Shareholder Shout-out

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What You Can Do
By using five basic strategies, socially responsible investors have found they can positively affect corporate policies.

1. Screen individual stocks and mutual funds for responsible environmental and social policies before investing. Social Invest Forum offers a list of pre-screened mutual fund offerings at www.socialinvest.org

2. Read through your proxy ballots and vote on resolutions, paying particular attention to those addressing environmental and social concerns. If you are a mutual fund investor, call your fund manager and ask for proxy vote information.

3. Consider attending annual meetings. As a shareholder, you are entitled to attend and speak up at your company's annual meeting.

4. Be an informed investor: Read annual reports, track company behavior on websites like Socialfunds.com and Co-op America, and revisit your investment choices at least once a year.

5) As a last resort, divest: Often, just the announcement of a divestment campaign is enough to make a company rethink its policies.

Resources
• Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility: www.iccr.org
• Social Investment Forum: www.socialinvest.org
• Social Funds: www.socialfunds.com
• Co-op America's shareholder action page: www.coopamerica.org
• GreenMoney Journal: www.greenmoneyjournal.com

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