Corporate Responsibility
Partners and Resources

The Adrian Dominican Sisters are in partnership with a variety of organizations that share our goals and vision to make corporations socially responsible. They include the following:

Partners

Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IPJC) www.ipjc.org The Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center promotes just structures in the church and in the world, with a particular focus on the Pacific Northwest. IPJC is sponsored by 17 religious communities and collaborates with Catholic, ecumenical, interfaith and other organizations in carrying out this mission. The Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment, one of the Center's programs, works in collaboration with the Portfolio Advisory Board in its corporate responsibility activities. The Adrian Dominican Sisters are one of the Center's sponsors.

IPJC
1216 NE 65th St.
Seattle, WA 98115

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) www.iccr.org
A national coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors, including denominations, religious communities, pension funds, healthcare corporations, foundations and dioceses with a combined portfolio worth an estimated $100 billion. They merge social values with investment decisions and utilize their investments and resources to change unjust, harmful corporate policies, and to work for peace, economic justice and stewardship of the Earth. The Adrian Dominican Sisters have been an active member of ICCR since 1976.

ICCR
457 Riverside Dr., Room 1842
New York, NY 10115

The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR)
www.eccr.org.uk
ECCR is a coalition in association with the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland.

ECCR
P.O. Box 500
Oxford
OX1 1ZL
United Kingdom

Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras (CJM)
www.coalitionforjustice.net
The Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras is a tri-national coalition of religious, environmental, labor, Latino and women's organizations that seek to pressure U.S. transnational corporations to adopt socially responsible practices within the maquiladora (Mexican corporation) industry, and to ensure a safe environment along the U.S.-Mexico border, safe work conditions inside the maquiladora plants, and a fair standard of living for the industry's workers. The central vehicle for achieving these goals is the Maquiladora Standards of Conduct.

CJM
530 Bandera Road
San Antonio,TX 78228

Coalition of Immokalee (CIW)
www.ciw-on-line.org
The CIW is a community-based worker organization. Our members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian immigrants working in low-wage jobs throughout the state of Florida. Organizers of Taco Bell, McDonald’s and Burger King Workers’ Campaigns for increased wages.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers
P.O. Box 603
Immokalee, FL 3414

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) (www.ceres.org)
CERES is a coalition of investors, public pension funds, foundations, labor unions, and environmental, religious and public interest groups, working in partnership with companies toward the common goal of corporate environmental responsibility worldwide. CERES is the institutional home of the CERES Principles and the creator and secretariat of the Global Reporting Initiative.

CERES
99 Chauncey St. 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02116-3411

Resources

Agbios (www.agbios.com)
Agbios is Canadian company with expertise in risk assessment of biotechnology products. The web site has a news section with continuous updates on developments in national and international biotechnology developments.

Agribusiness Accountability Initiative (www.agribusinessaccountability.org)
Co-sponsored by the Center of Concern and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, this initiative challenges corporate control of food.

Corporate Accountability Project
Center of Concern
1225 Otis Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017

Center for Health, Environment & Justice (www.chej.org)
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice works to build healthy communities, with social justice, economic well-being, and democratic governance.

Center for Health, Environment & Justice
P.O. Box 6806
Falls Church, VA 22040-6806

Center of Concern (www.igc.org/coc)
Since 1971, the Center of Concern has worked with international networks promoting social analysis, theological reflection, policy analysis, political advocacy, research and public education on issues of global development including global women's projects, peace, social justice, food security, human rights, racial justice and rethinking Bretton Woods.

Center of Concern
1225 Otis St. NE
Washington, DC 20017

Consumer Policy Institute (www.consumersunion.org)
The Consumer Policy Institute at the Consumers Unions headquarters in Yonkers, New York, promotes the consumer's interests through research and education projects, conferences, policy papers, and comment on legislative and regulatory initiatives.

Consumers Union
101 Truman Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10703-1057

Co-op America (www.coopamerica.org)
This web site leads to the Social Investment Forum with information on socially responsible mutual funds. Co-op America is a national nonprofit education organization, which has worked with consumers, investors and businesses for over 17 years, to grow the socially responsible marketplace. Co-op America has over 50,000 individual members and 2,000 business members. Co-op America is the publisher of National Green Pages.™

Co-Op America
1612 K St. NW, #600
Washington, DC 20006

Domini Social Investments (www.domini.com)
Domini Social Investments expresses its ideals, and uses its capital in three basic ways: social screening, shareholder activism and community development. Domini votes all of its proxies according to principles of social responsibility, publishes its annual proxy voting guidelines, and publicly discloses all of its proxy votes. Domini engages corporations in dialogue on social issues, and occasionally files shareholder resolutions to place these issues on the proxy ballot.

Domini Social Investments
P.O. Box 9785
Providence, RI 02940

Ecology Center (www.ecocenter.org)
The Ecology Center (EC) is a membership-based, nonprofit environmental organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded by community activists after the country's first Earth Day in 1970, the Center is now a regional leader that works for a safe and healthy environment where people live, work, and play.

Ecology Center
117 N. Division St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Economic Policy Institute (www.epinet.org)
The mission of the Economic Policy Institute is to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy makers.

Economic Policy Institute
1333 H Street, NW
Suite 300, East Tower
Washington, DC 20005-4707

Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org)
The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information to protect public health and the environment. EWG specializes in providing useful resources (like Skin Deep and the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce) to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.

Environmental Working Group
1436 U St. N.W., Suite 100
Washington, DC 20009

Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan (www.nocafos.org)
In the last few years, 12 livestock factories, have been built near the town of Hudson, Michigan. Large livestock operations that confine animals year-round are called Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). As family farmers and neighbors, ECCSCM supports vanguard, responsible agriculture, farming that looks ahead to the next generations, preserves biodiversity, raises animals in a healthy environment, does no harm to its neighbors, enhances the natural assets of living communities, and protects our natural resources -- air, soils, groundwater, streams, and lakes.

ECCSCM
P.O.Box 254
Hudson, MI 49247

Families USA (www.familiesusa.org/index.html)
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Families USA has worked at the national, state, and community levels for over 20 years.

Families USA
1201 New York Ave 
Suite 1100  
Washington, DC 20005

Free the Slaves (www.freetheslaves.net )
Free the Slaves is a not-for profit formed in response to Dr. Kevin Bales' groundbreaking book, Disposable People. The award winning book introduced much of the world to modern-day slavery, including a business strategist and a television producer.

Free the Slaves
1012 14th. Street, NW–Suite 600
Washington DC 20005

Health Care Without Harm (www.noharm.org)
Health Care Without Harm, the Campaign for Environmentally Responsible Health Care, has a mission to transform the health care industry worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment.

Health Care Without Harm
Membership Services
1901 N. Moore Street
Suite 509
Arlington, VA 22209

Investor Network on Climate Risk (www.incr.com)
A network of institutional investors and financial institutions dedicated to promoting better understanding of the financial risks and investment opportunities posed by climate change.

Investor Network on Climate Risk
c/o Ceres, Inc.
99 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111

Jubilee USA Network (www.jubilieeusa.org)
A part of the international movement calling for cancellation of the unpayable debt of the world's poorest countries under a fair and transparent process.

Jubilee 2000/USA
222 East Capitol St., NE
Washington, DC 20003-1036

Kaiser Network (www.kaisernetwork.org)
Daily updates on key health policy issues including Medicaid, Medicare, prescription drugs, global HIV/AIDS, health insurance, the uninsured. Sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Kaiser Network
2400 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (www.savemiwater.org)
Organized for educational and scientific purposes, MCWC's goal is to conserve, preserve and protect Michigan's water, natural resources and the public trust in those resources for the benefit of the public. Leads on issues of water extraction by private interests.

Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
PO Box 1
Mecosta, MI 49332

Michigan Environmental Council (www.mecprotects.org)
The Michigan Environmental Council (MEC) provides a collective voice for the environment at the local, state and federal levels. Working with its 75 member groups and their collective membership of nearly 200,000 residents, MEC addresses the primary assaults on Michigan’s environment; promotes alternatives to urban blight and suburban sprawl; advocates for a sustainable environment and economy; protects Michigan’s water legacy; promotes cleaner energy; and works to diminish environmental impacts on children’s health.

Michigan Environmental Council
119 Pere Marquette Dr., Suite 2A
Lansing, MI 48912

National Catholic Rural Life Conference (www.ncrlc.com)
The National Catholic Rural Life Conference is a membership organization that serves the mission of the Church by communicating a Catholic perspective and urging public action on rural life and environmental issues.

National Catholic Rural Life Conference
4625 Beaver Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50310

National Institute on Media and the Family (www.mediafamily.org)
Since 1996, the Institute has been examining the impact of electronic media on families and provides resources for making informed choices.

National Institute on Media and the Family
606 24th Avenue South, Suite 606
Minneapolis, MN 55454

National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (www.nrdc.org)
An environmental action organization working on clean air and energy, global warming, wildlife protection, and the environment.

NRDC
40 W. 20th St.
New York, NY 10011

Our Stolen Future (www.ourstolenfuture.org)
The web site of the authors of the book Our Stolen Future, which provides regular updates about cutting-edge science related to endocrine disruption; information about ongoing policy debates; as well as new suggestions about what you can do as a consumer and citizen to minimize risks related to hormonally-disruptive contaminants.

Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org)
Oxfam America is a non-profit organization that works to end global poverty through saving lives, strengthening communities, and campaigning for change. We are an affiliate of Oxfam International.

Oxfam America
226 Causeway St., 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114

Social Investment Forum (www.socialinvest.org)
A national nonprofit membership association dedicated to promoting the concept, practice and growth of socially responsible investing. The SIF website offers information, contacts and resources on socially responsible investing.

Social Investment Forum
1612 K Street NW, Suite 650
Washington, DC 20006

The Clean Car Campaign (www.cleancarcampaign.org)
A national campaign promoting the development and sale of advanced technology vehicles that meet a high clean-car standard. It also works to support public policies that will be needed to motivate automakers to invest in vehicle designs and production processes that progressively reduce the adverse environmental impacts of their industry and its products.

Coordinating Organizations: ACEEE | Ecology Center | Environmental Defense | Great Lakes United | Michigan Environmental Council | Union of Concerned Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists (www.ucsusa.org)
A partnership of citizens and scientists working to preserve health, protect safety and enhance quality of life since 1969.

Union of Concerned Scientists
Two Brattle Square
Cambridge, MA 02238-9105

UNAIDS (www.unaids.org)
The Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. In 2001 UN representatives unanimously adopted the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, acknowledging that the AIDS epidemic constitutes a “global emergency and one of the most formidable challenges to human life and dignity.” The Commitment covers ten priorities, from prevention to treatment to funding.

UNAIDS Secretariat
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

Risk Metrics (www.riskmetrics.com)
Risk Metrics has acquired Institutional Shareholder Services, which provides research, proxy voting services, and analysis of proxy issues, including social resolution votes and trends.

Risk Metrics
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
44th Floor
New York, NY 10005