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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
SRI Corporate and Fund Performance - The Data Emerges

Session Summary 135kb

Chair: Andrew Kwek,
Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS)

Andrew Kwek
(MP3)

Just as the SRI business case is becoming clearer, so is the performance profile of SRI funds. Over the past year, researchers have published a range of sophisticated studies that provide a robust picture of the performance profile of SRI funds.

Alireza Tourani-Rad, Professor and Head of the Department of Finance, Auckland Institute of Technology

Alireza Tourani-Rad
(MP3)

559 kb

Ethical Investing in Australia
Is there a Financial Penalty?

Bijan Foroodian, Director of Quantitative Analysis, Innovest

Bijan Foroodian
(MP3)

1.06 mb

273 kb

Innovest

The Eco-Efficiency
Premium Puzzle

David Morrow, Social Marketing Manager, Calvert Group Limited

David Morrow
(MP3)

6.49 mb

SRI Mutual Funds:
A US Overview

Q & A session
(MP3)

PARALLEL SESSION II
What Investors Need to Know about Asia's Deforestation Crisis

Session Summary 102kb

Chair: Peter King, Asian Development Bank

The deforestation crisis in Asia continues to pose a huge challenge for the future of the environment. A number of initiatives have emerged, especially in sectors where consumer pressure is felt, but more comprehensive policies need to be adopted and enforced. Which initiatives are working and what should investors be asking companies and government authorities involved in the forestry sector?