in The Netherlands that rates and audits sustainability, ethics, and social responsibility metrics of corporations. Maintains a standardized labeling scheme for European SRI funds. Multilingual. |
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sristudies.org - http://www.sristudies.org/
Reviews and bibliography of academic and juried studies related to the quantitative effects and results of socially responsible investing and business. |
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Social Investment Research Analyst Network - http://www.siran.org/
Analyst network that supports North American social investment research analysts from investment firms, research providers, and affiliated investor groups. USA |
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Calvert Ratings - http://www.calvert.com/sri_calvertratings.html
Corporate responsibility ratings for the largest 100 US companies in five issue areas. |
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Securities Mosaic - http://www.securitiesmosaic.com/
Disclosure and regulatory information for securities professionals. Suites of data in: disclosure, laws, rules, guidance, news, and compliance centers. |
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Hazel Henderson, Independent Futurist - http://www.hazelhenderson.com/
Renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of Beyond Globalization, other books. |
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EthicScan Canada Limited - http://www.ethicscan.ca/
Original and regular research on paper and electronic files on major public corporations, both Canadian and transnational. Performance reporting across a broad range of corporate social responsibility and corporate governance topics. |
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ReportAlert.info - http://www.reportalert.info/
Regular announcements of the latest CSR reports as they are produced. International scope. |
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Good Money - http://www.goodmoney.com/
Internet resources for socially, ethically, environmentally responsible investing, consuming and business and corporate social responsibility. |
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http://www.opensri.com/ - http://www.opensri.com/
Advisory, assurance, and professional services related to corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investing. Non profits, shareholders, companies and stakeholders are able to dialogue on CSR issues. Part of Intertek's Sustainability Solutions team. |
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ASSET4 AG - http://www.asset4.com/
Provider of financial and extra-financial information on the environmental, social and governance performance of major global corporations. |
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InterPraxis Sustainability Consulting - http://www.interpraxis.com
A social and economic consultancy specializing in ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), non-financial corporate reporting and social auditing. Canada |
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Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) - http://iris-standards.org
Framework for defining, tracking and reporting the performance of impact capital. |
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Centre Info SA - http://www.centreinfo.ch
Swiss company offering advice and research regarding sustainability, corporate responsibility, and socially responsible investing for investors and financial institutions. Multi-lingual. |
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DivestTerror.org - http://www.divestterror.org
A project of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. Learn how to help divest your money from terrorist-sponsored states and activities. |
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Sustainable Investment Research Institute Pty Ltd - http://www.siris.com.au/
A dedicated research group providing social and environmental investment research to investors, lenders and other users of financial data. Database primarily comprises the ASX 300 and NZSE 40 companies. |
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http://www.ecofact.com - http://www.ecofact.com
Consulting boutique specialized in the management of environmental, social and reputational risks, mainly in the financial sector. |
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Results for America, CookingYourNestEgg.org - http://www.cookingyournestegg.org/
Gives investors information they can use to assess the extent to which their mutual funds do or do not contain major holdings that are endangered by the financial risks posed by global warming. United States |
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Invest Green - http://www.investgreen.ca/
Information for those who wish to invest in environmentally friendly stocks. Field research for hire. Canada. |
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SRI Asia - http://www.sri-asia.com
Socially responsible investing, indexing, and research in Asia. |
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Corporate Social Responsibility News Canada - http://csrwire.ca
A national distribution service for environmental and corporate social responsibility news impacting Canadians. |
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SolAbility - http://solability.com
In addition to corporate sustainability services, SolAbility provides corporate research for financial institutions. Swiss-Korean Joint Venture. |
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NFRCSR Non-Financial Reporting and CSR Resource Centre - http://www.nfrcsr.org
Links and resources about corporate social and environmental responsibility. Focus on corporate environmental, sustainability, and social reporting for investors and management. International scope. |
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Socially Responsible Investment by Pension Funds: A State-of-the-Knowledge Report - http://www.ellipson.com/files/studies/Socially%20Resonsible%20Investm.pdf
2001 report generated by literature review, discussion with experts, and publicly available information. |
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VINCULAR Responsabilidad Social Empresarial - http://www.vincular.org/html/index_ingles.html
Established in 2001 by the Pontifical Catholic University specializing in Corporate Social Responsibility. As well as Chile it has partners in many other Latin American countries. |
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Claros Co. - http://www.claros.co.uk
Consulting, information, and guidance on socially responsible investment (SRI) for pension managers, institutional investors, and fund managers. |
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ResponsibleInvesting.info - http://www.responsibleinvesting.info
Information channel devoted to promoting and supporting socially responsible investing. Contains articles information about ethical investing and its methods. UK |
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Responsible Research Pte Ltd - http://www.responsibleresearch.com
Provider of Asian regional environment, social and governance research for global institutional investors. |