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Links

Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia: http://www.asria.org/; Association promoting SRI in Asia.

Community Investing Center: http://www.communityinvest.org; This site is an introduction to community investing and the joint Co-op America and Social Investment Forum 1% campaign to put 1% of assets into community investments by 2005. There's a streaming video on the subject and links to resources.

Community Development Venture Capital Alliance: http://www.cdvca.org/; CDVCA promotes use of the tools of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity and wealth to advance the livelihoods of low-income people and the economies of distressed communities.

Corporate Watch: http://www.corpwatch.org; Aiming to "lift the veil on corporate 'smoke and mirrrors'," Corporate Watch offers solid research for ethical investors.

Eurosif: http://www.eurosif.info/; A pan-European NGO covering socially responsible investing. Eurosif (European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum) unites the social investment forums of many European countries - UK, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, and Switzerland. Eurosif will conduct research, promote shareholder action to influence corporate behavior, and expand the network of social investment forums into other European countries.

Finance Institute for Global Sustainability (FIGS): http://www.figsnet.org; FIGS is a global facilitator for evaluating and integrating sustainability criteria into the financial decision-making process. Large collection of literature on how environmental and other sustainability issues are correlated to financial decisions and performance around the world.

Investor Network on Climate Risk: http://www.incr.com/NETCOMMUNITY/; $4 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change.

Investors' Circle: http://www.investorscircle.net; Network of socially responsible venture capital investors. Sponsors two venture fairs annually to discuss social investing and to review investment opportunities.

National Community Capital Association: http://www.communitycapital.org/; Capital for social, economic and political justice.

Network for Sustainable Financial Markets: http://www.sustainablefinancialmarkets.net; International, non-partisan network of finance sector professionals, academics and others who have an active interest in long-term investing. We believe the recurring crises recently experienced in our financial markets are not isolated incidents. Rather, this instability is evidence that the financial market system is in need of well thought-out reform so that it can better serve its core purpose of creating long-term sustainable value.

Social Investment Forum: http://www.socialinvest.org; Promotes the growth of socially responsible investing.

Social Investment Organization: http://www.sio.org; Monthly updates on performance of Canada's social and environmental mutual funds.

SocialFunds.com: http://www.socialfunds.com; Portal for social investing news and information.

SRIStudies.org: http://www.sristudies.org/; Resource for people interested in the impact of social screening on investment performance, and in other quantitative aspects of socially responsible investing.

Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes: http://www.sustainability-indexes.com; Includes 300-400 companies said to represent the top 10% of leading companies committed to sustainable practices worldwide.

FTSE4Good Indexes: http://www.ftse4good.com; Socially responsible investing (SRI)index.

ResponsibleShopper.org: http://www.greenamericatoday.org/programs/responsibleshopper/; In-depth social/ environmental profiles on hundreds of companies. Compare companies and investigate industries.

SRI Compass: http://www.sricompass.org; Guidance on social investing and detailed information on each SRI mutual fund in Europe.

MicroCapital: http://www.microcapital.org/; Publishes The MicroCapital Monitor and other products offering specialized news and information on international microfinance.