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Corporate Social Responsibility involves monitoring the investment portfolio from a moral and ethical perspective and exercising our rights and responsibilities as shareholders to hold corporations accountable for their social and environmental policies and practices.
Why do we engage in Corporate Social Responsibility?
We engage in Corporate Social Responsibility in order to fulfill the congregation’s mission to “direct our corporate resources to the promotion of justice, peace, and reconciliation” and thereby to effect change toward social and environmental justice.
12/7/11 - Having Faith in Corporate Social Responsibility: listen to our Sr. Nora Nash and Tom McCaney discuss corporate social responsibility on WHYY radio. Read and listen.
11/13/11 - Nuns Who Won't Stop Nudging: “We're not here to put corporations down,” says Sr. Nora Nash of the Sisters of St. Francis. “We're here to improve their sense of responsibility.” Read more.
The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and seventeen other co-filers sent a strong message to Chevron that hydraulic fracturing poses significant financial, social and environmental risks. We received 41% of the vote. We are continuing to advocate for all issues related to the life cycle of hydraulic fracturing including human rights and community impacts.
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THE CONGREGATION HOLDS ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN:
Philadelphia Area Coalition For Responsible Investment (PACRI)
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR): click to view ICCR's annual report.
Northwest Committee for Responsible Investment (NWCRI)
By means of collaborative involvement with PACRI, NWCRI, and ICCR, Corporate Responsible Investment (CRI) exerts influence on corporations in order to effect change.
The CRI also maintains a collaborative relationship with Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), Catholic Health East (CHE), Neumann College, St. Joseph Family Center, and The Catholic High School of Baltimore.
Read some of the outcomes of our work in Corporate Social Responsibility.
For more information about Corporate Social Responsibility, contact us.
