Business Continuity Plan
Domini Social Investments LLC and its affiliated
distributor, DSIL Investment Services LLC, maintain a Business Continuity Plan
(BCP) that has been developed to protect the health and safety of our employees
and maintain continuity of service for our Domini Fund shareholders. We believe that it is important to Domini
Fund shareholders that we be prepared to operate through significant business
disruptions, so that our shareholders can feel confident about accessing their
funds without significant interruption under most circumstances.
Key elements of our
BCP include the following:
- We
maintain an office evacuation plan and emergency procedures in the event
of a disaster affecting our primary office facilities or surrounding area.
- We
maintain an emergency contact list and procedures updated and distributed
on a regular basis.
- Critical
data from our computer systems is backed up daily to tape with rotating
copies stored offsite in secure, climate-controlled facilities.
- Key
Domini employees can access Domini’s computer data remotely via a secure
connection. In the event that
Domini’s network is not accessible, Domini maintains a back-up mail and
file server hosted through a third-party vendor and maintained offsite.
Our mission-critical functions, including shareholder
transaction processing and investment submanagement, are accomplished through
our key service providers. We require
these key service providers to maintain business continuity plans which Domini
reviews at least annually.
The BCP is designed to address significant business
disruptions of varying scope, including a firm-only disruption, single-building
disruption, citywide business disruption, or a regional disruption. In the event of a significant business
disruption, our employees would assemble at alternate business locations and
access Domini’s computer data remotely.
Key service providers would be contacted, and would continue to provide
critical shareholder transaction processing and investment submanagement services. Our key service providers maintain offices
outside of New York City, and would not be affected by a citywide business
disruption. Even in the event of a
regional disruption of significant scope, we require our key service providers
to maintain alternate business locations that permit them to resume critical
functions in a reasonable period of time.
It is impossible for us to forecast every potential problem
that may occur, but we believe our BCP will enable us to continue to conduct
business in the event of a variety of possible business disruptions. We believe that our BCP will help us to
limit the recovery time necessary to resume operations.
We review our BCP at least annually. The BCP is subject to modification based on
changing circumstances and assessment of need.
If you have any questions about our business continuity
planning, please send us an email.
