Links
- Government sources
- Non-governmental organisations
- Publications & discussion groups
- Businesses & ethical business directories
1. Government sources
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills
BIS's agenda for Corporate Responsibility.
Department for Work and Pensions
The government department responsible for pensions.
The Pension Service
Part of the Department for Work and Pensions
2. Non-governmental organisations
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
A wealth of useful information on business and human rights. The website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ human rights impacts worldwide.
Charity SRI
Provides news, information and resources for charities on how they can invest in a socially responsible manner. Includes a section for supporters - to help them understand what charities are legally able to do in terms of ethical investment, and how they can take action if they are unhappy with the investment policy of a charity they support.
Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
Membership organisation working for economic justice, environmental stewardship, and corporate and investor responsibility.
EIRIS
EIRIS (Experts in Responsible Investment Solutions) provides independent research into the environmental, social, governance and ethical performance of companies.
Your Ethical Money: Pensions
Learn about how and where your money is invested, search for green and ethical financial products, and find out how you can help make finance more sustainable. An EIRIS initative.
Financial Services Authority
An independent non-governmental body that regulates financial services in the UK.
UKSIF: the Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
UKSIF is the UK's membership association for sustainable investment and finance.
UKSIF's Sustainable Pensions Library
A wealth of valuable information targeted at pension trustees and advisers.
3. Publications & discussion groups for individuals
CSR Chicks & CSR Blokes
A discussion group of individuals interested in CSR and sustainable development. Often includes job opportunities.
Engaged Investor
Engaged Investor is a magazine and website dedicated to helping pension fund trustees, by providing information on investment, governance, administration, pensions law, regulation and all the areas pension fund trustees need to be familiar with.
Ethical Performance
Ethical Performance is a monthly business newsletter on corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment.
Responsible Investor Magazine
Responsible Investor provides institutional investors with an online magazine and information resource which recognises the growing requirement to achieve investment returns within an environmental, social and corporate governance framework.
4. Business Links
Corporate Register
An online directory of corporate non-financial reports, including CSR, sustainability, environmental and social reports.
Ethical Junction
An ethical business directory for the UK and Ireland.
Triple Bottom Line Group
Based around the concept of Triple Bottom Line Investing, the TBLI GROUPTM seeks to raise awareness in the financial sector of the benefits of sustainable investment. Besides holding two annual international conferences, it offers consulting, networking and training services.
Investment tutor
Sponsored by Aviva, this site is dedicated to providing education and information for pension fund trustees. A great resource for anyone seeking to know more about pensions investments, including a glossary of terms.
Trucost
An environmental data provider to help organisations, investors and governments understand the environmental impacts of business activities. Trucost provides data and analysis on company emissions and natural resource usage and presents these in financial as well as quantity terms, providing the basis for an improved dialogue between companies, investors and other stakeholders.
Pensions Investment Research Consultants
PIRC is an independent research and advisory consultancy providing services to institutional investors on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.