2. ECCR Mission Statement The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) is a church-based investor coalition and membership organisation working for economic justice and environmental sustainability. ECCR undertakes research, advocacy and dialogue to encourage companies to meet the highest standards of corporate responsibility and transparency, as well as assisting faith communities, their members and other investors in upholding these same high standards through responsible and positive-impact investment.

3. What is Ethical Investment? Negative Screening –Avoiding the bad Positive Screening –Supporting the good Engagement –Working for change through dialogue

4. The Basis for Engagement Listening to communities e.g. Nigeria (oil), Philippines (mining), Ireland (Corrib gas) Partnership e.g. Working Group on Mining in the Philippines Research Church as investor We can all make a difference

5. Latest Research Shell in the Niger Delta, Feb 2010 Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the banking sector

6. Other Recent Engagement Canadian tar sands – BP – co-signed shareholder resolution for 2010 AGM Shell’s Corrib gas processing plant & pipeline Representations to Lafarge re quarrying in Ugandan national park Israeli settlement products from the Occupied Palestinian Territories – labelling & sourcing policies Signed investors letter on Uzbek cotton & child labour

7. ECCR Members Nearly 80 corporate members, including: -Large national church bodies, e.g. Methodists, URC, Baptist Union, Industrial Mission Association -Regional and local church bodies e.g. Churches Together, workplace mission, dioceses, synods -National and local advocacy/campaigning organisations e.g. Christian Aid, Traidcraft, Pax Christi, Student Christian Movement -Religious orders -Companies providing investment services e.g. Triodos, Co-operative Financial Services, Shared Interest, Oikocredit Nearly 100 individual members

8. www.eccr.org.uk Latest news Specific current issues E-newsletter sign-up Download reports Actions to take page Membership application form