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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

SPEAKERS PANEL
SRI Issues for Asian Private Equity Funds - Which Standards, Who Verifies, How to Realize Value

Session Summary 108kb

Chair: Tim Krause,
International Finance Corporation

Tim Krause
(MP3)

Implementing SRI practices is one tangible way for private equity fund managers to add value to potentially risky Asian venture portfolios, but finding the right standards and benchmarks for venture stage companies is not always easy. A new class of SRI-oriented private equity funds is emerging. This panel will offer an opportunity to understand how they are addressing these issues.