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With thanks to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office for sponsorship and support of the events

ASrIA, Singapore Business Federation and Singapore Compact are pleased to invite you to attend the Carbon Disclosure Forum 2010.  The Forum will bring together senior executives, business managers and investors from Singapore and around the region to focus on the business case for responding to climate change. 

Get Assistance to Develop a Climate Change Strategy
This Forum is designed to assist your organisation to develop a strategy and response to climate change related risks and opportunities.  If your company has received a disclosure request from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) the forum will provide an introduction to the CDP and guidance on how to respond. 

Position Your Company to Benefit From the Shift to a Low-Carbon Economy
Learn how to identify and take steps to mitigate climate change related risks, and also how to identify and exploit potential business opportunities.  

Learn Why Investors Value Carbon Disclosure by Corporates
The event will highlight the value that investors are increasingly placing on carbon disclosure by corporates, both globally and in the Asian region and provide an update on corporate responses to climate change by leading Asian corporates as well as examples of corporate best practice.

Benefit from Corporate Sharing of Best Practice
Benefit from direct sharing by leading Asian corporates which have already gained experience in managing climate change strategies, carbon foot-printing and responding to the Carbon Disclosure Project. 

Hear from Leading Consultancies
Get suggestions and advice on strategy and technical development from consultancies with experience and expertise in the area of climate change management and carbon foot-printing.

Attendance fee is: SGD 42
The event is FREE OF CHARGE for ASrIA, SBF and Singapore Compact members.

ASrIA will measure, reduce and offset the carbon emission associated with this event to make it a carbon neutral event, supported by Carbon Care Asia and sponsored by City Developments Limited.

 
  

 

 

Supporting Partners

Carbon Offset Sponsor
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Sponsorship and speaker opportunities

To learn about sponsorship and speaker opportunities for the event please contact mara@asria.org


For further details on the 2010 Forum, please feel welcome to contact:
Mara Chiorean, Project Manager, Mara@asria.org, (852) 2982 1272

Organisers

Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) ( www.asria.org )
The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) is a not for profit, membership association dedicated to promoting corporate responsibility and sustainable investment practice in the Asia Pacific region. ASrIA's members include investment institutions managing over US$4 trillion in assets, however membership is open to any organization which has an interest in sustainable investment.

ASrIA's goal is to build market capacity for SRI. We provide insightful, up to date and accessible information on the development of SRI in Asia and globally. We have also become the platform for different sectors within the community to exchange information and perspectives on SRI, and to take practice forward.

Singapore Business Federation ( www.sbf.org.sg )
SBF Sustainable Development Business Group (SDBG)   is an interest group for member companies interested in adoption and/or commercialization of clean, efficient and green solutions spanning clean energy and sustainable development.

Singapore Compact ( www.csrsingapore.org )
National society providing platform for promoting corporate social responsibility in Singapore & focal point of the United Nations Global Compact.

Event Partners

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) ( www.cdproject.net )
The UK based Carbon Disclosure Project is a key global resource for assessing the risks presented by climate change and for benchmarking management initiatives. CDP has been systematically gathering data from corporates since its founding in 2000.  ASrIA manages the Asia Ex-Japan sample on behalf of CDP. Backed by the largest investor coalition in the world (475 international investors with US$55 trillion assets under management were signatories to the CDP in 2009), the CDP questionnaire will be sent in 2010 to over 4500 listed companies world-wide, including over 500 companies in Asia ex-Japan. An overview of the investor led CDP initiative is here: https://www.cdproject.net/en-US/Programmes/Pages/CDP-Investors.aspx.

The British High Commission Singapore ( www.fco.gov.uk/en )
The British High Commission Singapore is the United Kingdom's official diplomatic representation in Singapore. Tackling climate change and promoting a low-carbon, high-growth economy are one of our priorities in Singapore and the region.

Supporting Partners

CSR Asia ( www.csr-asia.com )
CSR Asia is a provider of information, training, research and consultancy services on sustainable business practices in Asia. For more information, please check our website at www.csr-asia.com.
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