- Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) - http://www.irrc.org/
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 organizations.
- Business Ethics 100 Best Corporate Citizens - http://www.business-ethics.com/100best.htm
Magazine annually researches, names, reviews corporate citizenship. Also publishes annual socially responsible investing issue.
- ETHIBEL - http://www.ethibel.org/
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.
- Innovest: Publications - http://www.innovestgroup.com/publications.htm
Free PDF downloads of research articles on the value of corporate ethics and social responsibility.
- KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. - http://www.kld.com/
Subscription-based social and environmental investment research database services for institutional investors. Includes daily pricing of KLD indexes, Socrates database, & SRI bibliography. USA
- 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.
- Michael Jantzi Research Associates Inc. - http://www.mjra-jsi.com/
Investment research and support for institutional and professional social investors. Maintains a Canadian social investment database and the Jantzi Social Index.
- Centre Info SA - http://www.centreinfo.ch
Swiss company offering advice and research regarding sustainability, corporate responsibility, and socially responsible investing for investors and financial institutions. Multi-lingual.
- The Corporate Library - http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/
International corporate governance research. Current news, extensive reports, and database products on the relationship between company management, their boards, and shareholders.
- 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.
- Claros Co. - http://www.claros.co.uk
Consulting, information, and guidance on socially responsible investment (SRI) for pension managers, institutional investors, and fund managers.
- Centre for Australian Ethical Research - http://www.austethical.com.au/caerpage.html
Offers corporate ethics research services for institutional investors in the Australian ASX 300 market index.
- 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.
- CSRwire - http://www.csrwire.com
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.
- UNEP Finance Initiatives - http://unepfi.net/am/
United Nations Environment Programme working group on integrating sustainability into investment management.
- InSITE Fellowship - http://www.insiteny.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.
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes - http://www.sustainability-index.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.
- 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.
- Global Ethics Monitor - http://www.globalethicsmonitor.com
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.
- SageCap - http://www.sagecap.us
Private equity investment research and analysis. Specializing in environmentally sustainable industries and companies. United States
- Audit Integrity - http://auditintegrity.com
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.
- 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.
- FTSE4Good - http://www.ftse4good.com/
Developed and maintains a series of global sustainable investment indexes for use in benchmarking and portfolio construction.
- Global Reporting Initiative - http://www.globalreporting.org
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.
- GovernanceMetrics International - http://www.gmiratings.com/
Independent global corporate governance ratings agency. Subscription-based research service and institutional advisory services.
- Ecostructure.us - http://ecostructure.us
Using the tools of business to replicate already-successful ecosystem vitality programs. Venture "angel" capital program. USA
- 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.
- Ethical Corporation - http://www.ethicalcorp.com/
Monthly global business publication providing corporate social, environmental, and financial responsibility news, advice, and examples.
- AccountAbility Forum - http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/af/afframe.htm
Quarterly journal provides information on the practice and theory of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting. Worldwide.
- SRI World Group - http://www.sriworld.com
Provider of news, research, and consulting for social investing, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance and ethics.
- OneReport: The Sustainability Reporting Solution - http://www.one-report.com/
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.
- 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
- 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.
- VINCULAR Responsabilidad Social Empresarial - http://www.vincular.org/html/index_ingles.html
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.
- 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.
- Rating Agency of France - http://www.arese-sa.com
Social and environmental rating agency of European companies. Site is in French and English.
- 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.
- Invest Green - http://www.investgreen.ab.ca/
Information for those who wish to invest in environmentally friendly stocks. Field research for hire. Canada.
- 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
- www.DivestTerror.org - http://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
- 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
- CSR Asia - http://www.csr-asia.com
Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: The issues, as they emerge in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- Social Investment Research Analyst Network - http://www.siran.org/
Analyst network that supports North American social investment research analysts from investment firms, research providers, and affiliated investor groups. USA
- SolAbility - http://solability.com
In addition to corporate sustainability services, SolAbility provides corporate research for financial institutions. Swiss-Korean Joint Venture.
- Portfolio21, Stock at Stake NV - http://www.portfolio21.info/
Research service for institutions using human rights criteria in the management of investment portfolios. Netherlands.
- Sustainable Investment Research International Company - http://www.siricompany.com/
Research and consulting services geared to the needs of institutional investors. Offers construction of SRI indices, provision of weighted company ratings, SRI fund monitoring, and strategic SRI consultancy.
- ICValue Inc. - http://www.icvalue.com/
Provides independent, science-based research on the environmental performance of companies for conservation-minded institutional investors and advisors. North America.
- Vigeo - http://www.vigeo.com
European corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating agency. Produces data and tools for institutional investors and company directors.
- SRI Notes blog - http://srinotes.blogspot.com/
Thoughts and commentary on socially responsible investing. Academic and research oriented material.
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