Full EAI members are committed to rewarding extra-financial research from research providers by individually allocating a minimum of 5% of brokerage commissions to extra-financial research.

They also commit to sharing views with other consortium members about the quality of research produced.

The Initiative also includes associate members . In contrast to full members, associate members do not manage their own assets and therefore have no direct contractual relationship with brokers but are actively encouraging their external asset managers to take part in this initiative or implement similar practices.