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Professional papers, studies, projects, and summaries pertaining to sustainable, socially responsible, or ethical investing. Institutional research services and resources for professionals involved in socially responsible or ethical investing.

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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.

• 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.

• Calvert Ratings

  http://www.calvert.com/sri_calvertratings.html
  Corporate responsibility ratings for the largest 100 US companies in five issue areas.

• Ceres

  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.

• Clean Edge

  http://www.cleanedge.com/
  Helps investors and innovators understand clean technology via consulting services, market research, publications, and conferences.

• Corporate Social Responsibility News Canada

  http://csrwire.ca/
  A national distribution service for environmental and corporate social responsibility news impacting Canadians.

• CorporateRegister.com

  http://www.corporateregister.com/
  Directory of corporate non-financial reports. Information on environmental, social and associated reports by companies worldwide.

• CorpWatch

  http://www.corpwatch.org/
  Research guide for social investors, activists, students.

• 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.

• CSR Asia

  http://www.csr-asia.com/
  Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: The issues, as they emerge in the Asia-Pacific Region.

• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

  http://www.sustainability-indices.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.

• ECOFACT

  http://www.ecofact.com/
  Consulting boutique specialized in the management of environmental, social and reputational risks, mainly in the financial sector.

• Ethical Corporation

  http://www.ethicalcorp.com/
  Monthly global business publication providing corporate social, environmental, and financial responsibility news, advice, and examples.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Forum ETHIBEL

  http://www.forumethibel.org/
  Belgian independent association offers ratings, independent audits and certification of products and services that meet ESG and ethical standards. Includes services, FAQs, organization's history, and the team. Multilingual.

• 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.

• 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.

• IdealsWork Financial

  http://www.idealsworkfinancial.com/
  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

• InSITE Fellowship

  http://www.insitefellows.org/
  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.

• 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.

• 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

• Invest Green

  http://www.investgreen.ca/
  Information for those who wish to invest in environmentally friendly stocks. Field research for hire. Canada.

• 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.

• IslamicBanker.com

  http://www.islamicbanker.com/
  Provides financial intelligence and collaboration tools to professionals around the world.

• 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.

• Mirandasbeach.com Ethical Investment Guide

  http://ethical-investment.mirandasbeach.com/
  Guide and directory with sections for the UK, USA and Canada

• 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.

• Portfolio21, Stock at Stake NV

  http://www.portfolio21.info/
  Research service for institutions using human rights criteria in the management of investment portfolios. Netherlands.

• ReportAlert.info

  http://www.reportalert.info/
  Regular announcements of the latest CSR reports as they are produced. International scope.

• RepRisk

  http://www.reprisk.com/
  Web-based tool which provides insights on environmental and social issues that present financial and reputational risks to a company or investment portfolio.

• 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

• 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.

• SolAbility

  http://solability.com/
  In addition to corporate sustainability services, SolAbility provides corporate research for financial institutions. Swiss-Korean Joint Venture.

• SRI Notes blog

  http://srinotes.blogspot.com/
  Thoughts and commentary on socially responsible investing. Academic and research oriented material.

• SRI World Group

  http://www.sriworld.com/
  Provider of news, research, and consulting for social investing, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance and ethics.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• UNEP Finance Initiative

  http://www.unepfi.org/
  United Nations Environment Programme working group on integrating sustainability into investment management.

• Verite

  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.

• Vigeo

  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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