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TBLI Conference Europe 2012: Why OCCUPY! Try TBLI!
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Amsterdam, November 1, 2012
Why OCCUPY! Try TBLI!
The Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) CONFERENCE 2012, the largest and longest running conference in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment industry - which is devoted to mobilising Capital for Good - will be held on November 8 and 9 in Zurich, Switzerland ( www.tbliconference.com ).
The 14 annual TBLI CONFERENCE will be attended by the most influential and wealthy asset owners, asset managers, sustainability professionals and others in the ESG and impact investing space such as BNY Mellon Asset Management, Bank Sarasin & Cie Ltd, Natixis AM, SAM (Dow Jones Sustainable Index) just to name a few.
Glimpse of the Keynote Speakers
Opening the conference is
Pavan Sukhdev the Founder-CEO of GIST Advisory, an environmental consulting firm which helps governments and corporations discover, value and manage their impacts on natural and human capital.
Paul Rose , BBC Explorer, Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society and Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division and expert polar, environmental, exploration and field science consultant will interview Pavan Sukhdev about
' Corporation 2020' his sweeping new vision for tomorrow's corporation: one that will increase human well-being and social equity, decrease environmental risks and ecological losses, and still generate profit.
Even luxury can be transformed into a weapon for sustainability, according to keynote speaker Martin Rapaport who will give an overview of the sustainable economic development movement where the diamond industry is working on initiatives to create grass root microeconomic benefits in impoverished societies.
Steve Howard , Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA and a member of its Executive Management Committee, believes that sustainability will be one of the mega-trends that shape society and the business landscape this century. In his keynote he will share his views on developing innovative ways to make sustainability attractive and affordable for everyone.
Maria Bello the internationally renowned actor and women's rights activist and the co-founder of We Advance ( www.weadvance.org ) will be the keynote speaker for the Grand Dinner. We Advance is a women's movement and NGO based in Cite Soleil, Haiti. The organization advocates for women throughout the country to have full political, economic, and social participation.
Can ESG and IMPACT Investing be the solution to the current Economic Crisis?
The current economic crisis has highlighted fundamental flaws in our financial market systems.
With the mission of mobilizing capital for sustainable investments, t he conference will tackle head-on, the biggest worldwide issues in several roundtable sessions and workshops with topics like: How Sustainable is ESG Investing in Times of Financial Crisis?
and An Embarrassment of choices - Sustainable Investment in China, India, Japan, USA, EU up to 2020.
TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012
During the Grand Dinner the Winners of the TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012 will be announced. For 6 years TBLI has been handing out the prestigious ESG Leaders Awards at the TBLI CONFERENCE. The aim of the TBLI ESG Leaders Awards is to spotlight the investors and practitioners for their achievement and success in ESG & Impact Investing. The awards are open to institutional capital owners worldwide (including pension funds, foundations, insurance companies, family offices and charities) A full list of all nominees can be found on the TBLI website: TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012 - Nominee Overview
What is ESG?
According to the Financial Times lexicon the ESG (environmental, social and governance) is a generic term used in capital markets and used by investors to evaluate corporate behavior and to determine the future financial performance of companies.
ESG factors include sustainable, ethical and corporate governance issues such as managing a company's carbon footprint and safeguarding systems in place to ensure full accountability.
The investment world has incorporated ESG talk in order to describe the performance of investment and fund portfolios on environmental, social and governance criteria. Fund managers and financial analysts who can interpret and relate ESG factors to a company's future prospects may potentially develop a competitive advantage should others fail to recognize the same risks or opportunities related to those factors.
What is Impact Investing?
According to Investopedia, Impact investing or sustainable investing consists of a plethora of investment choices that match with an investor's set of beliefs. These choices are usually highly illiquid and stem from areas such as carbon finance to social and environmental causes. However, the definition can be expanded to include faith-based investing as well as that of philanthropic interests. There is definitely room for profitability as according to the Rockefeller Foundation; impact investing is an industry which is valued at as much as $500 billion over the next decade.
Editorial information :
TBLI GROUP(TM) introduced the idea that a truly sound investment is one that provides both financial rewards and offers social and environmental benefits: Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI).
Based in Amsterdam, TBLI GROUP(TM) raises awareness in the financial sector of the benefits of impact investment. It advises both companies and individuals who wish to institutionalize sustainability and acts as a global educator, providing a network for parties who share in this goal.
The subsidiary TBLI CONFERENCE(TM) draws attention to the benefits of TBLI by organizing two annual events in which the world's thought leaders on sustainability network, exchange information and ideas on the latest developments in screening, auditing, reporting, ESG, SRI analysis, corporate citizenship, impact investing, indexes, and research.
The subsidiary TBLI CONSULTING(TM) offers result-oriented advisory and networking services, which, among other projects, assists in mobilizing capital and locating strategic partners for leading impact investment private equity funds, micro-finance bonds, and green mortgages.
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