Green America – Fossil Free
Divest Invest
DIVEST from Fossil Fuels. INVEST in Climate Solutions.
As You Sow
Promotes environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy.
SRI-CONNECT
SRI-CONNECT is the global marketplace for SRI & corporate governance research. It is where institutional investors & quoted companies involved in sustainable development meet online.
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
USSIF
US SIF is a membership association for professionals, firms, institutions and organizations engaged in sustainable and responsible investing. US SIF and its members advance investment practices that consider environmental, social and corporate governance criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact.
GRI Global Reporting Initiative
GRI promotes the use of sustainability reporting as a way for organizations to become more sustainable and contribute to sustainable development.
First Affirmative Financial Network
First Affirmative offers asset management and consulting services to individual and institutional investors seeking to align investment decision-making with personal values and/or institutional missions.
Eurosif
Eurosif is the leading non-for-profit pan-European sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) membership organisation whose mission is to promote sustainability through European financial markets.
CERES _ Investor Network on Climate Risk
The Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) is a network of 100 institutional investors representing more than $11 trillion in assets committed to addressing the risks and seizing the opportunities resulting from climate change and other sustainability challenges. In 2013, INCR turned 10 years old, celebrating a decade of investor action on climate risk.. In 2013, INCR turned 10 years old, celebrating a decade of investor action on climate risk.
UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF)
UKSIF is the membership association for sustainable and responsible financial services. We promote responsible investment and other forms of finance that support sustainable economic development, enhance quality of life and safeguard the environment.
ICCR
Shareholder Advocacy 101: A Primer on Active Ownership
Social Funds
SocialFunds.com features over 10,000 pages of information on SRI mutual funds, community investments, corporate research, shareowner actions, and daily social investment news.
Green America – Shareholder Activism
From dismantling apartheid in South Africa to encouraging equal treatment for gay and lesbian workers, from convincing corporations to address climate change to pressuring financial institutions to drop their predatory lending practices, shareholders around the world are using their economic power to encourage corporate responsibility. Shareholder votes on social and environmental issues are receiving historically high levels of support. In order to be resubmitted for consideration by shareholders in the coming year, resolutions need to receive at least 3% support in their first year, at least 6% in their second year, and at least 10% in their third year of facing a vote. The 2013 proxy season marked a ten-year high for proxy votes on social and environmental issues, which received 21% support on average.
Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is the peak industry body for professionals working in responsible investment in Australia and New Zealand. Almost every financial adviser, fund manager and consultant working in responsible investment is a member of RIAA together with many other professionals who work towards similar goals.
Go Fossil Free _
It’s wrong to profit from wrecking the climate — so they’re building an unstoppable movement to divest from fossil fuels.
Responsible Investment Association –
The Responsible Investment Association (RIA) is Canada’s leader on responsible investment (RI). RI refers to the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into investment selection and management. We are a national, nonprofit, membership-based organization composed of financial institutions, mutual fund companies, investment firms, financial advisors, and various organizations and individuals who practice and support responsible investing. The RIA and its members strongly believe that RI is a valuable investment tool to enhance returns, reduce risk, and catalyze positive social change.
Your Ethical Money
An independent non-profit resource on ethical money. Learn about how and where your money is invested, search for green and ethical financial products, and find out how you can help make finance more sustainable.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is a coalition of faith and values-driven organizations who view the management of their investments as a powerful catalyst for social change. Our membership comprises nearly 300 organizations including faith-based institutions, socially responsible asset management companies, unions, pension funds and colleges and universities that collectively represent over $100 billion in invested capital.
United Nations – Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Initiative is an international network of investors whose goal is to understand the implications of sustainability for investors and support signatories to incorporate these issues into their investment decision making and ownership practices.
Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) is the leading association in Asia dedicated to promoting sustainable finance across the region. For over 10 years, ASrIA has provided leadership, helped to build capacity and leveraged the expertise to promote the development of sustainable financial markets and systems in Asia.
Africa Sustainable Investment Forum
AfricaSIF.org is an independent, pan-African, not-for-profit network, knowledgebase and advocate promoting investment in sustainable development across the continent launched in June 2010. The AfricaSIF.org Project is run by volunteers building a network of institutions and individuals promoting sustainable investment in Africa by investors in public, private and philanthropy sectors across asset classes, countries and stakeholders from our platform @ africasif.org.
SRI
Sustainable and Responsible Investing, or Socially Responsible Investing
Shareholder Advocacy / Activism
Seeks to change corporate behavior through proposing and representing resolutions at annual stockholder meetings
ESG(F)
Environmental, Social and Governance (Financial) metrics