EIRIS Global Network
In addition to overseas offices, EIRIS has a global network of research partners to further extend our research coverage and keep us abreast of responsible investment issues at the local level.
The EIRIS partner network includes research organisations in Australia, France, Israel, Germany, Spain and South Korea.
CAER - Corporate Analysis. Enhanced Responsibility (Australia) www.caer.org.au
CAER was established in 2000, and offers responsible investment research services to investors on a broad range of environmental, social and governance criteria. CAER's database covers the top 300 companies in Australia by market capitalisation, companies that move in and out of the ASX on a regular basis, smaller listed companies invested in by research clients, and the NZ50. CAER is an independent not-for-profit organisation based in Canberra. Through its links with international research bodies, CAER is able to offer clients consistent ESG research coverage of investment markets in Australia and around the globe.
Fundacion Ecologia y Desarrollo (EcoDes) (Spain) www.ecodes.org
An established Spanish non governmental organisation in the field of environment and development, EcoDes branched out into ethical investment research in 1997. The research function was originally established to supply data to an environmental fund set up by EcoDes, but has now expanded to provide data on Spanish companies to EIRIS and other research partners. EcoDes have matched their strong environmental research skills with an expansion into social and economic research.
Imug – Institut fur Markt-Umwelt-Gesellschaft (Germany) www.ethisches-investment.de
Imug – in English ‘Institute for Market, Environment and Society’ – was set up in 1992 primarily as an environmental research body. It soon branched out into producing ethical shopping guides for consumers, ethical investment research for green and ethical funds, and producing reports on corporate environmental and social performance for NGOs, government and others. Its staff of 20 provide both consultancy and corporate performance research. Imug supplies EIRIS with data on German and Austrian companies.
EthiFinance (formerly Observatoire de L'Ethique) (France) www.ethifinance.com
EthiFinance is the new name for the French research group with whom EIRIS signed an agreement in 2002. Founded in 1993 the group aims to promote ethics and sustainability amongst French companies.
Greeneye (Israel) www.greeneye.co.il
Greeneye is the primary provider of independent research into the social, environmental and ethical performance of companies in Israel. Greeneye advises the financial sector on assimilating environmentally considerate thinking and incorporating environmental criteria into decision making on investment, finance and insurance issues. Greeneye is EIRIS' research partner in Israel and is the environmental advisor to the Maala CSR Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Index.
KOCSR (Korea CSR Research Services) (Korea) www.kocsr.com
KOCSR is a provider of corporate responsibility research on Korean companies and is partially owned by CCSR. KOCSR researches Korean companies for EIRIS.
Economistas sin Fronteras (Spain) www.ecosfron.org
Economistas sin Fronteras is a sales partner providing EIRIS with products and services for Spanish investors.
