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Conference 2004

Who and What is Driving SRI in Asia

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	Post Conference Materials
	Wednesday 14 July Cocktail Reception by United Overseas Banking - Introducing ASrIA Pre-Conference Members Dinner
	Thursday 15 July Who and What is Driving SRI in Asia
	OPENING AND WELCOME
	KEYNOTE SPEECH How Global SRI Standards Translate into a Strategy for International Banks
	SPEAKERS PANEL
	The Asian SRI Business Case
	Australasia and Japan - Lessons from Asia-Pacific's SRI Leaders
	Globalization = The Asian Supply Chain
	Who Cares? What the Asian Public Think about Business Responsibility
	NGO ROUNDTABLE Key Issues and Campaigns - Who is Leading the Charge on Which Issues
	COCKTAIL RECEPTION Keynote Speech by Paul Hoff, Managing Director Asia Pacific, FTSE
	Friday 16 July Marketplace: SRI Tools for Asian Markets
	KEYNOTE SPEECH Rachel Kyte, Director, Environmental & Social Development, IFC
	SPEAKERS PANEL Social and Environmental Audits - Real Disclosure vs. Greenwash
	PARALLEL SESSIONS
	Materiality - What are the Big Risks for Asian Companies and How Should They be Analyzed Alternative SRI Investments - An Update on Asian Micro-Finance and Community Investment
	SRI Corporate and Fund Performance - The Data Emerges What Investors Need to Know about Asia's Deforestation Crisis
	KEYNOTE SPEECH Bart Jan Krouwel, Managing Director, Sustainability and Social Innovation, Rabobank
	SPEAKERS PANEL
	SRI Issues for Asian Private Equity Funds - Which Standards, Who Verifies, How to Realize Value
	If We Build it Will They Come? How does the Pension Fund Community work with SRI

Responsible business and investment practice is spreading daily from the boardrooms in Europe and the US to impact businesses on-the-ground in Asia. As operations and production lines shift to Asia, many global companies strive to implement global business strategies with sustainability at the fore and many smaller Asian companies struggle to meet international standards in best practice. This day is designed to assess the status of SRI in the region and the penetration of global business principles into Asia. There will also be a focus on methodologies for developing SRI specifically in the Asian context.

Thursday 15 July

Speakers & Presentations

SPEAKERS PANEL
Australasia and Japan - Lessons from Asia-Pacific's SRI Leaders

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Chair: Tessa Tennant, ASrIA

Tessa Tennant
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Australia leads the region in SRI funds under management. In Japan, more than 600 companies produce environmental reports and the leading MNCs are moving on to full sustainability reporting. The "mainstreaming" process is advancing in both countries.