CAER is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment: An investor initiative in partnership with UNEP FI and the UN Global Compact

The Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) was established in January 2000, and offers ethical research services on a broad range of environmental and social criteria. CAER’s database covers the top 300 companies in Australia by market capitalisation, companies that move in and out of the ASX on a regular basis (smaller members of the ASX300), smaller listed companies invested in by research clients and selected New Zealand and Pacific companies. CAER operates as an independent, not-for-profit research organisation

CAER is the only Australian research facility offering access to consistent Socially Responsible Investment information on all the world’s major investment markets. CAER utilises world-leading socially responsible investment technology and has an exclusive license to distribute Ethical Portfolio Manager produced by EIRIS in the United Kingdom. CAER’s not-for-profit status ensures independence from companies covered and offers an ongoing commitment to the development of the ethical investment market to clients in the Australasian region.

Duncan Paterson BA F Fin
Duncan is Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER), the not-for-profit SRI research organisation based in Canberra. He has worked extensively in the field of socially responsible investment, both in Australia and in the UK with EIRIS Ltd. Duncan values the opportunity his work offers to combine research into company activities with direct dialogue through company representatives.  Duncan is a director of the industry body for SRI in Australia, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and of the Hong-Kong based Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA).

Konrad Knerr
Konrad is Company Secretary of the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER). He has an Honours degree in European Studies from the Australian National University in Canberra. He previously worked for the ASX listed funds manager, Australian Ethical Investment Limited, before helping to establish the not-for-profit Centre for Australian Ethical Research Pty Ltd in 2002. He is a member of the Australian Ethical sustainability committee and a finance committee member of a local community association. Work for the not-for-profit CAER allows him to practice 'right livelihood'. He lives in Canberra with his wife Katrin and two children Jana and Martyn.

Philip Sloane BAppSci (Hons) F Fin
Philip completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) at the University of Canberra in 1997, specialising in resource and environmental science. Between 1997 and 2001 he worked as a research officer at the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology in Canberra monitoring the biological health of rivers and streams throughout south-eastern Australia. In 2001 he began a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment through the Securities Institute, which he completed in 2002. Philip joined the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) as a research analyst in September 2001 and became Head of Research in 2003. He is responsible for researching corporate environmental and social performance.

Christal George
Christal has a Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University, specialising in Environmental and Administrative Law. She joined CAER in 2005 and is currently based in Perth, Western Australia.

Keith Price
Keith Price is a researcher and programmer with backgrounds in philosophy, computer science/software engineering and administration. He is keenly interested in developing integral theory and practice in all areas of human endeavour. He has one son and lives in Canberra.

Glenn Fairbairn BSc(Psychology)
Glenn graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) in June, 2007 from the Australian National University in Canberra. He joined CAER as a research analyst in July 2007, and is keenly interested in corporate ethics research and applied research methodologies.

Julia Leske
Julia completed her Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Science in Public Administration/ European Studies at the Universities of Muenster (Germany) and Twente (Netherlands) in 2007. As part of her degree she worked in Mexico in an environmental and resource management project with the German Technical Assistance (GTZ). She joined the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) in 2007 as a corporate ethics researcher. Working with CAER gives her the opportunity to practise what she has learned in theory. .

Anne Timewell
Anne is an ethics researcher and first worked for the Centre for Australian Ethical Research in 2004. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities) and is in her final year of a Bachelor of Laws (G) at the Australian National University. Anne has had many years experience with ownership and management of small businesses and is currently still involved in her family owned business. Based in the Snowy Mountains, she also owns a small farm which allows her to experience firsthand the opportunities and challenges associated with sustainable farm management .