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| | | | Socially Responsible Investing Around The World - By Tessa Tennant
LONDON, UK, September 10, 2007 (ENS) - Socially Responsible Investing, SRI, means many things. Look no further than the acronyms it stands for � sustainable and responsible investment, socially responsible investment and the shorthands - sustainable investment, social investment, and responsible investment. Your understanding, if you've heard of SRI, is likely to be influenced by where you live in the world.
In the U.S., for example, people understand SRI to be mostly about screened funds and shareholder action, while in Europe the understanding of SRI is more dominated by ecological drivers such as resource constraints throwing up opportunities for clean energy, water and eco-efficiency.
In Japan, SRI is ecological, it is also about CSR nationally with a certain discomfort at looking at the behavior of Japanese companies globally.
In China, the first SRI fund, launched last year, is focused almost entirely on corporate governance issues. | The Skoll Foundation’s mission is to advance systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurs are proven leaders whose approaches and solutions to social problems are helping to better the lives and circumstances of countless underserved or disadvantaged individuals. By identifying the people and programs already bringing positive changes to communities throughout the world, the Skoll Foundation empowers them to extend their reach, deepen their impact and fundamentally improve society. | Social Enterprise Coalition
SEC is the UK's national body for social enterprise. The voice for the sector, we support and represent the work of our members, influence national policy and promote best practice. | EcoLogic Finance is a nonprofit offering affordable financial services to community-based businesses operating in environmentally sensitive areas of Latin America, Africa and South Asia.
Targeting the rural credit market, EcoLogic Finance provides loan capital to support low-income communities whose business activities foster environmental conservation and grassroots economic development. Founded in late 1999, EcoLogic Finance manages a portfolio of $25,000 to $750,000 loans, with a median size of $200,000, to small- and medium-sized enterprises that do not meet traditional requirements to access loans from local financial institutions. Target sectors include agroforestry (shade-grown and sustainable agriculture), wild-harvested products, certified wood, sustainable fisheries, and ecotourism. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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