SRI Links
Links to other resources on socially responsible investment
CSR
CSR Directory: Resources for Promoting Global Business Principles and Best Practices
A directory of worldwide organizations working on all aspects of corporate social responsibility. The directory was created in partnership with Michael Kane, developing his contact list into an interactive, web-based tool providing contact information for more than 700 organisations.
http://csrwire.com/directory/
novethic
Created in 2001, Novethic is the leading research center in France on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI).
Novethic's mission is to provide information and expert resources to business leaders, investors, NGOs and academics interested or already involved in CSR and SRI.
European News & Events
Clear Profit
Clear Profit is a free, independent electronic newsletter for responsible investors and those who serve their needs.
http://www.clear-profit.com
Conferences
European Conferences and the Agenda of the European Parliament.
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/731856-716?targ=1&204&OIDN=500589
Euractiv
News of the European Commission and the European Parliament on CSR related subjects
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe/783799-981?targ=5&11&1011=foccsr
IPE
IPE, Pension News in Europe.
http://www.ipe.com
RAGM.com
Online home of Robert AG Monks, the leading theorist on the relationships between investment, corporate governance and shareholder activism.
http://www.ragm.com
Valeurs Vertes
The French sustainable development magazine for directors, fund managers, engineers, students and the general public.
Other
www.charitysri.org
www.charitysri.org is a free online resource to assist charities wishing to align their investments with their mission. It provides clear, accessible and comprehensive information on why and how to invest ethically – providing simple step-by-step guidance on the approaches, issues and options available, including:
- how to adopt ethical or socially responsible investment (SRI)
- social, environmental and ethical issues
- the kinds of investments available
- financial performance
- information on responsible investment products and services
The website also includes a section for service providers interested in developing responsible investment services for charities.
Business for Social Responsibility
BSR, through its products and services, aims to help companies be commercially successful in ways that demonstrate respect for ethical values, people, communities and the environment.
http://www.bsr.org
CSR Europe
Global Reporting Initiative
The GRI is an international multi stakeholder effort to create a common framework for the voluntary reporting of the economic environmental and social impact of organization-level activity.
http://www.globalreporting.org
Partners for Financial Stabililty (PFS)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) established the Partners for Financial Stability (PFS) Program in 1999 as a public private partnership to help complete reforms necessary to have market-oriented, sound and well-functioning financial sectors in the eight Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries that have since joined the European Union.
http://www.pfsprogram.org
Polish Portal for SRI
www.odpowiedzialne-inwestowanie.pl
SocialFunds.com
SocialFunds.com is a website of SRI World Group, Inc., a news, research, and consulting firm that advises clients regarding sustainability investment issues and corporate responsibility practices.
http://www.socialfunds.com
World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Public Authorities
Europa
The website of the European Commission DG Employment and Social Affairs, mentioning all EU related information on CSR.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-dial/csr/csr_index.htm
European parliament committees
http://www.europarl.eu.int/meetdocs_all/committees/committeeslist.htm
European Parliament Pension Forum
http://www.european parliament pension forumeppensionforum.org/about.html
Fiduciary Capitalism
Fiduciary Capitalism and research around the Universal Owner Theory.
http://www.fidcap.org
United Nations Principle for Responsible Investment (PRI)
A joint project of the UNEP-FI and the UN Global Compact, the Principles for Responsible Investment provide investors fulfilling their fiduciary duty with a framework to give appropriate consideration to ESG issues. http://www.unpri.org
Research
Sustainable Investment Research Platform
A web portal and a platform to bridge the gap between academics and practitioners, it is a joint project of Umeå School of Business - USBE, at Umeå University, the European Centre for Corporate Engagement (ECCE) at RSM - Erasmus University, the University of Maastricht.
http://www.sirp.se
