by Jeffrey Erfe - Events -

MICROCAPITAL EVENT: 3rd Annual Forum on Responsible Investing

JANUARY 12 TO 13, 2009, NEW YORK CITY, USA

In January, a socially-conscious investment conference organized annually by Foundation & Endowment Money Management, Money Management Letter, and the Social Investment Forum will be held at the Union League Club located at 38 East 37th Street in New York City.   This year’s theme is “ESG on the Ground: Enhancing Profitability through Sustainable Investing.”   The third such conference of its kind, the conference this year has been expanded to two full days and will include a half-day workshop entitled, “A Practical Guide to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI),” which will be led by the PRI Secretariat.  The conference is open to those who hold leadership positions anywhere along the spectrum of investment organizations, from hedge funds and private equity firms to public foundations and family offices. 

The conference’s panels, workshops and speaker events will touch upon the following topics: 

  1. investor criteria for selecting a fund manager or consultant
  2. methods for improving shareholder engagement
  3. empirical insights for community investing
  4. foundations’ real-world experiences with responsible investing
  5. investing university endowments responsibly
  6. how asset managers can achieve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration
  7. risk-return correlations and reporting metrics for ESG portfolios
  8. corporate sustainability case studies

Speakers from the following companies, institutions, and organizations will be in attendance: Responsible Endowments Coalition, Social Investment Forum, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), Grameen Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Benchmark Asset Managers, Bard College, HSBC Global Asset Management, Intel Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Calvert Investments, Network for Sustainable Financial Markets, Columbia University, University of California, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.  Sponsors include: Benchmark Asset Managers, Calvert Investments, KLD Research & Analytics, Parnassus Investments, and Trucost. 

Participants must register before downloading a full brochure, which contains a complete schedule of events.  Attendees must pay a registration fee of USD 1,495 for the conference only and USD 1,990 for the conference and workshops.  There are discounts, however, for Social Investment Forum members and individuals who work for pension funds, foundations, and endowments.  For a full list of prices, please see the pricing webpage. 

For more information on registration or general inquiries, please email registration@iievents.com.  For questions about conference exhibits and sponsorship, please call Adrienne Bills at 212-224-3214 or email abills@iinews.com. Speaking and agenda inquiries should be directed to the Conference Producer, Joanna Randell, who can be reached at 212-224-3526 or jrandell@iievents.com.

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