SRI and Our Faith
Believing in the inherent worth of each person, our mutual interdependency, and the need to create a world in which each person has the opportunity to flourish, Unitarian Universalism is deeply rooted in social justice as a direct expression of our faith. Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) is one vehicle for expressing this faith.
"The fundamental belief that social investors share is this: that the way we invest matters. Our reasoning is simple: there is a basic conflict between making the highest possible profit for the few that have investments and building the most livable world for the many that inhabit it.... Now is the time for humankind to realize its potential for peace, loveliness, human dignity, and shared values. We have the capacity; we probably have the will. What we have lacked is a commitment to integrate the goal of creating a livable world into the day-to-day management of our most powerful institutions: business and finance."
—Amy Domini, Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money
Sample SRI Order of Service (PDF)
General Assembly Social Justice Statements
For more information contact responsibleinvesting @ uua.org.
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
