Resources

• New School Policy on Investor Responsibility (PDF), establishing ACIR, adopted by the board of trustees in fall 2009; amended in spring 2011
• ACIR Charter (PDF), adopted by the committee in November 2010; revised October 11, 2012
• Background Note on ACIR (DOC), submitted to the president of The New School in November 2011
• Sustainability Proxy Guidelines, approved in February 2012
• Integrating Environmental, Social and Governance Issues Into Institutional Investment (PDF), a handbook for colleges and universities produced by the Responsible Endowments Coalition (REC) and Amnesty International
• Annual Report for the 2011-2012 academic year
• Annual Report for the 2009-2010 academic year
• 2013 Proxy Voting Report

Links

• Responsible Endowments Coalition: REC works to build and unify the college- and university-based responsible investment movement by educating and empowering a diverse network of individuals to act on their campuses and fostering a national network for collective action.
• Social Investment Forum: The forum and its members advance investment practices that consider environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact.
• United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment: The Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI), supported by the UN, is a network of international investors working together to put the six Principles for Responsible Investment into practice.
• Global Reporting Initiative: The mission of Global Reporting Initiative is to create conditions for the transparent and reliable exchange of sustainability information through the development and continuous improvement of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework.
• Carbon Disclosure Project: This project was launched in 2000 to put relevant climate change information at the heart of business, policy, and investment decisions.