Conference Feedback

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Feedback from we received since the conference:

You attracted some great people - for their insights and their company. I've been using Kobayashi-san's comments about the role of corporations in all the presentations and interviews I've done since the conference.

Richard Caines
Senior Specialist, Market Development Group, International Finance Corporation

ASrIA has achieved breath-taking results in its first two years. The ASrIA team have done an amazing job to drive SRI ever more firmly onto the agenda for financial institutions and capital markets across this vibrant Asia-Pacific region. UNEP Finance Initiatives look forward to developing a close and fruitful working relationship with an organization that is taking Asian financial centres by storm.

Paul Clements-Hunt
Head of Unit, UNEP Finance Initiatives

ASrIA continues to be the most compelling, interesting and informed voice today on the future of SRI in Asia.

Cinnamon Dornsife
Director of Financial Markets, Forest Trends

Through 2 day's conference, I think that I found a secret key to open the door of SRI marketing in Japan. People have a dream in SRI and at the same time we have to walk into reality. SRI includes these extremely different factors. Thinking of it, I'm going to share SRI's value in Japan here with individual investors.

Tadashi Hayami
Senior Fund Manager, Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Congratulations on the successfull SRI Conference. It was a great event for promoting the concept of SRI in Japan and provided a good opportunity for networking with other fund managers, investors, and interested parties. Also I gained good insight on what is happening in Asia and in other areas of SRI. Thank you for making it happen.

Klemens Hoeppner
Senior Manager, Marketing Divison, Commerz International Capital Management (Japan) Ltd.

The Conference made a tremendous impact on Japanese business society.

Minoru Inaoka
Managing Director, Administration and External Relations Division, Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd.

I want to again congratulate you on a superb conference. It is clear there is much "heavy lifting" yet to do in Asia. You have made a marvelous start from virtually nothing in terms of SRI structure in Asia.

Barbara Krumsiek
President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairperson, Calvert Group, Ltd

What was really fantastic was seeing the response to ASrIA as an institution, from everyone I talked to and everthing I saw ASrIA is really seen as a major and really serious player in international SRI. I think without you guys it would not be a case of trying to see the big picture among the trees as just trying to find a sappling.

Euan Marshall
Director, Kingsway Fund Management

It was not only a professionally enriching experience,a personal one too. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Boon Chong Na
Asia Pacific Content Leader, Corporate Restructuring and Change, Hewitt Associates

It was very well organised, with good people. I learnt a lot.

John Piggott
Professor of Economics, Director, Centre for Pensions and Superannuation, University of New South Wales

The conference was extremely well-run and I met many people who stimulated me in advancing SRI in Asia.

Kyoko Sakuma
Asia Pacific Project Manager, Ethibel Group

Gokurou-sama. This is a Japanese expression to show appreciation for the hard work of someone. I do not know a more appropriate English words to congratulate you on a very, very successful ASrIA conference.

Takejiro Sueyoshi
UNEP FI Special Representative, The 2003 UNEP FI Tokyo Global Roundtable