International Working Group: About

Mission Statement

The International Working Group of US SIF is a collaboration of global institutional SRI investors, along with research and advocacy partners.

Our primary mission is to:

• Provide education on existing and emerging global SRI issues of interest with respect to research, policies and advocacy.
• Foster networks of individuals and institutions within the international SRI marketplace around issues of global relevance.
• Create a space where global SRI researchers, investment practitioners and others can meet to share ideas and develop collaborative action.

In support of our mission, we will:

• Host educational conference calls for working group participants and partners on topics of interest to collaboration members.
• Maintain an email listserv to facilitate communication for the working group.
• Plan two in-person symposia each year:  typically these events will be held in the spring of each year and immediately prior to the SRI in the Rockies conference.
• Develop an electronic meeting place and web-resource promoting global SRI collaboration and information sharing.

Leadership & Contacts

The IWG is governed by a Steering Committee whose members represent the various constituencies active in the group:

• Jacob Park (co-chair), Green Mountain College
• Molly Betournay, EIRIS
• Alison Bevilacqua, Legg Mason Investment Counsel
• Simon Billenness, Unitarian Universalist Association
• Tony Campos, FTSE Group
• Sonia Kowal, Zevin Asset Management
• Mike Lombardo, Calvert Investments
• Judith Moore, World Bank
• Dan Nielsen, Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc.
• Mariela Vargova, Rockefeller & Co.

For more information about the International Working Group, contact

• Jacob Park (parkj[at]greenmtn.edu)