OUTSIDE EVENT: Socially Responsible Investing at Columbia
Dear Students:
Save the Date!
Annual Town Hall on Socially Responsible Investing at Columbia
Tuesday, November 14, 2006, 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
Davis Auditorium - Room 412, Schapiro Engineering Building (CEPSR), 530 West 120th Street, Morningside Campus
Are you concerned about animal welfare, sustainability, human rights and global labor standards, EEO, or any other social or ethical issue confronting Columbia University as an investor of its endowment? Come to the Annual Town Hall of Columbia’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing to share your views on these topics. The Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing was established in March 2000 to deliberate upon issues of corporate social responsibility confronting the University as an investor and to advise the University Trustees. The Advisory Committee invites all members of the Columbia community to share their views on these issues at its Annual Town Hall.
Please read the full text of the official Notice of the Town Hall below:
NOTICE of ANNUAL TOWN HALL
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING
The University’s Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing will hold its annual Town Hall on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in the Davis Auditorium, Room 412 CEPSR (Schapiro Engineering Building), 530 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. At this Town Hall, students, faculty, alumni and staff of Columbia University, and other affiliated individuals, are invited to present their views on the University’s ethical and social responsibilities as an investor of its endowment.
The Advisory Committee welcomes comments and looks forward to hearing from all members of the University community. The Town Hall will be conducted as follows:
The Chair of the Committee will preside. Speakers may address the Committee for a maximum of five (5) minutes each. Speakers are asked to focus their comments on the issue(s) of concern and to recommend, in his or her opinion, the action(s) to be taken. Speakers are also invited to submit written materials and questions to the Office of Shareholder Responsibility before or after the Town Hall. Presentations may be followed by a brief period during which Committee members may ask questions of the speakers to elicit additional information or clarify statements made.
*** PLEASE NOTE ***
All students, faculty, alumni and staff of Columbia University and other appropriate individuals who wish to speak during the Town Hall are asked to forward to the Office of Shareholder Responsibility (at the email address provided below) an email specifying his or her University affiliation, if any, and the specific topic(s) that will be addressed, no later than 5 p.m., Monday, November 13, 2006.
Individuals wishing to speak are strongly encouraged to read the Committee’s 2005-2006 Annual Report in order to better understand the work of the Committee and to discover how issues of concern were addressed last season. The Annual Report is available for pick-up in 314 Low Library and for viewing on the Columbia SRI website at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/secretary/SRI/.
The Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing was established in March 2000 to deliberate upon issues of corporate social responsibility confronting the University as an investor of its endowment and to advise the University Trustees. The final decisions on these matters rest with the University Trustees. To learn more about the Committee and to view the 2005-2006 Annual Report, please visit the Columbia SRI website at: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/secretary/SRI/. A listing of the University endowment’s public equity holdings as of June 30, 2006 is available for pick-up in 314 Low Library by affiliates presenting a valid Columbia University ID.
Shareholder Responsibility
Columbia University
314 Low Library, MC 4328
shareholder@columbia.edu
