Mavrix Fund Management Inc. announced today that it has become an associate member of the Social Investment Organization (SIO).

SIO is the national association for the socially responsible investment (SRI) industry in Canada with a primary mandate of providing a leadership role in furthering the use of social and environmental criteria within the Canadian investment community.

Mavrix Sierra Equity Fund, managed by Mavrix Fund Management Inc., has followed its SRI mandate since inception in 1999. The fund is available for sale nationally via licensed investment advisors.

“Mavrix has offered investors socially responsible investing since our inception,” says David Balsdon, Mavrix vp and secretary-treasurer. “We are pleased to join the SIO to help promote greater awareness of socially responsible investing amongst concerned investors and their financial advisors.”