PROGRAMMES > The Ethical Investment Programme This programme aims to raise awareness in the church around socially responsible investment (SRI) and to get the church to adopt more relevant SRI criteria when investing funds. There are three components to this programme: The Church Investors Group (CIG), which is coordinated by the CDT Foundation and meets four times per year. This group brings together fund managers from different churches. The Bench Marks Foundation's role is to report on our research and to bring about greater awareness of ethical issues pertaining to investment, especially SRI practices. The CIG will officially be launched at the Bench Marks conference in June 2008. The Core Group on Ethical Investments. This group brings together senior academics, church leaders and professionals who advise the Bench Marks Foundation on how to tackle the issue of SRI. This group is in the process of being restructured to bring on board more people involved in industry and government. Ethical Investment Discussion Forums. This is a bottom up approach to stimulating debate about SRI and the role the church can play in holding corporations accountable for their actions. The objectives of the ethical investment forums are to monitor corporate abuse and to promote awareness and socially responsible investment in churches. We have five such forums and these form the central focus of the Church and Ethical Investment programme.