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Responsible Investment Group Inc., more commonly known as (GIR), is a Canadian leader in the area of extra-financial strategic advisory services, a critical part of today’s investment world. GIR guides its clients through the environmental, social and corporate-governance issues that affect public companies. It also offers a wide array of other services including proxy-voting services, research, business consulting, training, strategic positioning, and financial-product development.

As a strategic advisor, GIR is duty-bound to act in the best long-term interest of its clients.GIR considers that its fiduciary role requires it to take into account environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues that can have an impact on how investment portfolios perform.

During the 2008 season, the GIR team exercised over 350 million votes, for assets valued at over $7 billion. GIR offers worldwide coverage that reaches over 1,400 companies. Its research service involves some 200 environmental, social and corporate-governance indicators.