SocialInvestment.ca
Title
Social Investment Organization
Description
Established in 1989, the Social Investment Organization is the national non-profit association for the socially responsible investment (SRI) industry in Canada. It is funded primarily from membership dues and is accountable to its membership. The SIO has more than 400 members across Canada, representing the following:
The Social Investment Organization defines SRI as the process of selecting or managing investments according to social or environmental criteria. The SIO estimates there is approximately $65.5 billion in socially responsible investment assets in Canada. The practice of SRI includes a number of unique investment approaches:
Screening based on exclusionary or inclusionary criteria, such as tobacco, alcohol, environmental performance, human rights violations, community involvement and employee relations. This is sometimes called a top-down approach because it involves the application of pre-determined social or environmental values to investment selection.
Languages
English
Address
- 184 Pearl St., 2nd Floor
- Toronto, ON
- M5H 1L5
- Canada
Contact
- Social Investment Organization
- Tel: 416-461-6042
- Fax: 416-461-2481
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