Research (Socially Responsible)

Research Sites:

Socially Responsible Investment Coalition Socially Responsible Investment Coalition: Offers definitions, annotated links to SRI research and advisers. (Research) http://home.flash.net/~sric/ CERES: Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies CERES: Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies: Maintains and encourages companies to endorse the "CERES Principles." Publishes issue reports, corporate sustainability reports, and environmental performance reviews. (Research) http://www.ceres.org/reports/main.htm sristudies.org sristudies.org: Reviews and bibliography of academic and juried studies related to the quantitative effects and results of socially responsible investing and business. (Research) http://www.sristudies.org/ CorporateRegister.com CorporateRegister.com: Directory of corporate non-financial reports. Information on environmental, social and associated reports by companies worldwide. (Research) http://www.corporateregister.com/ Michael Jantzi Research Associates Inc. Michael Jantzi Research Associates Inc.: Investment research and support for institutional and professional social investors. Maintains a Canadian social investment database and the Jantzi Social Index. (Research) http://www.mjra-jsi.com/ KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.: Subscription-based social investment research database services for institutional investors. Also maintains Domini Social Index and other social indexes. (Research) http://www.kld.com/ www.DivestTerror.org www.DivestTerror.org: A project of the Center for Security Policy. Learn how to help divest your money from terrorist-sponsered states and activities. Global (Research) http://www.DivestTerror.org ETHIBEL ETHIBEL: 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. (Research) http://www.ethibel.org/ Sustainability Reporter Sustainability Reporter: Corporate sustainability and social responsibility information highlighting the ASX 300 (Australia's market index) listed companies. (Research) http://www.sirisdata.com Rating Agency of France Rating Agency of France: Social and environmental rating agency of European companies. Site is in French and English. (Research) http://www.arese-sa.com IdealsWork Financial IdealsWork Financial: Software that allows financial professionals to conduct custom tailored social screening research and company rankings. Ratings are available on a range of personal standards, sustainability, and risk factors. USA (Research) http://www.idealsworkfinancial.com Claros Co. Claros Co.: Consulting, information, and guidance on socially responsible investment (SRI) for pension managers, institutional investors, and fund managers. (Research) http://www.claros.co.uk Verite Verite: 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. (Research) http://www.verite.org CorpWatch CorpWatch: Research guide for social investors, activists, students. (Research) http://www.corpwatch.org/ Centre for Australian Ethical Research Centre for Australian Ethical Research: Offers corporate ethics research services for institutional investors in the Australian ASX 300 market index. (Research) http://www.austethical.com.au/caerpage.html Audit Integrity Audit Integrity: Provides companies with quarterly accounting and governance reports to assure the accuracy of their financial disclosures. Helps public corporations prepare accurate financial statements. United States. (Research) http://auditintegrity.com Sustainable Investment Research Institute Pty Ltd Sustainable Investment Research Institute Pty Ltd: 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. (Research) http://www.siris.com.au/ CSRwire CSRwire: Corporate social responsibility news and press releases from publicly traded corporations. Investors may use the information to evaluate the CSR practices of current or potential holdings. (Research) http://www.csrwire.com InSITE Fellowship InSITE Fellowship: Mentorship program of New York business and law students to support entrepreneurs in the development of businesses and the pursuit of Private Equity / Venture Capital or Angel investments. (Research) http://www.insiteny.org Ethical Corporation Ethical Corporation: Monthly global business publication providing corporate social, environmental, and financial responsibility news, advice, and examples. (Research) http://www.ethicalcorp.com/ SageCap SageCap: Private equity investment research and analysis. Specializing in environmentally sustainable industries and companies. United States (Research) http://www.sagecap.us Business Ethics 100 Best Corporate Citizens Business Ethics 100 Best Corporate Citizens: Magazine annually researches, names, reviews corporate citizenship. Also publishes annual socially responsible investing issue. (Research) http://www.business-ethics.com/100best.htm Global Reporting Initiative Global Reporting Initiative: Develops and disseminates globally applicable "Stainability Reporting Guidelines" for voluntary use by organisations reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services. (Research) http://www.globalreporting.org Heartland Labor Capital Network Heartland Labor Capital Network: Organization explores and promotes jobs-oriented investment strategies. United States. (Research) http://www.heartlandnetwork.org Extractive Industries Review Extractive Industries Review: An international consultation about the future role of the World Bank Group in Oil, Gas and Mining within its overall mission of poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable development. Web site posts all key documents as they become available, as (Research) http://www.eireview.org The Corporate Library The Corporate Library: International corporate governance research. Current news, extensive reports, and database products on the relationship between company management, their boards, and shareholders. (Research) http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/ Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change: Forum for collaboration between pension funds and other institutional investors on issues related to climate change. Europe. (Research) http://www.iigcc.org/ Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes: 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. (Research) http://www.sustainability-index.com/ InterPraxis Sustainability Consulting InterPraxis Sustainability Consulting: A social and economic consultancy specializing in ethics, corporate social responsibility (CSR), non-financial corporate reporting and social auditing. Canada (Research) http://www.interpraxis.com Results for America, CookingYourNestEgg.org Results for America, 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 (Research) http://www.cookingyournestegg.org/ EthicScan Canada Limited EthicScan Canada Limited: 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. (Research) http://www.ethicscan.ca/ FTSE4Good FTSE4Good: Developed and maintains a series of global sustainable investment indexes for use in benchmarking and portfolio construction. (Research) http://www.ftse4good.com/ CERES Principles CERES Principles: U.S. coalition of environmental, investor, and advocacy groups working together for a sustainable future. Maintains and promotes a 10-point code of environmental conduct that companies can become signatories of. (Research) http://www.ceres.org/ Sustainable Investment Research International Group (SiRi) Sustainable Investment Research International Group (SiRi): Grouping of many independent local SRI research organizations spanning three continents. Provides harmonized social investing profiles of major global public companies. (Research) http://www.sirigroup.org/ OneReport: The Sustainability Reporting Solution OneReport: The Sustainability Reporting Solution: Electronic reporting network that consolidates data requests from research firms with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework, provides companies with data management tools, and distributes sustainability data to the marketplace. (Research) http://www.one-report.com/ UNEP Finance Initiatives UNEP Finance Initiatives: United Nations Environment Programme working group on integrating sustainability into investment management. (Research) http://unepfi.net/am/ Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC): Source of information on corporate governance and social responsibility issues affecting investors and corporations worldwide. Provides research, software products, and consulting services to institutional investors, corporations, law firms and other orga (Research) http://www.irrc.org/ Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS): 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 princi (Research) http://www.eiris.org/ VINCULAR Responsabilidad Social Empresarial VINCULAR Responsabilidad Social Empresarial: 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. (Research) http://www.vincular.org/html/index_ingles.html Global Ethics Monitor Global Ethics Monitor: News service for business and financial professionals with information needs in the areas of corporate responsibility, socially responsible investing, corporate governance, and other related areas. (Research) http://www.globalethicsmonitor.com Innovest: Publications Innovest: Publications: Free PDF downloads of research articles on the value of corporate ethics and social responsibility. (Research) http://www.innovestgroup.com/publications.htm AccountAbility Forum AccountAbility Forum: Quarterly journal provides information on the practice and theory of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting. Worldwide. (Research) http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/af/afframe.htm Ethical Performance - CSR news Ethical Performance - CSR news: Newsletter for professionals in corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. (Research) http://www.ethicalperformance.com/ Centre Info SA Centre Info SA: Swiss company offering advice and research regarding sustainability, corporate responsibility, and socially responsible investing for investors and financial institutions. Multi-lingual. (Research) http://www.centreinfo.ch Invest Green Invest Green: Information for those who wish to invest in environmentally friendly stocks. Field research for hire. Canada. (Research) http://www.investgreen.ab.ca/ Investor Network on Climate Risk Investor Network on Climate Risk: 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 State (Research) http://www.incr.com/ GovernanceMetrics International GovernanceMetrics International: Independent global corporate governance ratings agency. Subscription-based research service and institutional advisory services. (Research) http://www.gmiratings.com/ Ecostructure.us Ecostructure.us: Using the tools of business to replicate already-successful ecosystem vitality programs. Venture "angel" capital program. USA (Research) http://ecostructure.us SRI World Group SRI World Group: Provider of news, research, and consulting for social investing, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance and ethics. (Research) http://www.sriworld.com