Competition
The SRI industry sits midway between:
- an investment industry whose immediate inclination is to compete for proprietary advantage on behalf of themselves and their client
- the advocates of sustainable development whose immediate inclination is to collaborate for the wider social good
We believe that the sharing of research and information could improve understanding of sustainable investment issues across the market – to the benefit of all. However, we also recognise the importance of a competitive market in which organisations are rewarded for their willingness to invest in sustainability research capacity that develops competitive advantage through their ability to conduct proprietary investment analysis.
We have no wish to disrupt the delicate and fluid balance between competition and collaboration that the SRI industry maintains so carefully.
We therefore:
- Limit the information that users can see on their competitors’ organisational profiles
- Prohibit the use of information provided by other users to the competitive detriment of those users
