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Resolution Number: 1991-A109
Title: Promote the Valdez Principles
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the Episcopal Church, through its Social Responsibility in Investments Committee, promote the Valdez Principles, as a model through which industry can address: Protection of the Biosphere, Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Reduction and Disposal of Wastes, Wise Use of Energy, Risk Reduction, Marketing of Safe Products and Services, Damage Compensation, Disclosure, Environmental Directors and Managers, Assessment and Annual Audit; and be it further

Resolved, That diocesan Social Responsibility in Investments Committees or other appropriate agencies be urged to promote the National Church's SRI Committee's leadership in its shareholder activism with regard to corporate utilization of the Valdez Principles.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 787.