Calvert Research and Management | 11,553 followers on LinkedIn. Calvert Research and Management is a global leader in responsible investing. | Calvert Research and Management is a leader in Responsible Investing. Our mission is to deliver superior long-term performance to our clients and to enable them to achieve positive impact. Calvert Research and Management traces its roots to Calvert Investments, which was founded in 1976 and was the first to launch a socially responsible mutual fund that avoided investment in companies that did business in apartheid-era South Africa.