JUNE 2005
CLIENT EDITION
     
     
What's New in KLD RESEARCH

KLD Expands Coverage of Nuclear Power Industry
Effective June 1, 2005, KLD Research & Analytics increased the number of industries it reviews for inclusion in its Nuclear Power Involvement Report, expanding its list of companies reported to be involved in producing electricity using nuclear reactors to more than 100.
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What exactly is changing?
KLD is expanding the screening criteria for the KLD Nuclear Power Involvement Report to include the following
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What's New in KLD INDEXES
KLD Celebrates First Anniversary of the Select Social Index
One year ago, KLD launched the Select SocialSM Index, the first index to control risk and factor the social and environmental performance of companies into the weighting of holdings. KLD licensed the Index to Barclays Global Investors for the iShares KLD Select Social Index Fund, the first broad market SRI exchange-traded fund in North America.
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What's New at KLD
Patricia Reinhardt Joins KLD Board
KLD recently welcomed Patricia Reinhardt as the newest member of its Board of Directors.
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From the Desk of Peter Kinder

Investors and Public Want Corporate Accountability More than Ever. So Why is It Under Attack?
The list of CEOs of public companies under scrutiny by the SEC and shareholders, either for wrongdoing or poor job performance, continues to grow. More...

 
KLD Speaking Engagements

Conference Conversations....
At the May 2005 Green Mountain Summit, the hallway buzz was clearly about “the mainstreaming of SRI” in the US market. We found the high level of serious discourse about industry challenges, and their impact on institutional investors, to be extraordinary. There was general acknowledgement that profound changes are on the horizon. Additionally, we were pleased to see many new faces, including strong representation in the public pension fund arena. We’ll share more in-depth analysis of key SRI challenges in future issues of KLD Newsline. More...

KLD Press Releases
M&T Bank Corporation Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index. More...
Regions Financial Corp.
Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index. More...
XTO Energy Inc. Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index. More...
May 2005 Social Index Returns. More...
 
 
 
 
 
KLD EVENTS

June 8-9, 2005
European SRI Congress Stockholm, Sweden

July 20-22, 2205
Teaching Business Ethics
Boulder, CO

September 25-28, 2005
SRI in the Rockies
Keystone, CO

November 2-4, 2005
TBLI 2005
Frankfurt, Germany

December 4-7, 2005
Super Bowl of Indexing Phoenix, AZ