US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment
The Social Investment Forum (SIF) is the only national membership association dedicated to advancing the concept, practice, and growth of socially and environmentally responsible investing (SRI). Our members integrate economic, environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions and SIF provides programs and resources to advance this work. SIF's membership includes more than 500 social investment practitioners and institutions, including financial professionals, analysts, portfolio managers, banks, mutual funds, researchers, foundations, community development organizations, and public educators.
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08-20-20
Investor Organizations and Financial Industry Firms’ Analysis of Public Comments on Department of Labor ESG Proposal Shows Landslide of Opposition
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07-24-20
US SIF Foundation Launches Sustainable Investing Course for Individual Investors
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11-14-12
SRI Assets Up 22% in Two Years
The new 2012 Report on Sustainable and Responsible Investing Trends in the United States, released today by the US SIF Foundation, finds that sustainable and responsible invest...
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03-03-08
New Socially Responsible Investing Trends Report to Show SRI is Growing Faster Than Rest of Investment World
WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boosted by such factors as heightened institutional investor interest, growing investor demand for renewable energy opportunities, concerns about the Sudan humanitarian crisis, and the rapid rise of new products such as SRI-focu...
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05-17-05
Groups: Proposed Federal 'Community Investing' Cuts Increase Need For Institutional, Individual Investors To Focus On Vulnerable Cities, Towns
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04-13-05
Study: Socially Responsible Mutual Funds are Tougher on Traditional Corporate Governance Resolutions than ''Conventional'' Mutual Funds
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10-30-03
Report: Socially Screened Investment Assets In U.S. Up By 7 Percent In Last 2 Years
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10-21-03
What Is Shareholder Proxy Access?
On Oct. 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published proposed rules allowing shareholders a new, but severely limited ability to propose nominees for corporate boards. Earlier this year, the S...
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07-30-02
LIPPER: Market Slump Providing Unexpected Boost To Socially Responsible Mutual Funds
Washington, D.C. - Is the scandal-fueled stock market slump turning more Americans into socially responsible investors? According to Lipper data released today by the nonprofit Social Investment Forum, socially and environmentally responsible mutual funds experienced positiv...
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11-28-01
Socially Screened Assets Grew 1.5 Times Faster Than all U.S.Managed Portfolio Assets Since 1999
The market may be in a slump, but socially responsible investing is growing at a strong rate. Assets in socially screened investment portfolios under professional management rose by more than a third from 1999 to 2001 to top the $2 trillion mark for the first time ever, acc...
