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BSR & ASrIA, China and ESG Investment Roundtable. |
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Building on BSR’s recently published Sustainable Investment in China 2009 report, ASrIA and BSR will jointly hold a roundtable and networking event on Tuesday, December 15th, from 2 - 5.30 pm. Full details to be announced shortly.
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ASrIA CLP Briefing and Power Station Visit |
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CLP will provide a briefing on their climate change plan and expectations and progress from the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, followed by lunch and optional power station visit. For ASrIA members and investment professionals.
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ASrIA Philanthropic Portal Launch |
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ASrIA launched our portal to provide resources, step by step guidance and case-studes to investors on how to leverage their investment skills and resources to engage in effective philanthropy and social enterprise investment. |
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Carbon Disclosure Launch Event, Taiwan |
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ASrIA partnered with BCSD Taiwan to launch the CDP Asia ex-Japan report in Taipei, at a solidly booked event with close to 200 participants. |
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Changes At ASrIA |
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ASrIA’s executive team has been strengthened with more active participation by our Hong Kong based board members. Alexandra Tracy has taken over the role of Chairman from Rajesh Srivastava, who remains as a non-executive member of the Board. Our sincere thanks to Rajesh for his wise guidance of ASrIA over the last 3 years. Alex is already making a great contribution to ASrIA, as an events speaker and by writing articles and we look forward to her leadership of the Board over this next period. Additionally, David St. Maur Sheil and Erik Floyd have taken over as Joint-Executive Directors to more effectively manage ASrIA's increasing workload. Wai-Shin Chan is moving on to work for a local fund management company. We are sad to lose him as part of the core team and are pleased with his intention to continue to help in an advisory capacity. We wish Wai-Shin every success and thank him for his contributions to the organisation. For those not familiar with Alex and Erik, who both bring strong financial backgrounds to ASrIA’s team, their bios can be found here: http://www.asria.org/asria/team/team?expand_all=1 |
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ASrIA’s Chairman Comments on SRI related Risk |
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Alexandra Tracy, newly elected Chairman of ASrIA, recently published an article in Investment and Pensions Asia. |
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Jobs with ASrIA |
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ASrIA is looking to hire an administrative assistant.
ASrIA also welcome enquiries from people well qualified in ESG research and/or related project management. Please contact sky@asria.org for details.
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ASrIA welcomes new member, VinaCapital |
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VinaCapital Group is the leading asset management, investment banking and real estate consulting firm in Vietnam. The Group was founded in 2003 and has grown from a single USD10 million fund into a diversified investment firm with almost USD2 billion in assets under management. |
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| SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT NEWS |
For a comprehensive news listing visit: http://www.asria.org/news |
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VNH provides insight on ESG integration policy and environmental issues in Vietnam |
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ASrIA member, Vietnam Holding’s (VNH) September 2009 Investor Report provides an investor perspective on environmental issues in Vietnam as well interesting insights on SRI conversion – how they approach the integration of ESG into their wider investment strategies.
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HSBC Report, A Climate for Recovery The Colour of Stimulus Goes Green |
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ASrIA member HSBC’s report analysed more than 20 economic recovery plans and categorised the spending and tax-cutting measures according to the 18 investment themes identified in the HSBC Climate Change Index. |
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'Socially Responsible' Investing on the Rise in Korea |
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The value of the Korean SRI market still is not big, but its rate of growth is impressive. As of April 2009, SRI funds in Korea are valued at 1.3 trillion won ($1.1 billion) and they account for 0.48 percent of the fund market, according to the KoSIF. Even so, this represents a 12.1 percent decrease from the 2007 figure.
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Corporations Are Advised to Improve Human Rights Reporting |
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Report jointly published by Henderson Global Investors, Insight Investment,
Railpen and the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), with specialist
input from climate consultant Acclimatise.
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Managing the Unavoidable: Investment Implications of a Changing Climate |
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The Global Reporting Initiative and its partners in a Human Rights initiative find insufficient attention to negative impacts in corporate human rights reporting, and plans to update its Sustainability Reporting Framework. |
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Request for sign on - investor statement on DRC Conflict Minerals |
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A group of investors drafted an Investor Statement stating their opposition toward the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and highlighting the need for an immediate and concerted effort by major IT companies to ensure they are not inadvertently supporting one of the world’s most deadly conflicts. The cut-off date for adding the name of your organization is Wednesday, December 2nd. |
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BSR Releases First Research into Sustainable Investment in China |
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BSR has released "Sustainable Investment in China 2009." The report surveys the sustainable investment (SI) landscape in China, identifies the challenges associated with the nascent field, and makes recommendations for speeding up the growth of the SI market. |
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CDP Reports Launched in China and Korea |
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CDP country reports were recently launched in China and Korea.
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Barclays' BGI Unit to Develop Genocide-free ETF |
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Barclays Global Investors (BGI), a leader in the exchange-traded fund industry, said investors' appetite for socially responsible investments is growing and it plans to develop a genocide-free ETF. |
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US and China Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Protection of Investors |
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Two of the world's largest economies have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, whose goal is to protect investors in the event of failures of brokerage firms.
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Ennovent launches Global Energy Challenge |
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Ennovent together with Indian and international partners launched the Global Energy Challenge: Advancing Change - Energy for India's Poor. This Challenge invites enterprises from India and around the world to submit proven, for-profit solutions that can meet some of the critical energy needs of India’s poor.
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New Value in FSC Certified Forests |
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Recently the Stern Review on Climate Change suggested that keeping the world's forests intact will result in more than 20% of greenhouse gases being abated, and further, this is the cheapest abatement option mankind has. But what does that mean to the forestry industry?
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China Resources Firms Should Improve Governance |
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The country's corporate governance culture is starting to make advances that will ultimately benefit investors, but it will be a long haul, according to new research.
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World Energy Outlook 2009: Swift Action Needed on Climate Change |
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The International Energy Agency details the practical steps needed for a sustainable energy future as part of a global climate deal in its annual world energy survey.
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Olympus Capital closes its Asian Environmental Fund, while Ind-Barath Power Infra raises $100 million in private equity funding. |
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A interesting roundup of environmental and cleantech investment in Indian markets.
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HK Investment Firm Targets $200 Million Fund |
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Hong Kong-based asset management company Environmental Investment Services Asia Ltd (EISAL) plans to raise up to $200 million for a fund that will invest in companies involved in environment-related businesses in Asia.
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BURSA To Offer ESG Index In Few Years |
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Bursa Malaysia aims to create its very own Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Index in the next few years, to attract investors with increasing awareness of this area.
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Global Investors Issue a Joint Call for Action on Climate Change |
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Global investors issued a major policy statement calling for a strong and binding international treaty at Copenhagen. The statement, signed by 181 investors collectively managing more than US$13 trillion in assets, is the largest of its kind in history.
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| EVENTS |
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| For a comprehensive listing of sustainable finance events in the region & globally, visit www.asria.org/news/conference |
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Citi-FT Financial Education Summit 2009
ASrIA is a supporting partner.
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December 3-4 |
An annual international forum on financial literacy. ASrIA is a Supporting Partner ASrIA members benefit from a special delegate rate of USD350. |
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| BSR & ASrIA, China and ESG Investment Roundtable |
Hong Kong |
December 15 |
Details to be announced. |
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| TBLI Asia 2010 |
Tyoko |
May 27-28, 2010 |
TBLI is now calling for papers and sponsorship – get the date in the diary. |
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