Background

The SiRi Network was formed in 2000 as a not-for-profit entity named SiRi Group. It comprises eleven specialist Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) research organisations based in Europe, North America and Australia. With a research base of over 100 SRI analysts worldwide, the SiRi Network has an unrivalled resource of knowledge and expertise on corporations, local markets and SRI investment strategies.

Due to the successful development of the SiRi Group, SiRi members have decided in 2003 to establish an independent for-profit company to further expand and enhance the consulting services and underlying research. The newly founded SiRi Company announced on November 6, 2003, that all assets and activities of SiRi Group were transferred to SiRi Company with immediate effect. This development positions SiRi Company as the leading independent global provider of SRI research and consulting services for institutional investors and financial professionals.

SiRi Company has a centralised research management, administration and finance. It will however continue to build on the local presence of its network partners. The key strength of the independent research and consulting philosophy of SiRi Company is the recognition that, while global investing requires global research, company analysis must take account of local circumstances and cultural differences. Therefore, research is best undertaken by organisations based in local markets. In adopting a centralised business strategy and control, the company enhances its capacity to put this vision into practice.

SiRi research partners provide SRI research on corporations based in their own home markets, but with consistent content, in a standardised format and with harmonised quality standards set by the Company. This gives clients the benefits of global coverage based on local knowledge.

SiRi Company provides detailed profiles and ratings on the largest 600 global companies. Individual SiRi network partners offer local profiles on over another 4,000 corporations worldwide together with a wide range of sustainable investment solutions geared to the needs of institutional investors, including construction of SRI indices, provision of weighted company ratings, SRI fund monitoring and strategic SRI consultancy.

SiRi clients include some of the largest asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, banks and social investment institutions in the world.