Shin Furuya

Mr. Shin Furuya is an Impact Investment Strategist at Domini Impact Investments LLC.
He is a member of the Domini Funds Investment Committee.
He also leads and contributes in setting the standards and policies as a member of Domini’s Standards Committee, providing guidance regarding overall ESG issues and strategies.
He helps advise and coordinate the overall research process.
He also actively engages with companies, civil society organizations and governments on wide-range of thematic and sector-specific issues.
In addition, he leads and oversees Domini’s proxy voting practices as well as contributing to the revisions of the proxy voting guidelines.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Furuya served as Vice President, Responsible Research & Engagement Specialist, leading Domini’s research processes, development and reviewing the industry key performance indicators as well as actively engaging with various stakeholders.
Prior to joining Domini, Mr. Furuya was a research analyst for the Investor Responsibility Research Center as well as for the Institutional Shareholder Services where he led the custom research projects as the lead researcher.
He also worked as the national coordinator for the Economic Relations and Human Rights Program and the Refugee Program at Amnesty International Japan where he managed two national programs.
Mr. Furuya holds a B.A.
in political science and international studies from the University of Oregon, an M.A.
in international relations with a focus on global markets and politics, and a certificate of advanced studies in environmental dispute resolution from the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University.