Who We Are

OUR HISTORY

The Socially Responsible Investment Coalition (SRIC) began as a dream of Sr. Francis Lorene Lange CDP in 1974. She believed that a Coalition for Responsible Investment (CRI) could be started in this region. Sr. Francis Lorene worked with Fr. Mike Crosby OFM Cap to found a Texas group to work with Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). The seed was planted but did not sprout until 1982.

Texas CRI was founded in 1982 with the following members: Congregation of Divine Providence; Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence; School Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word—San Antonio; Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Benedictine Sisters—Boerne; Society of St Teresa of Jesus; Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Work—Houston Spiritans; The Congregation of the Holy Spirit—Providence of the United States.

Since that time, SRIC has grown to 20 organizational members and a number of individual members and participated in numerous efforts to bring about responsible corporate behavior through the power of shareholder resolutions as well as corporate dialogues.

SRIC has been a member of Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) since 1982. ICCR is a coalition of faith and values-driven organizations who view the management of their investments as a powerful catalyst for social change. Founded in 1972, its membership comprises nearly 300 organizations including faith-based institutions, socially responsible asset management companies, unions, pension funds and colleges and universities that collectively represent over $200 billion in invested capital. SRIC participates in ICCR dialogues. The participation and leadership of other ICCR members in corporate dialogues is instrumental to SRIC’s shareholder advocacy.

Recent Updates

Thank you for joining us at our 2019 SRIC Annual Educational Event on Housing Justice: Dream or Reality? on April 24, 2019 (PDF for more information). If you missed the opportunity to attend our event, or like to relive it again, we suggest you visit NOWCastSA’s YouTube Channel by clicking here. Below, you can now access the PowerPoint presentations given by our event speakers:

• Rev. Séamus Finn, OMI, Chief of Faith Consistent Investing at the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate: Housing Justice: Dream or Reality?
• María Antonietta Berriozábal, Former Member of the San Antonio Housing Policy Task Force: Housing is a Human Right.
• Bob Comeaux, Retired Union Organizer: Saving Miguel’s Home.
• Fr. Rufus Whitley, OMI, President and CIO, Oblate International Pastoral Investment Trust: Principals of Investment.

Here’s a copy of our latest ANNUAL REPORT.