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US SIF: Advancing Sustainable and Responsible Investing

US SIF is the membership association for professionals, firms, institutions, and organizations engaged in sustainable and responsible investing in the United States. Our mission is to advance investment practices that consider environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact.

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US SIF: Advancing Sustainable and Responsible Investing

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  1. CDFI INSTITUTE February 25,2015

  2. Who is US SIF? We are the membership association for professionals, firms, institutions and organizations engaged in sustainable and responsible investing in the United States. Mission US SIF advances investment practices that consider environmental, social and corporate governance criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact.

  3. Who are our Members? • Institutional Investors • Researchers • Foundations • Community Investment Institutions • Financial planners • Analysts • Banks • Mutual funds • Portfolio managers

  4. Challenges in achieving greater community investments • Different investor types have different return expectations, making it impossible to market a “one size fits all” community investing product; • Investors lack knowledge about community-oriented investment products; and • There is a shortage of community investment products that have the scale appropriate for larger institutional investors.

  5. Increasing CI Investment • Continue pursuing innovative community investment products in new asset classes for both institutional and retail investors in order to reach communities with real needs. • Identify the investor type and tailor product to their needs, distribution channel and risk profile. • Centralization of information and consistent messaging about impact and returns.

  6. Contact Us: Lisa Woll CEO US SIF and US SIF Foundation lwoll@ussif.org www.ussif.org

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