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UNEP Finance Initiatives Global Roundtable
Tokyo International Forum

Sustaining Value
A Meeting on Finance and Sustainability

Date: 20-21 October 2003
Location: Tokyo, Japan

The 2003 UNEP FI Global Roundtable, "Sustaining Value", will focus on the role of the finance sector to promote best practice approaches in exercising good governance, accountability, transparency, and reporting. These four disciplines are integral to sustainable development, and reinforce the trust, confidence and credibility which underpin the long term stability of the financial system.

Panel sessions and in depth workshops at the Roundtable will address topics
including:

• Governance and sustainability
• Emerging economies
• Strategic values of sustainability
• Impacts to business of the Kyoto Protocol
• Materiality of environmental and social risks
• Transparency, accountability, and reporting
• Building sustainability into the global financial system

The flagship event for UNEP FI, the Global Roundtable is recognised as the principal event on sustainability in the finance sector. The Roundtable provides an opportunity for bankers, insurers, and asset managers from around the globe to discuss new ideas and challenges in the fields of finance, insurance, and sustainability.

The 2003 UNEP FI Global Roundtable in Tokyo will carry on a tradition which stretches back a decade, and has spanned the globe from Chicago, to Frankfurt, to Rio de Janeiro.  Over 500 delegates from around the globe will attend the Roundtable, which is open to the 290 Signatory institutions of the UNEP FI Statements, as well as delegates from:

• The Global Financial Industry
• Financial Regulatory Bodies
• Governments
• Professional Bodies
• Industrial Companies
• Academia
• Consultancies

Tessa Tenant, Chair of Association For Sustainable & Responsible Investment In Asia (ASrIA), will be giving a speech in the Roundtable.

Registration fees:
Before 20 September: US$275
After 20 September: US$395
Group discounts are available for groups of three or more participants from a single company or organization.

How to register:
Fax/mail: Complete and return the registration form enclosed.

Online registration:
www.unepfi.net/tokyo/register/

Download extra copies of the registration form from the address above or contact the Roundtable Secretariat (tokyo@unepfi.net).

Contacts:
General enquiries: tokyo@unepfi.net
www.unepfi.net/tokyo
Marketing: opportunities: Mareike Hussels
(mareike.hussels@unep.ch)
Sponsorship opportunities: Philip Moss
(phiip.moss@unep.ch)

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