Charity Bank – 100% of its investments are in charities, voluntary organizations and social enterprises: “A different bank for people who want a different world”
Ecology Building Society - “promote the concept of sustainability through our mortgage lending and offer a range of ethical savings accounts to support this”
Ethical Investment Research Service – “a global provider of independent research into the social, environmental and ethical performance of companies.”. Research which companies are suitable for socially responsible investment. Happy to receive CVs and keep them on file for when short term vacancies arise.
Eurosif (the European Social Investment Forum) – “a pan-European group whose mission is to Address Sustainability through Financial Markets. Current member affiliates of Eurosif include pension funds, financial service providers, academic institutes, research associations and NGO's. The association is a not-for-profit entity that represents assets totalling over €600bn through its affiliate membership.”
Henderson Global Investors - an independent fund manager with a socially responsible investment department. They have a graduate recruitment programme, and are hiring 6 in 2009.
Triodos - one of the leading ethical banks in Europe, Triodos only lends money to organizations with positive social, environmental and cultural goals.
UK Social Investment Forum– “UK's membership network for sustainable and responsible financial services... Seek to ensure that individual and institutional investors can reflect their values in their investments.” Has a Jobs Page for UK jobs related to socially responsible investment.
Unity Trust Bank - a specialist bank for social enterprises, charities, and trade unions.
Venturesome – an investor in charities, which fills the “funding gap” between banks and grant makers. This is particularly important to help start-up charities to become self sustaining.
