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EIRIS Press Release

29 November, 2004

EIRIS is planning to open a US office to support its research on US companies in the Spring of 2005.  The move will be accompanied by the appointment of further researchers in EIRIS’s London office to assist in the coverage of US companies following the agreement between IRRC and EIRIS to cease their present research arrangements as from the completion of the 2004 research programme.

EIRIS will also be opening a representative office in Tokyo while at the same time appointing a number of Japanese speaking researchers in London.

 “We have been pleased to have worked with both IRRC and Good Bankers for a number of years in providing an increasingly global service to our clients,” said Peter Webster, EIRIS’s Executive Director.  “We are also pleased that Good Bankers will remain a partner, albeit on a different basis.  Sales of North American and Asia Pacific data have been our largest growth area in the last few years and the work involved has been expanding as more investors apply their approach to Responsible Investment on a global basis.”

Press contacts:
Stephen Hine, Head of International Relations 020 7840 5716
Scott McAusland, Public Information and Media Officer 020 7840 5703

Notes to editors:

1. The Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS), established in 1983, provides the independent research into corporate social, environmental and ethical performance that is needed by investors to make informed and responsible investment decisions.
2. EIRIS is one of the leading analysts of corporate social, environmental and ethical performance, with research partners in six countries. A selection of EIRIS’s 90 clients include Hendersons Global Investors, Schroders Investment Management Ltd, Goldman Sachs Asset Management International, ABN Amro Bank, Credit Agricole, Fortis Investment Management and Newton Investment Management Ltd (a Mellon Asset Management company), as well as the FTSE4Good Index.
3. EIRIS does not promote any one particular view on ethical or socially responsible issues.
4. EIRIS's unique analytical software tool, Ethical Portfolio Manager, allows institutional investors to develop and implement socially responsible investment policies whether based on an engagement, screening or preference/best-in-class approach.

For further information about EIRIS's services for fund managers, pension funds and charities contact Victoria Woodbridge on 020 7840 5701 or mailto:victoria.woodbridge@eiris.org

Scott McAusland
Public Information and Media Officer

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