The following non-profits bring valuable expertise to the Intentional Endowments Conversation.
CDP
CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international non-profit organization that works with companies, governments and over 700 investors to provide a global environmental disclosure system in order to drive sustainability performance, improve the management of environmental risk, and build greater resistance. Learn more here.
Ceres
Ceres is a non-profit organization advocating for sustainability leadership through the mobilization of a powerful network of investors, companies and public interest groups to accelerate and expand the adoption of sustainable business practices and solutions to build a healthy global economy. Learn more here.
Principles for Responsible Investing
The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) Initiative is an institutional network of investors working to provide a framework for integrating ESG factors into investment decision-making and practice. As a signatory, one must pledge to follow the six Principles for Responsible Investing. Learn more here.
Responsible Endowments Coalition
The Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC) works to change the way colleges invest, shifting from investments that fund social and environmental destruction and creating pathways to investments that build community, a clean infrastructure, and a just economy. Learn more here.
Sustainable Endowments Institute
The Sustainable Endowments Institute was founded in 2005 as a special project of Rockefeller Financial Advisors to pioneer research, education, and outreach to advance resilient institutional responses to the climate crisis. Learn more here.
Sustainable Investments Institute
The Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that conducts impartial research and publishes reports on organized efforts to influence corporate behavior on social and environmental issues. Learn more here.