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Shaula hosts a monthly afternoon informational happy hour, called (as of 2011) the Seattle Area Social/Sustainable Investment Forum (SASIF), generally the 4th Thursday of every month. This was formerly known as the SRI Happy Hour or SRI-HH, but it's not a cocktail thing so we renamed it. We meet near downtown, usually in a coffee shop. Open to all - join the Google group SASIF for announcements. Membership required only to filter out Nigerian money-transfer deals.
Know your Acronyms! AUM - Assets Under Management BOP - Bottom of the Pyramid (used by folks focused on poverty alleviation) CDFI - Community Development Finance Institution - a Treasury Department certification CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility ESG - Environment, Social & Governance MFI - Microfinance institution MRI - Mission Related Investment (used by foundations to describe investments that support both the endowment and the charitable mission) PRI -Program Related Investment (an IRS compliant investment made primarily because it is a way to support the mission) SASIF - Seattle Area Social/Sustainable Investment Forum SROI - Social Return On Investment SRI - Socially Responsible Investing/ Sustainable & Responsible Impact SRI-HH - SRI Happy Hour, renamed to SASIF TBL - Triple Bottom Line |
Ratings & Metrics: B-Corporation - a rating & standard setting group for companies GIIN - the Global Impact Investor Network -working to build agreement on standards and ratings Organizations, Associations, Conferences Social Investment Forum - basically the industry association for investment advisors and product representatives The Community Investment Center - SIF's site focused specifically on community investing Investor's Circle - a national angel group focused on social impact investing ReVisioning Value - a Portland-based conference and organization working on aligning value chains around values. SOCAP - the Social Capital Markets conference every fall in San Francisco. Reading in the SRI space: Stanford Social Innovation Review - solid reading on both the investment and philanthropy sides of the equation, more tilted toward philanthropy. CSR Wire - current news and events in the Corporate Social Responsbility space |
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