National Credit Union Foundation engages in a variety of activities to help credit unions empower more consumers to save, build assets, and own homes.
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.
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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.
BankLocal
Banking locally is a simple yet powerful way to support your community. When you deposit money or buy a CD at a community bank or credit union typically a much larger percent of your dollars is reinvested back into the local economy in the form of small business loans, bank employee wages, and bank vendor purchases with other locally owned businesses. Community banks and credit unions are often locally controlled and operated, and they tend to focus on the needs of the businesses and families where the bank operates branches and offices. Lending decisions are made by people who understand the local needs of families, businesses and farmers, and management often resides within the community it serves.
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.
Trillium Asset Management
Trillium Asset Management is the oldest independent investment advisor devoted exclusively to sustainable and responsible investing, managing equity and fixed income portfolios for high net worth individuals, foundations, endowments, and religious institutions since 1982. A leader in shareholder advocacy and public policy work, our goal is to deliver both impact and performance to our investors.
Community Investment Note
Calvert Foundation – Community Investment Note, since 1995, more than 13,000 people have invested in our Community Investment Note, which earns a financial return while economically empowering communities worldwide.
Community Development Bankers Association
Community Development Bankers Association (CDBA) is the national trade association of the community development bank sector. We are the voice and champion of banks and thrifts with a mission of serving low and moderate income communities.
Go Fossil Free _
It’s wrong to profit from wrecking the climate — so they’re building an unstoppable movement to divest from fossil fuels.
Grassroots Capital Management
Grassroots Capital Management (GCM) is an impact investment manager based in the US. Together with its India partner, Caspian Advisors, GCM launched six funds since 2003, capitalization exceeding $300mm. Investments focus on microfinance in emerging markets but include housing, SME and sustainable agriculture. Currently GCM is exploring investment possibilities in sustainable food systems in the US northeast.
US SIF: Community Investing
US SIF – Community Investing, channels public and private investment to low income and other underserved communities in order to provide capital, credit and training that these communities would otherwise lack.
ESG(F)
Environmental, Social and Governance (Financial) metrics
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.
Calvert Foundation
Calvert Foundation enables people to invest for social good. Through the Community Investment Note, they connect individual investors with organizations working around the globe, developing affordable housing, creating jobs, protecting the environment, and working in numerous other ways for the social good.
CDFI
Community Development Financial Institution, a financial institution which provides credit and financial services to underserved markets and populations
CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility
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.
Calvert Foundation
Calvert Foundation enables people to invest for social good. Through the Community Investment Note, we connect individual investors with organizations working around the globe, developing affordable housing, creating jobs, protecting the environment, and working in numerous other ways for the social good.
SME
Small Medium Enterprises
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.
SRI
Sustainable and Responsible Investing, or Socially Responsible Investing
Break Up with Your Mega Bank
Green America’s Break Up With Your Mega-Bank Campaign is helping consumers and investors create and strengthen healthy communities in the U.S. and abroad. As a growing number of people move away from mega-banks and invest in community investing institutions instead, they will help create jobs, housing, and social services in communities that need them most.
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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.
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.