Socially Responsible Companies Index
Wal-mart corporation-- Actually this should be in the socially irresponsible category. Sorry folks, I know, everybody wants a sweet deal but if you're addicted to low prices at Wal-mart then you're addicted to slave labor.
Here are some sites that might help us invest our money in companies that more meet our criteria of sustainability, social responsibility, and environmentally sound policies.
Coop America's Green Pages Online This is a very good site
The Social Investment Forum , a kind of clearinghouse for information about SRI, states, "Integrating personal values with societal concerns is called 'socially responsible investing.' "
SRI-adviser.com is a website of SRI World Group, Inc., a financial information services and consulting company specializing in the sustainable and responsible investment and corporate social responsibility markets. The company was founded in 1998 in response to an information gap in providing social, environmental, economic, and corporate governance information to both investors and the financial community.
FOLIOfn offers prepackaged portfolios, typically of 30 stocks, selected by computer or an outside authority. Investors can then adjust each portfolio any way they want, eliminating some stocks, adding others.
The firm has six ready-made SRI portfolios: Environmentally Responsible, Labor Friendly, Minority Leaders (highest percentage of minority board members), SRI Large-Cap, Tobacco Free, and Women Leaders (tops in female board members).
