How to join?
Members are legal entities or corporate bodies with a direct link to socially responsible investment, either at a professional level, a shareholder level, or a personal belief level.
Member can be:
- Investors;
- Financial corporations;
- Service providers in the socially responsible investment domain;
- Social partners and NGOs / associations, for their activity as investors or their support of socially responsible investment;
- Universities and researchers wanting to contribute to the reflection and development of SRI;
- Associations or entities wanting to pursue the same objectives as the French SIF;
All requests to join must be sponsored by at least two administrators of the French SIF. The request to join must include the following elements:
- Application form duly filled in,
- A check covering membership dues,
- A cover letter indicating the reasons why membership is requested and explicitly mentioning membership to the association.
Membership is only effective after:
- The dues have been collected for the current year,
- The Board of Directors has approved membership during the first meeting following reception of the membership application.
Dues
The 2004 membership fee structure is presented in the table below.
| Type of membership | Dues | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | Supporting member | At individual’s discretion |
| Simple member | 50 € | |
| Corporation | Supporting member | 5 000 € |
| Investors / Management companies / Brokers | 3 000 € | |
| Rating Agencies | 1 000 € | |
| Consulting Firms | 500 € | |
| NGO or similar | Supporting member | 1 000 € |
| Simple member | 150 € |
Membership benefits for Corporations
There are six main benefits:
- The possibility to participate in the Standing Committee and Project Groups with several corporate representatives,
- Access to the French SIF’s centre of resources:
- Access to the French SIF’s work and to projects of other organisations the French SIF belongs to,
- Access to a network of members from Eurosif and other international SIFs,
- National and European intelligence on SRI,
- “Corporate” presentation on the French SIF website,
- Logo on the Eurosif website as a financial sponsor,
- Free, or reduced charge, access to events organised by the French SIF, with a limit of 5 representatives,
- Free for an unlimited number of representatives for supporter subscriptionsFree
- Free, or reduced charge, access to events organised by Eurosif, with a limit of 2 representatives,
- Free for an unlimited number of representatives for supporter subscriptions.
Membership application forms
- Individual membership (Word)
- Individual membership (PDF)
- Corporate membership (Word)
- Corporate membership (PDF)
