AUGUST 2005  
     
What's New in KLD INDEXES

KLD's Domini 400 Social Index Shifts to Float-Adjusted Market Capitalization Weights
Over the last few years, float adjustment has become the accepted standard for capitalization-weighted indexes. To ensure that the Domini 400 SocialSM Index remains the most useful benchmark for social investors, KLD began the Index’s transition to float-adjusted market capitalization weights earlier this year.
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What's New in KLD RESEARCH
Human Rights Responsibilities of Corporations: Checking In on the International Debate
Three recent cases have highlighted questions about corporate responsibility with regard to human rights. Developments at the international level may help eventually to clarify these responsibilities. More...
 
From the Desk of Peter Kinder
The N.Y. Times on "How Wall Street Wrecked United's Pension"
On summer Sundays, novels and naps entice more than news. Iraq, the energy crisis, global warming, the Patriot Act ... all slip away in the mind-fogging scents of barbecue and sun screen. So, it's a grand time for newspapers to publish stories of great length and immense importance which, if read at all, will be forgotten by dusk. On Sunday, July 31, the New York Times published "How Wall Street Wrecked United's Pension".
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Industry Insights
Guidelines to Curb Controversies Over "Big Box" Store Locations
Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc. (CBIS) and Domini Social Investments (Domini) have released a new report, "Outside the Box: Guidelines for Retail Store Siting," More...
 
KLD Speaking Engagements and Other Industry Events

SRI in the Rockies
Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, Snowbird, Utah
September 25-28, 2005

SRI in the Rockies is open to any institutional investor or investment professional who wants to benefit from an outstanding series of educational sessions and from a focused opportunity to network with hundreds of other like-minded individuals, organizations and leaders in the socially responsible investment field. More...

KLD Press Releases

July 2005 Social Index Returns More...
Smith International, Inc. Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index More...
Fisher Scientific International Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index More...

Popular, Inc. Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index
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Maguire Properties, Inc. Added to KLD's Domini 400 Social Index
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KLD Launches Global Climate 100 Index
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KLD Announces The Reconstitution Of Its Indexes More...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INDUSTRY
EVENTS

September 25-28, 2005
SRI in the Rockies
Snowbird, Utah

November 2-4, 2005
TBLI 2005
Frankfurt, Germany

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