ABSTRACT
Between April 2003 and September 2005, a number of the UK Social Investment Forum's fund manager members and affiliates contributed to a project to develop a series of sector notes to identify the potentially material social, ethical and environmental risks and their potential impact on shareholder value, for each of 11 sectors. This chapter describes the inception, piloting and methodology for the development of the sector notes, followed by a discussion of the outcomes and an assessment of the benefits of the project to date. The UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) is the UK's membership network for SRI. UKSIF's primary purpose is to promote and encourage the development and positive impact of SRI among UK-based investors. UKSIF believes that all material social, environmental and ethical (SEE) issues should be integrated into standard investment practice and that individual investors should be able to reflect their values in their investments.
