University of San Diego
PAE-16: Committee on Investor Responsibility

From investment guidelines: Social Responsibility It is important to recognize that the University has a moral and fiduciary responsibility to pursue a reasonable rate of return, with appropriate diversification and risk, on its portfolio, in order to support its mission and goals. Within this context, the Committee will consider factors other than investment return in its investment choices in order to reflect the University’s social and ethical principles, and will take proactive steps to invest in ways that are consistent with these principles wherever reasonably possible. In its consideration of its social responsibility in investing, the Committee will evaluate: 1) the exclusion from the portfolio securities of firms whose policies are contrary to the values the University adopts; 2) the investment in firms that demonstrate a high level of social concern; and 3) the influencing of the social behavior of invested firms through the exercise of ownership rights. The University’s mutual funds, commingled accounts or limited partnerships are only managed according to their prospectus and limited partnership agreements, so customization of guidelines is generally not possible for these investments. The Committee will not knowingly invest commingled funds with any manager whose stated strategy is inconsistent with our principles.

Investment Sub-committee members

Seeking the credit based on the premise that the investment committee operates according to the investment policy statement and the following passage from the criteria for this credit from the STARS Technical Manual: "A general committee that oversees the institution's investments does not count for this credit unless social and environmental responsibility is an explicit part of its mission and/or agenda."