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Conference 2004

Marketplace: SRI Tools for Asian Markets

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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

With interest in SRI growing in Asia, companies and investors are beginning to do the hard work of identifying and analyzing SRI variables in the Asian context. This day is intended to highlight a range of practical issues that promise to shape the SRI agenda. What are the most important SRI issues for key Asian sectors? How do SRI researchers do their work and what can you do to identify material risks? Looking at things from the end investors' perspective, what do recent studies tell us about how SRI funds perform? Away from the conventional fund arena, what progress is being made in innovative areas such as the micro-finance and private equity sectors?

Friday 16 July

Speakers & Presentations

PARALLEL SESSION I
Materiality - What are the Big Risks for Asian Companies and How Should They be Analyzed

Session Summary 145kb

Chair: Patrick Vizzone, Rabobank

Patrick Vizzone
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The list of potential SRI issues for particular companies and industries can often be daunting - especially in emerging economies. But investment analysts are often forced to focus on those issues that have the greatest potential to impact financial results or the competitive positioning of different sectors.

Vince Chaney, Head of Commercial Development, Trucost Plc.

Vince Chaney
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Julie McDowell, Head of SRI Research, Standard Life

Julie McDowell
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Sean Gilbert, Associate Director, Technical Development, GRI

Sean Gilbert
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The Global Reporting Initiative

Patrick Choo, Director, Kingsway Fund Management

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SRI Risk Factors

Q & A session
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PARALLEL SESSION II
Alternative SRI Investments - An Update on Asian Micro-Finance and Community Investment

Session Summary 125kb

Chair: Vineet Vohra, Global Consumer Group

In Asia, new examples of innovative micro-finance ventures are emerging across the region. Micro-finance has won support from established banks, charitable groups, and traditional private equity funds. What is the record to-date in this exciting area and what are the challenges for investors?