Domini Views

Our staff includes respected authorities on socially responsible investing, corporate social responsibility, and related issues. Below are links to some of the reports, articles, op-eds, white papers, letters, and testimony they have written, as well as speeches and interviews. Also available are reports published by Domini Social Investments.

Amy Domini is Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments. She is the author of Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money (Dearborn Trade, 2001) and The Challenges of Wealth (Dow Jones Irwin, 1988), and a coauthor of Investing for Good (Harper Collins, 1993), The Social Investment Almanac (Henry Holt, 1992), and Ethical Investing (Addison-Wesley, 1984). Amy Domini has been profiled in The Difference Makers by Sandra Waddock and in Faith and Fortune by Marc Gunther.

The Intelligent Optimist Magazine Columns

The Intelligent Optimist magazine (formerly Ode) is a print and online publication that brings attention to people and ideas that are changing the world for the better. In 2007, Amy Domini was invited to write a regular column for Ode that would cover socially responsible investing and related social and environmental issues.

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Steven Lydenberg is Partner, Strategic Vision, for Domini Social Investments. He is the author of Corporations and the Public Interest (Berrett-Koehler, 2005), coauthor of Investing for Good (Harper Collins, 1993), coeditor of The Social Investment Almanac (Henry Holt, 1992),  and coauthor of Rating America’s Corporate Conscience (Addison-Wesley, 1986). He has been profiled in The Difference Makers by Sandra Waddock.

 

Adam Kanzer is Managing Director and General Counsel, Domini Social Investments.

 

Domini Social Investments Reports

  • Innovations in Social and Environmental Disclosure Outside the United States (Domini Social Investments and Social Investment Forum, November 2008). Innovations by governments and stock exchanges in several countries are providing publicly traded companies with strong incentives to report on corporate social responsibility. This report provides case studies of developments in five countries — Brazil, France, Malaysia, South Africa, and Sweden — and provides an appendix with an overview of developments around the world.

  • Final Report of Project Kaleidoscope (Project Kaleidoscope Working Group, May 2008). The Project Kaleidoscope Working Group developed an innovative approach to improving working conditions in factories that supply goods to U.S. corporations, and field-tested its approach at ten factories in Southern China. The Working Group was the As You Sow Foundation, the Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA), the Connecticut State Treasurer's Office, Domini Social Investments, the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United Methodist Church, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, The Walt Disney Company, McDonald’s, and the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

  • Outside the Box: Guidelines for Retail Store Siting (Domini Social Investments, July 2005). With Julie Tanner, Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS). Domini and CBIS issued a set of nine guidelines to help major retailers mitigate social and environmental damage when making decisions about store site locations, land procurement, and leasing. The report was endorsed by 20 institutional investors and mutual fund families representing $33 billion in assets under management.

*These articles referenced the Domini Social Equity Fund’s investments in Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark. As of March 31, 2010, Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark represented 0.7% and 2.3%, respectively, of the Fund’s portfolio. The composition of the Fund’s portfolio is subject to change. For most recent portfolio holdings information, please visit the Fund’s portfolio page.
 
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