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Responsible investing for newbies -- share your ideas

I've been invited to do a short presentation to an investing club on "sustainable stuff and investing." My plan is to define socially responsible investing, then to move on to Corporate Sustainability Reporting and to demonstrate it by reviewing reports for one or two of the companies they already invest in.

A while ago, the Brigadiers discussed corporate sustainability and I had my first and very frustrating foray into trying to find the reports for Seventh Generation. (Update - as predicted, I haven't tried it since then.) We identified a host of websites and resources that I found overwhelming to navigate.

I'm asking my fellow Brigadiers and all our readers: If you had 15-20 minutes to share the two best, most accessible resources, what would you pick? URLs, comics, and memorable phrases -- I'm open to anything!

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Janne Flisrand's picture
Janne Flisrand - Sep 27, 2009

Are there any search terms that are particularly useful?

Sarah Thompson's picture
Sarah Thompson - Sep 28, 2009

You can find Seventh Generation's Corporate Responsibility report here: http://www.seventhgeneration.com/corporate-responsibility/2008. Please let me know if you have further questions.

Heidi Siegelbaum's picture
Heidi Siegelbaum - Sep 26, 2009

Janne

I found a goldmine of CSR information at this site: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-jarvis/innovative-thinking-corpora....

It hyperlinks some wonderful sites including csrwire.com and http://3blmedia.com. As far as understanding the reports, you'll have to seek out a CSR glossary of terms.

Stephanie Baron's picture
Stephanie Baron - Sep 25, 2009

Those guys are my reference in Canada: http://www.investissementresponsable.com/textes/who.html

Michael Kelberer's picture
Michael Kelberer - Oct 10, 2009