The UK Social Investment Forum, the socially responsible investment (SRI) lobby group, is sending a letter to each UK corporate pension scheme this week, asking for a copy of its Statement of Investment Principals.

Pension schemes are required to have such a statement in place from Monday, 3 July, disclosing their intentions regarding SRI. Penelope Shepherd, executive director of UK Social Investment Forum, said: 'We want to analyse their initial response to the new legislation. We are conscious that responses will change as time goes on, but this is an important moment to look at them.'