Sample policies go great with our sample proposals, as they can be helpful in getting your school to implement a new policy, or expand current practices.

These policies are the living proof that top colleges and universities across the country have found ways to incorporate responsible investment into endowment management. Note that most schools keep a list of “benchmark institutions” that they compare themselves to—contact us for a custom list of policies from schools comparable to yours.

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1. Committee Charters and Mandates
2. Proxy Voting Guidelines
3. Official school websites of committees on investor responsibility

Committee Charters and Mandates

• Barnard College: Committee on Socially Responsible Investment Charter
• Brown University: Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies Official Charter
• Dartmouth College: Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility
• Hampshire College: Policy on Socially Responsible Investment
• Harvard University: Advisory Committee On Shareholder Responsibility
• UPenn: Statement of Responsibility Concerning Endowment Securities
• Stanford University: Statement on Investment Responsibility
• Wesleyan University: Committee for Investor Responsibility

Proxy Voting Guidelines

• Brown University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Swarthmore College

Official school websites of committees on investor responsibility

• Barnard
• Brown
• Dartmouth
• Williams
• Stanford
• Yale
• Note that Dartmouth and Williams have their proxy voting records publicly available on the websites above. Proxy voting records for Brown and Stanford are available only with a university log-in.