New Guide for Colleges and Universities to Invest Responsibly Amnesty International USA and the Responsible Endowments Coalition have created a handbook for colleges and universities to make their investments more socially and environmentally sound. The guide is available for free on-line at www.endowmentethics.org. Amnesty International reports that higher education endowments are over $340 billion and the impact of investing these monies responsibly for the environment and social programs would be huge. The handbook offers best practices and step-by-step directions for incorporating social, environmental and governance issues into investment decisions.