Amy Domini
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Amy Domini is an American
investment adviser and author known for her work in "social investing". As one of the founders of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., she helped created the Domini 400 Social Index
, a stock market index
selected according to a set of social and environmental standards. Since its inception in 1990, the Domini 400 has outperformed the S&P 500
on a cumulative basis.
In 2005, Time magazine named Amy Domini to the Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. Later that year, President Bill Clinton
honored her at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative for helping protect children and the environment through the Domini Global Giving Fund.
Amy Domini is the author of books including Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money and The Challenges of Wealth. She is the coauthor of Investing for Good, The Social Investment Almanac, and Ethical Investing. She is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC
’s Talking Stocks and various other radio and television shows.
Amy Domini served on the board of the Church Pension Fund of the Episcopal Church in America. She is a past board member of the National Association of Community Development Loan Funds, an organization whose members work to create funds for grassroots economic development loans, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
, the major sponsor of shareholder actions in social and environmental issues. She is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.
United States
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investment adviser and author known for her work in "social investing". As one of the founders of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., she helped created the Domini 400 Social Index
Domini 400 Social Index
This FTSE KLD 400 Social Index was launched in 1990 and is designed to help socially conscious investors weigh social and environmental factors in their investment choices....
, a stock market index
Stock market index
A stock market index is a method of measuring a section of the stock market. Many indices are cited by news or financial services firms and are used as benchmarks, to measure the performance of portfolios such as mutual funds....
selected according to a set of social and environmental standards. Since its inception in 1990, the Domini 400 has outperformed the S&P 500
S&P 500
The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 of the prices of 500 large-cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The stocks included in the S&P 500 are those of large publicly held companies that trade on either of the two largest American stock...
on a cumulative basis.
Background
Amy Domini is the founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments, whose investment products include the Domini Social Equity Fund (based on the Domini 400 Social Index), the Domini Social Bond Fund and Domini Money Market Account, each of which is designed to channel capital to poor communities, and the Domini European Social Equity Fund, which was launched in October 2005.In 2005, Time magazine named Amy Domini to the Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. Later that year, President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
honored her at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative for helping protect children and the environment through the Domini Global Giving Fund.
Amy Domini is the author of books including Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money and The Challenges of Wealth. She is the coauthor of Investing for Good, The Social Investment Almanac, and Ethical Investing. She is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC
CNBC
CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...
’s Talking Stocks and various other radio and television shows.
Amy Domini served on the board of the Church Pension Fund of the Episcopal Church in America. She is a past board member of the National Association of Community Development Loan Funds, an organization whose members work to create funds for grassroots economic development loans, and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility is a coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors. Founded in 1973, the organization advocates for corporate social responsibility and files shareholder resolutions and engages in dialogue with corporate management on issues such as global...
, the major sponsor of shareholder actions in social and environmental issues. She is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society.