Companies should be one of the principal beneficiaries of SRI-CONNECT’s Factor Four objective of achieving twice as much SRI activity in half the time. In particular, they are likely to use the following services from SRI-CONNECT:
Market Buzz & Research
- Disseminate their news and reports to a targeted universe of investors and analysts from around the world
- Receive news, research and reports from companies, SRI research providers and others – also notifications of discussions, events and blogs – all filtered to their own specific interests
Directory, networks & discussion
- Find and filter profiles to identify investors and analysts likely to be interested in their company
- Maintain a profile to ensure that investors and research analysts have a clear understanding of the company’s sustainability performance and SRI communications practices
- Build and manage their own SRI network via the groups, events and messaging functions
- Organise meetings with SRI investors
- Discuss SRI communications strategy with peer companies
SRI Dynamics discussion papers
- Take control of SRI communications – guidance to companies on how to communicate effectively with SRI investors
- “Companies still don’t communicate” – the text of Mike Tyrrell’s contribution to the 2009 Corporate Register’s Awards Debate.
New(s)ources
- Monitor - newsflow on sectors and sustainability issues that they cover and on the SRI industry
- Publish - news automatically to the global SRI market by including RSS feeds from their website, blogs or Twitter within their SRI-CONNECT profile
Registration and membership
- These special considerations govern the access of NGOs to SRI-Connect
- XXXXX - MT to write sth about how NGOs can use the site to develop their profile and track progress
For full details see Registration and subscription
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Build profile, distribute research, share ideas
Companies can:
- Use Market Buzz to raise the profile of their research and share their opinions with investors and analysts (About Market Buzz | Post research & reports)
- Use the Directory to highlight their organisational and individual capabilities and interests (About Directory | Update your organisation's profile | Update your personal profile)
- Advertise events (About Events | All events)
- Monitor the developing profile of their firm and research with sustainable investment industry
- Response to requests for research made via the Research Marketplace
Learn & interact
Companiess can:
- Receive research that matches their areas of focus (About Market Buzz | View the latest buzz)
- Learn about the dynamics of the sustainable investment industry (SRI Primer | Ecology of SRI | Trends & opinion)
- Join discussions (All Discussion Groups)
- Make connections & send messages
Other
... and like all members of the network, they can:
- Careers, skills & jobs: Employ others and develop their own skills & careers
- People & networks: Network with, follow and engage with others
Note
These special conditions govern the access of NGOs to SRI-Connect
