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The Media Center is a free service designed to provide personal finance writers with comprehensive socially responsible investing (SRI) information. Our one-stop-shopping site includes quotes, statistics, definitions, narrative explanations, relevant SRI press releases, and much more, all pertaining to social investing.

What is Socially Responsible Investing?

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is the act of making investment decisions to achieve social as well as a financial return. The three main strategies of socially responsible investing include social screening, community investing, and shareholder activism.

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Recent SRI News

Shareowner Activists Request Better Disclosure of Strategic Risks by Oil Sands Developers
Investor group led by Boston Common Asset Management in the US and FairPensions in the UK joins forces to engage with BP and Shell on disclosure of strategic risk mitigation in Canadian oil sands developments.

Connecticut AG Sues Rating Agencies for Their Role in Financial Meltdown
Lawsuit charges that Moody's and Standard & Poor's knowingly assigned inflated ratings to investments backed by sub-prime loans in order to earn lucrative fees.

Lack of Government Policy, Not Technology, Is Barrier to Climate Change Mitigation
A climate scientist and a business leader join forces to assert the validity of climate science, and recommend the adoption of a market-based cap-and-trade program.

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