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'''Amy Lee Domini''' (born January 25, 1950) is an American investment adviser and author known for her work in social investing.

== Early life and education == Amy Lee Domini was born on January 25, 1950, in New York City, to Margot Cabot (Colt), a teacher, and Enzo Vice Domini, who owned a food-processing business.<ref name="currbio">{{Cite book |last1=Ramm |first1=David |chapter=Domini, Amy |editor-last1=Thompson |editor-first1=Clifford |title=Current Biography Yearbook |year=2005 |publisher=H. W. Wilson Company |isbn=0-8242-1056-5 |pages=123–127 |oclc=64391316 |issn=0084-9499 }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Domini's great-grandfather Joseph Lee was the author of ''Constructive and Preventive Philanthropy'' (Macmillan, 1902).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Lee Papers |url=https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0191 |website=Massachusetts Historical Society |access-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527034431/https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0191 |url-status=live }}</ref> Domini grew up in Newtown, Connecticut, and received a BA from Boston University in 1973.<ref name="currbio"/>

==Career== After college, Domini began work as a copy-clerk for brokerage firm Tucker Anthony, and rose through the ranks quickly to become a retail broker.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> She began working in socially responsible investing in 1980.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Hill |first=Miriam |date=2000-05-28 |title=A career invested in conscience |pages=E1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106449318/domini-directive-ethics-pays/ E11] |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106448797/a-career-invested-in-conscience/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |archive-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728010937/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106448797/a-career-invested-in-conscience/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the founder and chief executive officer of Domini Impact Investments and one of the founders of KLD Research & Analytics, a research firm.<ref name="currbio" /> In 1990 with partners Peter Kinder and Steve Lyndenberg, she created the Domini 400 Social Index, a stock market index selected according to social and environmental standards.<ref name="time100_2005">{{Cite magazine |last=Kadlec |first=Daniel |date=2005-04-18 |title=Amy Domini |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972707_1973537,00.html |magazine=Time |issn=0040-781X |access-date=2022-07-26 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426221046/https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1972656_1972707_1973537,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1991 she founded the Domini Social Impact Equity Fund, an index fund based on the Domini 400 Social Index.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=1997-02-25 |title=Conscience Is Her Guide |pages=D4 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486910/conscience-is-her-guide/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |archive-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728182234/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106486910/conscience-is-her-guide/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The fund held $1.3&nbsp;billion in assets as of 2001 and over its first ten years rose 15.08&nbsp;percent compared with 15.25&nbsp;percent growth for the S&P 500 in the same period.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Boroson |first=Warren |date=2001-07-02 |title=Amy Domini's fund practices ethical investing |pages=21 |work=The Newark Advocate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106417728/amy-dominos-fund-practices-ethical/ |access-date=2022-07-27 |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727174106/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106417728/amy-dominos-fund-practices-ethical/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Only 25&nbsp;percent of all funds performed on par with the S&P in that period and the success of Domini's fund helped establish socially responsible investing as compatible with strong financial returns, where previously the field was seen as low-performing in this respect.<ref name=":1" />

In 2005, ''Time'' named Domini to its list of the world's most influential people.<ref name='time100_2005'/>

Domini is the author of books including ''Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money''<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ezell |first1=Hank |date=2001-02-25 |title=Funds emphasizing social responsibility gain in popularity |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106378046/funds-emphasizing-social-responsibility/ |via=newspapers.com |access-date=July 26, 2022 |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726234031/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106378046/funds-emphasizing-social-responsibility/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''The Challenges of Wealth''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Card |first1=Emily |last2=Miller |first2=Adam |title=Business Capital for Women: An Essential Handbook for Entrepreneurs |year=1996 |publisher=Macmillan Inc. |isbn=0-02-860854-2 |oclc=34731733 |page=237}}</ref> She is the coauthor of ''Investing for Good'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Investing for Good |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780887305658 |access-date=2022-07-26 |work=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726234036/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780887305658 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Social Investment Almanac'',{{sfn|Caplan|2013|p=174}} and ''Ethical Investing''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Max |first=Sarah |date=2022-01-07 |title=Sustainable Investing's Boom Is Here to Stay. What's In Store, According to an ESG Pioneer. |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/amy-domini-sustainable-investing-esg-landscape-51641372307 |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Barron's |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302141013/https://www.barrons.com/articles/amy-domini-sustainable-investing-esg-landscape-51641372307 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Domini served on the boards of the Church Pension Fund of the Episcopal Church;<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Blessing and a Responsibility |year=2007 |url=http://download.cpg.org/home/publications/pdf/2007AnnualReport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200834/http://download.cpg.org/home/publications/pdf/2007AnnualReport.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 |publisher=Church Pension Group }}</ref> the National Association of Community Development Loan Funds,{{Sfn|Caplan|2013|p=177}} an organization whose members work to create funds for grassroots economic development loans;<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gunn |first1=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJJlDwAAQBAJ |title=Reclaiming Capital: Democratic Initiatives and Community Development |last2=Gunn |first2=Hazel |date=2018-08-06 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-2532-6 |pages=67 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-date=July 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729201056/https://books.google.com/books?id=BJJlDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility.{{Sfn|Caplan|2013|p=177}}

== Personal life == Domini was married to Peter Kinder from 1980 to 1997; she later remarried.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2007 |title=Amy Domini: In good conscience |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/05/14/story4.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.bizjournals.com |archive-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008112614/http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/05/14/story4.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She has two sons.<ref name=":1" />

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== Works cited == * {{Cite book |last=Caplan |first=Sheri J. |chapter=Amy Domini |title=Petticoats and Pinstripes: Portraits of Women in Wall Street's History |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4408-0265-2 |pages=169–179 |publisher=Praeger |oclc=821025020}}

==External links== * {{Official website}} * [https://domini.com Domini Impact Investments]

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