| Centre for Australian Ethical Research
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Offers corporate ethics research services for institutional investors in the Australian ASX 300 market index. URL: http://www.austethical.com.au/caerpage.html
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| Centre Info SA
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Swiss company offering advice and research regarding sustainability, corporate responsibility, and socially responsible investing for investors and financial institutions. Multi-lingual. URL: http://www.centreinfo.ch
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| Ceres
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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 corp URL: http://www.ceres.org/
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| Claros Co.
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Consulting, information, and guidance on socially responsible investment(SRI) for pension managers, institutional investors, and fund managers. URL: http://www.claros.co.uk
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| Clean Edge
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Helps investors and innovators understand clean technology via consulting services, market research, publications, and conferences. URL: http://www.cleanedge.com/
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| CorporateRegister.com
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Directory of corporate non-financial reports. Information on environmental, social and associated reports by companies worldwide. URL: http://www.corporateregister.com/
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| CorpWatch
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Research guide for social investors, activists, students. URL: http://www.corpwatch.org/
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| CSR Asia
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Corporate Social Responsibility in Asia: The issues, as they emerge in the Asia-Pacific Region. URL: http://www.csr-asia.com
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| CSRwire
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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. URL: http://www.csrwire.com
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| DivestTerror.org
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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. URL: http://www.divestterror.org
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| Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
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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. URL: http://www.sustainability-index.com/
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| EcoCause
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Introductory information on various social investing topics. URL: http://www.ecocause.com
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| Ecostructure.us
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Using the tools of business to replicate already-successful ecosystem vitality programs. Venture "angel" capital program. USA URL: http://ecostructure.us
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| ETHIBEL
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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. URL: http://www.ethibel.org/
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| Ethical Corporation
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Monthly global business publication providing corporate social, environmental, and financial responsibility news, advice, and examples. URL: http://www.ethicalcorp.com/
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| Ethical Investment Research Service(EIRIS)
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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 prin URL: http://www.eiris.org/
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| Ethical Performance - CSR news
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Newsletter for professionals in corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Covering Europe, The Americas, and Asia Pacific regions. URL: http://www.ethicalperformance.com/
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| EthicScan Canada Limited
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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. URL: http://www.ethicscan.ca/
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| FTSE4Good
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Developed and maintains a series of global sustainable investment indexes for use in benchmarking and portfolio construction. URL: http://www.ftse4good.com/
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| Global Ethics Monitor
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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. URL: http://www.globalethicsmonitor.com
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| Global Reporting Initiative
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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. URL: http://www.globalreporting.org
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| Good Money
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Internet resources for socially, ethically, environmentally responsible investing, consuming and business and corporate social responsibility. URL: http://www.goodmoney.com
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| GovernanceMetrics International
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Independent global corporate governance ratings agency. Subscription-based research service and institutional advisory services. URL: http://www.gmiratings.com/
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| Hazel Henderson, Independent Futurist
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Renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on sustainable development, and author of Beyond Globalization, other books. URL: http://www.hazelhenderson.com
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| Heartland Labor Capital Network
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Organization explores and promotes jobs-oriented investment strategies. United States. URL: http://www.heartlandnetwork.org
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| IdealsWork Financial
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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 URL: http://www.idealsworkfinancial.com
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| Innovest: Publications
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Free PDF downloads of research articles on the value of corporate ethics and social responsibility. URL: http://www.innovestgroup.com/publications.htm
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| InSITE Fellowship
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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. URL: http://www.insiteny.org
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| Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
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Forum for collaboration between pension funds and other institutional investors on issues related to climate change. Europe. URL: http://www.iigcc.org/
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| InterPraxis Sustainability Consulting
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A social and economic consultancy specializing in ethics, corporate social responsibility(CSR), non-financial corporate reporting and social auditing. Canada URL: http://www.interpraxis.com
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| Invest Green
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Information for those who wish to invest in environmentally friendly stocks. Field research for hire. Canada. URL: http://www.investgreen.ca/
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| Investor Network on Climate Risk
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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. Unite URL: http://www.incr.com/
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| Investor Responsibility Research Center(IRRC)
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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 URL: http://www.irrc.org/
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| Kayema Investments Research and Analysis
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Provides ratings of Israeli companies’ performance in the area of sustainability and social responsbility. URL: http://www.kayema.com
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| KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.
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Investment research and services for professionals integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisisions. Includes daily pricing of KLD indexes, database, & SRI bibliography. USA URL: http://www.kld.com/
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| Latakia's Socially Responsible Business Forum
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News links, commentary, book reviews. Maintained by First Sustainable, LLC. Florida URL: http://www.sociallyresponsiblebusinessforum.com
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| Michael Bluejay -- Socially Responsible Investing
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Anecdotal overview of socially responsible investing, stocks, mutual funds, other resources. US URL: http://michaelbluejay.com/sri/index.html
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| Michael Jantzi Research Associates Inc.
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Investment research and support for institutional and professional social investors. Maintains a Canadian social investment database and the Jantzi Social Index. URL: http://www.mjra-jsi.com/
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| Mirandasbeach.com Ethical Investment Guide
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Guide and directory with sections for the UK, USA and Canada URL: http://ethical-investment.mirandasbeach.com/
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| NFRCSR Non-Financial Reporting and CSR Resource Centre
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Links and resources about corporate social and environmental responsibility. Focus on corporate environmental, sustainability, and social reporting for investors and management. International scope. URL: http://www.nfrcsr.org
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| OneReport: The Sustainability Reporting Solution
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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. URL: http://www.one-report.com/
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| Portfolio21, Stock at Stake NV
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Research service for institutions using human rights criteria in the management of investment portfolios. Netherlands. URL: http://www.portfolio21.info/
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| ReportAlert.info
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Regular announcements of the latest CSR reports as they are produced. International scope. URL: http://www.reportalert.info/
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| Results for America, CookingYourNestEgg.org
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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 URL: http://www.cookingyournestegg.org/
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| SageCap
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Private equity investment research and analysis. Specializing in environmentally sustainable industries and companies. United States URL: http://www.sagecap.us
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| Securities Mosaic
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Disclosure and regulatory information for securities professionals. Suites of data in: disclosure, laws, rules, guidance, news, and compliance centers. URL: http://www.securitiesmosaic.com
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| Social Investment Forum Research Reports
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Statistics and trends. Many graphs and charts. Includes access to the biannual Trends Report on SRI in USA. URL: http://www.socialinvest.org/areas/research/
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| Social Investment Research Analyst Network
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Analyst network that supports North American social investment research analysts from investment firms, research providers, and affiliated investor groups. USA URL: http://www.siran.org/
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| Socially Responsible Investment by Pension Funds: A State-of-the-Knowledge Report
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2001 report generated by literature review, discussion with experts, and publicly available information. URL: http://www.ellipson.com/files/studies/Socially%20R...
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| Socially Responsible Investment Coalition
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Offers definitions, annotated links to SRI research and advisers. URL: http://home.flash.net/~sric/
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| SolAbility
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In addition to corporate sustainability services, SolAbility provides corporate research for financial institutions. Swiss-Korean Joint Venture. URL: http://solability.com
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| SRI Notes blog
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Thoughts and commentary on socially responsible investing. Academic and research oriented material. URL: http://srinotes.blogspot.com/
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| SRI World Group
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Provider of news, research, and consulting for social investing, corporate social responsibility, and corporate governance and ethics. URL: http://www.sriworld.com
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| sristudies.org
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Reviews and bibliography of academic and juried studies related to the quantitative effects and results of socially responsible investing and business. URL: http://www.sristudies.org/
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| Sustainable Investment Research Institute Pty Ltd
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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. URL: http://www.siris.com.au/
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| Sustainable Investment Research International Group(SiRi)
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Grouping of many independent local SRI research organizations spanning three continents. Provides harmonized social investing profiles of major global public companies. URL: http://www.siricompany.com/
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| The Corporate Library
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International corporate governance research. Current news, extensive reports, and database products on the relationship between company management, their boards, and shareholders. URL: http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/
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| UNEP Finance Initiatives
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United Nations Environment Programme working group on integrating sustainability into investment management. URL: http://unepfi.net/am/
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| Verite
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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. URL: http://www.verite.org
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| Vigeo
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European corporate social responsibility(CSR) rating agency. Produces data and tools for institutional investors and company directors. URL: http://www.vigeo.com
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| VINCULAR Responsabilidad Social Empresarial
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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. URL: http://www.vincular.org/html/index_ingles.html
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