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Hazel Henderson, Independent Futurist - Renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of Beyond Globalization, other books.

Ceres - 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.

Socially Responsible Investment by Pension Funds: A State-of-the-Knowledge Report - 2001 report generated by literature review, discussion with experts, and publicly available information. [PDF] (2001)

Heartland Labor Capital Network - Organization explores and promotes jobs-oriented investment strategies. United States.

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.

London Business School - Foundation of Social Return on Investment - Calculation methodology to demonstrate to social investors the value creation for society. Tool to assess the full blended value of NGOs and For-Profit corporations as both seek to maximize the full value they have the potential to create.

SRI World Group - Provider of news, research, and consulting for social investing, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance and ethics.

UNEP Finance Initiative - United Nations Environment Programme working group on integrating sustainability into investment management.

Kayema Investments Research and Analysis - Provides ratings of Israeli companies’ performance in the area of sustainability and social responsbility.

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.

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.

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.

GovernanceMetrics International - Independent global corporate governance ratings agency. Subscription-based research service and institutional advisory services.

ReportAlert.info - Regular announcements of the latest CSR reports as they are produced. International scope.

DivestTerror.org - A project of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. Learn how to help divest your money from terrorist-sponsored states and activities.

Ecostructure.us - Using the tools of business to replicate already-successful ecosystem vitality programs. Venture 'angel' capital program. USA

Ethical Corporation - Monthly global business publication providing corporate social, environmental, and financial responsibility news, advice, and examples.

KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. - 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, & SRI bibliography. USA

AccountAbility Forum - Quarterly journal provides information on the practice and theory of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting. Worldwide.

Socially Responsible Investment Coalition - Offers definitions, annotated links to SRI research and advisers.

Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change - Forum for collaboration between pension funds and other institutional investors on issues related to climate change. Europe.

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.

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 principles into practice.

Latakia's Socially Responsible Business Forum - News links, commentary, book reviews. Maintained by First Sustainable, LLC. Florida

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.

SRI Notes blog - Thoughts and commentary on socially responsible investing. Academic and research oriented material.

sristudies.org - Reviews and bibliography of academic and juried studies related to the quantitative effects and results of socially responsible investing and business.

SageCap - Private equity investment research and analysis. Specializing in environmentally sustainable industries and companies. United States

CSR Asia - Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: The issues, as they emerge in the Asia-Pacific Region.

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.

SolAbility - In addition to corporate sustainability services, SolAbility provides corporate research for financial institutions. Swiss-Korean Joint Venture.

Global Reporting Initiative - 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.

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

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.

Vigeo - European corporate social responsibility (CSR) rating agency. Produces data and tools for institutional investors and company directors.

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.

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.

Ethical Performance - CSR news - Newsletter for professionals in corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Covering Europe, The Americas, and Asia Pacific regions.

Good Money - Internet resources for socially, ethically, environmentally responsible investing, consuming and business and corporate social responsibility.

Social Investment Research Analyst Network - Analyst network that supports North American social investment research analysts from investment firms, research providers, and affiliated investor groups. USA

Securities Mosaic - Disclosure and regulatory information for securities professionals. Suites of data in: disclosure, laws, rules, guidance, news, and compliance centers.

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.

CorporateRegister.com - Directory of corporate non-financial reports. Information on environmental, social and associated reports by companies worldwide.

Portfolio21, Stock at Stake NV - Research service for institutions using human rights criteria in the management of investment portfolios. Netherlands.

Mirandasbeach.com Ethical Investment Guide - Guide and directory with sections for the UK, USA and Canada

Clean Edge - Helps investors and innovators understand clean technology via consulting services, market research, publications, and conferences.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - The site includes links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. Library covering thousands of companies. E-mail update and custom alert services available.

Centre Info SA - Swiss company offering advice and research regarding sustainability, corporate responsibility, and socially responsible investing for investors and financial institutions. Multi-lingual.

CorpWatch - Research guide for social investors, activists, students.

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 States.

The Corporate Library - International corporate governance research. Current news, extensive reports, and database products on the relationship between company management, their boards, and shareholders.

Business Ethics 100 Best Corporate Citizens - Magazine annually researches, names, reviews corporate citizenship. Also publishes annual socially responsible investing issue.

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.

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