This is the fourth year for Responsible-Investor.com’s ‘ESG USA’ conference, the pre-eminent North American investor/corporate gathering on sustainable finance issues.
More than 300 pension funds, asset managers, corporates, advisors and service providers attended ESG USA 2011: http://www.cvent.com/events/esg-usa-2011-investing-for-a-sustainable-economy-/attendees-0eee7a55dc4347bc8356b14d93543491.aspx
(Read the 2011 keynote by Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller:
http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/di_napoli/)Here are just six good reasons why you MUST attend RI’s ESG USA on December 11 in New York:
1. It’s where important international pension fund peers speak: hear Philippe Desfossés, CEO, ERAFP (The €13bn French Public Service Additional Pension Scheme), one of Europe’s fastest growing pension funds talks about its 100% SRI policy.
2. It’s where institutional investors tell you exactly why ESG matters to their risk/return strategies: hear Stephen Kibsey, Vice-President, Risk Management, Equity, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, explain how the $160bn Canadian fund integrates ESG factors into fundamental risk analysis.
3. It’s where US institutional investors outline their ESG strategies: hear Derek Casteel, Managing Director, Institutional Investment Services, Wespath Investment Management, which runs the assets €17bn assets of the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of The United Methodist Church.
4. It’s always highly topical: come and listen to Tom Quaadman, Vice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, United States Chamber of Commerce
5. It’s got big corporate names: hear Daniel Doctoroff, President and Chief Executive Officer, of Bloomberg LP
6. It’s got ESG integration specialists: hear Melanie Brooks, SRI Analyst, Folketrygdfondet (Manager of the Government Pension Fund Norway and the Government Bond Fund mandates given by the Ministry of Finance: combined assets of €20bn+)
That’s six…..but there’s many more reasons to attend: see the on-line programme here to find out:
http://www.cvent.com/events/esg-usa-2012-business-critical-sustainability-in-north-america-br-span-style-font-size-20px-font-sty/agenda-17a8ebc5c2c040259691d1884382301b.aspxSustainability has become critical to the institutional investment chain. This goes for the asset owner building a long-term investment strategy based on better risk control, the asset manager vying for that business and building their ESG capabilities, and the investee corporate coming under pressure on sustainability issues and expanding their CSR development.
It also covers the increasing advance of regulation around environmental, social and governance issues.
ESG USA is the high-level forum for asset owners, service providers, fund managers, corporate investor relations and CSR professionals to come together to meet, debate and network on these issues.
Our seriously respected programming, targeted discussion and selected roster of speakers gets to the nub of the challenges and questions around ESG and where they fit into the professional responsibilities of conference attendees.
Highlights for ESG USA 2012
Special Asset Owner Morning: Some of the largest and most important US pension plans talk about integrating ESG into investment strategy and appraising the best long-term, risk aware fund managers.Governance: How will 2012’s big AGM issues: Chair/CEO split, say-on-pay, pan out in 2013?Environment: Negotiating the US environmental policy arena: EPA, solar tariffs, ethanol, natural gas, energy efficiency green real estate, infrastructure investing. Social: Is social media and campaigning on issues turning the dial up on corporate reputation risk?Sales & Marketing of ESG Market structure: What are the options for ESG in DC and 401K?Asset classes: Green Real Estate, Private equity Emerging Market risk: A practical look at risk, sustainability and corporate governance in some of the world’s fastest marketsThe Great Debate: Are corporates from Mars and investors from Venus?In short, ESG USA IS business critical sustainability!
RI Conferences & Events was established in November 2008 with the launch of ESG Europe. Since then we have built a reputation for delivering high quality content at conferences attended by the leading industry players – with more than 2,000 different delegates attending our 15 conferences to end 2011. Don’t just take our word for it:
READ THE TESTIMONIALS!Subscribers to Responsible InvestorRegistration for ESG USA 2012 is free of charge with priority registration being given to paid subscribers to Responsible Investor. Subscribers should register as soon as possible to guarantee their registration. Places for paid subscribers will be confirmed on a first come first served basis -
please link here to register.If you are an asset ownerWe are inviting asset owners to register free of charge - you do not need to be a subscriber to Responsible Investor - you will receive a confirmation email by return. We define asset owners as pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, etc. If you are in doubt, please email
events@responsible-investor.comIf you are not a subscriber to Responsible InvestorIf you are not a paid subscriber to Responsible Investor you may complete the registration process. If there are available places we will start to allocate them during the first week of December. However, only paid subscribers will receive a confirmation at this time.
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