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Feature Articles

How do foundations invest their endowments?

The challenge of "walking the talk"

by Dr. Jan-Olaf Willums & Samuel Shiroff, Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development

Dr. Willums and Mr. Shiroff take a look at responsible investment practices for foundations and present possible solutions to increase endowment assets in SRI.....read more

Socially Responsible Investing: An Evolving Concept In a Changing World

by Peter D. Kinder, President of KLD Research & Analytics

Peter Kinder and his staff at KLD examine the broad range of meanings in SRI and the different methodological implications of the meanings given to this term.....read more

Columns

Sisyphus Revisited

by Robert Rubinstein


Do you ever feel that sometimes the burden of sustainable investment that we are all pushing up the hill seems very heavy?  Like Sisyphus, who pushes the boulder up the hill every day only to have it roll back down, I often get disillusioned and tired of this burden......Read more

Angel of the Month

I met Amber Nystrom last year at the Digital Dividends conference in San Francisco. She left a lasting impression, and struck me immediately as a dedicated, intelligent, talented person who was fully committed to her mission: Social Fusion is an incubator for entrepreneurs to grow for-profit and nonprofit businesses that produce sustainable social and environmental impact....... Read more

News

Socially Responsible Investment

Spreading SRI: Goldman Sachs Adds Its Own Twist in Social and Environmental Assessment

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Screening & Reporting

Courting Conscientious Investors

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Corporate Social Responsibility

People management is central to successful Corporate Social Responsibility

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Corporate Governance

Contract aims to claw back rewards for executive failure

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Climate Change

Counting on Cars: A Disaster in the Making

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Miscellaneous

Trend Watching: Zeroing in on Waste

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Publications

The Market for Virtue: The Potenital and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility

by Dr. David Vogel
222 Pages, USD $28.95, ISBN 0-8157-9076-7

David Vogel strives to provide a balanced perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility in his latest book.....read more

The State of Corporate Citizenship in the U.S.: Business Perspectives in 2005

by Barbara Dyer, Stephen Jordan, Steven A. Rochlin, and Sapna Shah (PDF Download)
"This second in a biennial series delves into the corporate citizenship motivations, challenges, priorities and investments of 1,189 small, medium, and large businesses.....read more

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Sustainability Reports

BSkyB Corporate Responsibility Review 2004-05

Air France/KLM 2004-2005 Sustainability Report

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