US SIF

US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is a United States-based membership association located in Washington, DC that advances sustainable, responsible and impact investing (SRI) across all asset classes.[1] US SIF was formerly known as the Social Investment Forum.[2] It changed its name on June 9, 2011.[3]

Events

In 2010, US SIF held its first annual conference entitled "Responsible Investing: Impact & Innovation." The event was held June 8–10 in Washington, DC and featured Al Gore and Elizabeth Warren as speakers.[4] In May 2017, US SIF held its most recent conference “A New Climate for Investing in Impact” in Chicago. The event attracted nearly 400 attendees. In 2018, the eighth annual conference will be held on May 30–June 1 in Washington, DC.

US SIF also organizes a number of gatherings around the country for members and non-members to network, learn about US SIF, and hear about the organization's latest research publications, public policy updates, and other developments in the SRI field.

Publications

  • US SIF's biennial study, The Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends, also known as the Trends Report. According to the 2016 Trends Report, investors now consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across $8.72 trillion of professionally managed assets, a 33 percent increase since 2014.[5]
  • The Impact of Sustainable and Responsible Investment[6]
  • Family Offices and Investing for Impact[7]
  • Unlocking ESG Integration[8]
  • Investing to Advance Women: A Guide for Individual & Institutional Investors[9]
  • Confronting Corporate Money in Politics[10]
  • Unleashing the Potential of US Foundation Endowments: Using Responsible Investment to Strengthen Endowment Oversight and Enhance Impact[11]
  • Investing to Curb Climate Change: A Guide for the Institutional Investor[12]
  • Investing to Curb Climate Change: A Guide for the Individual Investor[13]
  • Expanding the Market for Community Investment in the United States[14]
  • Options & Innovations in Community Investing[15]
  • Sustainability Trends in US Alternative Investments[16]
  • Opportunities for Sustainable and Responsible Investing in US Defined Contribution Plans
  • Resource Guide for Plan Sponsors[17]
  • Creating a Sustainable World: A Guide to Responsible Stewardship of Tribal Assets[18]
  • Investment Consultants and Responsible Investing: Current Practices and Outlook in the United States[19]

Public policy

US SIF runs a public policy program that aims to support a public policy agenda. US SIF has worked on Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act through the rulemaking process at the SEC, as well as supported a number of other issues.

US SIF has worked heavily around the Employee Retirement Income Security Act guidance. In October 2016, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez announced that the Department of Labor is rescinding its 2008 Bulletin on Economically Targeted Investments and reinstating the 1994 guidance on ETIs with a revised preamble that assures that “Fiduciaries need not treat commercially reasonable investments as inherently suspect or in need of special scrutiny merely because they take into consideration environmental, social or other factors.”[20] US SIF and several of its members, along with other colleague organizations, have engaged in numerous meetings with Obama Administration officials in the White House and the Department of Labor beginning in 2009 to register concerns on the 2008 ETI bulletin and a companion 2008 bulletin, not addressed in October, on shareholder rights.[21]

US SIF organizes a Policy and Advocacy Training and Capitol Hill Day for attendees of its annual conference. Members learn of current and central public policies related to sustainable and impact investing, and have the opportunity to meet their Senators and members of the House of Representatives.

Global SIFs

US SIF is part of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA). Other GSIA members include the European Sustainable Investment Forum - Eurosif,[22] Responsible Investment Association Australasia - RIAA,[23] the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association - UKSIF,[24] the Responsible Investment Association of Canada - RIA,[25] and the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development - VBDO.[26]

GSIA publishes a biannual global Sustainable Investment Review with regional data around the world. According to the 2016 report, the global sustainable investment market reached $22.89 trillion at the beginning of 2016, a 25 percent increase from 2014.[27]

References

  1. ↑ "The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment". www.ussif.org. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  2. ↑ "Social Investment Forum Changes Its Name To US SIF". June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ "SIF Profile". Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ Bradford, Hazel (June 10, 2011). "Investors have 'prime role to play' in ESG, Gore tells forum". Pensions and Investments. Retrieved May 13, 2012. .
  5. ↑ "Report on Sustainable and Responsible Investing Trends in the United States" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Impact of Sustainable and Responsible Investment" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Family Offices and Investing for Impact" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Unlocking ESG Integration" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Investing to Advance Women" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Confronting Corporate Money in Politics" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Unleashing the Potential of US Foundation Endowments" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Investing to Curb Climate Change: A Guide for the Institutional Investor" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Investing to Curb Climate Change: A Guide for the Individual Investor" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Expanding the Market for Community Investment in the United States" (PDF). US SIF Foundation, Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University and Milken Institute. 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Options & Innovations in Community Investing" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Sustainability Trends in US Alternative Investments" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Resource Guide for Plan Sponsors" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Creating a Sustainable World" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Investment Consultants and Responsible Investing" (PDF). US SIF Foundation. 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Federal Register | Interpretive Bulletin Relating to the Fiduciary Standard Under ERISA in Considering Economically Targeted Investments". www.federalregister.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  21. ↑ "The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment". www.ussif.org. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  22. ↑ "http://www.eurosif.org/". www.eurosif.org. Retrieved 2016-06-20. External link in |title= (help)
  23. ↑ "Responsible Investment Association Australasia | RIAA". responsibleinvestment.org. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  24. ↑ "UKSIF - The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association". uksif.org. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  25. ↑ "RIA - The Responsible Investment Association of Canada". riacanada.ca. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  26. ↑ "VBDO - Home". www.vbdo.nl. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  27. ↑ "Global Sustainable Investment Review 2016" (PDF). Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
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