Socially Responsible Investing

By Staff and Utne Reader
Published on November 1, 2007

Business Ethics
Box 8439
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-879-0699
Bimonthly magazine that promotes ethical business practices.

Business for Social Responsibility
609 Mission Street, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-537-0888
www.bsr.org

Membership organization that helps companies be commercially successful in ways that demonstrate respect for ethical values, communities, people, and the environment.

CERES – The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

711 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
617-451-0927
www.ceres.org

Facilitates corporate reporting on environmental performance through the CERES Principles and the Global Reporting Initiative.

Co-op America

1612 K Street NW, #600
Washington, DC 20006
202-872-5307
www.coopamerica.org

www.greenpages.org

A membership organization that publishes the National Green Pages and the Financial Planning Handbook. Provides research and information on socially responsible investing, corporate responsibility, green business, and more.

Council on Economic Priorities (CEP)

30 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
212-420-1133
www.cepnyc.org
Performs corporate social research and issues publications.

Franklin Research and Development

711 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
617-423-6655
www.frdc.com

Publishes Investing for a Better World and Franklin Research’s Insight, monthly newsletters with information on socially responsible investing, stocks, community investing, and shareholder activism.

The GreenMoney Journal & Online Guide

West 608 Glass Avenue
Spokane, WA 99205
509-328-1741
www.greenmoney.com
Published since 1992, a quarterly newsletter with information on socially responsible investing, community investing, sustainable business, and green consumer resources.

Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC)

1350 Connecticut Avenue NW, #700
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-0700
www.irrc.org

Performs research, analysis, and portfolio screening on companies worldwide.

Kinder, Lydenberg, Domini & Co (KLD)

530 Atlantic Avenue, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
617-426-5270
www.kld.com

Maintains the Domini 400 Social Index and publishes SOCRATES, a social research database.

Natural Investment Services (NIS)

Box 747
Paonia, CO 81428
970-527-6550
www.naturalinvesting.com

Provides financial consulting for individual investors and institutions. Maintains the NIS Social RatingSM, which evaluates the social characteristics of socially screened mutual funds.

Social Investment Forum

1612 K Street NW, #650
Washington, DC 20006
202-872-5319
www.socialinvest.org

A trade organization for socially responsible investing professionals, primary clearinghouse, and activism catalyst. With Co-op America, publishes the Financial Planning Handbook for Responsible Investors and the Social Investment Forum Directory.

Social Investment Organization (Canada)

366 Adelaide Street East, Suite 443
Toronto, Ontario M5A 3X9, Canada
416-360-6047
http://www.web.net/~sio/

Canadian trade organization for socially responsible investing professionals.

Social Venture Network
Box 29903
San Francisco, CA 94129
415-561-6501
www.svn.org

A progressive business network that offers support for companies that offers support for companies that value social justice, community, cooperation, diversity, education, sustainability, and innovation.

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