Media - sustainability and CSR
In recent years, coverage of sustainability & CSR issues has grown in volume and sophistication through the:
- emergence of specialist news and information providers
- greater attention paid to sustainability issues by mainstream media
In addition to this, new web-based media communication media enable:
- practitioners to communicate directly to their news directly
- news recipients to filter what they receive to their specific needs
In the wider communications arena, a battle is being fought between professionally-filtered and edited (paid for) news provision and free-to-air, user-generated information. SRI-CONNECT believes that both have a role to play in SRI and aims to incorporate both within the site.
Sustainability media sources are likely to use the following services from SRI-CONNECT:
Market buzz & Research
- Channel their news directly to investors based on their self-selected interests
- Receive news, research and reports from companies, SRI research providers and other industry participants
- Search the SRI-CONNECT database for research and reports
Directory, networks & discussion
- Find and filter profiles to identify relevant research providers, contacts at companies, analysts at research providers and experts at other organisations
- Maintain a profile to ensure that companies, research providers and others have a clear understanding of their objectives, capabilities and needs
- Build and manage their own SRI network via the groups, events and messaging functions
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Build profile, distribute research, share ideas
Media - sustainability and CSRs 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
Media - sustainability and CSRs 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
