TBLI CONFERENCE™ is the world's premier conference on ESG (Environmental and Social Governance) or extra financial investing. The financial community is showing more and more interest in analyzing all forms of risks and returns, which is what extra-financial or ESG investing provides.
For the past nine years, TBLI has grown into the major international event, for learning and networking, around ESG.
ESG or extra financial investing looks at financial, social and environmental, as well as governance risks and returns. TBLI CONFERENCE™ is a two-day events that bring together prominent thought leaders around ESG. General Information
- Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) is based on the principle that positive financial, social, and environmental returns are not mutually exclusive: sound investments ensure returns in all three areas.
- The TBLI CONFERENCE™ is the leading global sustainable investment education and networking event.
- 2007 is our ninth year as the largest global annual event on Sustainable Investment.
- The theme for TBLI CONFERENCE 2007™ was "Opportunity"
- Keynote speeches and breakout sessions focused on the growth of SRI in mainstream investment, the new initiatives that are driving this growth, and the emerging opportunities in alternative asset classes.
- Over 400 participants attended in previous years and 600 in 2007.
TBLI History
TBLI Conference™ took place and will take place in the following years and places: | 1999 Rotterdam | 2001 Rotterdam | 2003 Amsterdam | 2005 Frankfurt
| 2007 Bangkok and Paris | | 2000 Rotterdam | 2002 Brussels
| 2004 Amsterdam | 2006 Paris and Bangkok | 2008 Bangkok and Amsterdam |
Program
- The program includes keynote speeches that open and close the TBLI CONFERENCE™, several plenary sessions, and usually a series of four breakout sessions for conference participants to choose from.
- We offer conference participants plenty of opportunities to network as the premier global event for education and networking. Spaces for ad hoc meetings and lunches are set aside to facilitate this.
- Topics of sessions include subjects such as: Carbon Finance, Sustainable Private Equity, Renewable Energy Finance, TBLI Research, Equator Principles, SRI Public Policy Initiatives, etc.
- Speakers at TBLI CONFERENCE™ 2006 and 2007 included: Antoine de Salins, (Fonds de Réserve pour Les Retraîtres, Member of Executive Board, France), Andreas Knörzer (Bank Sarasin, Head of Sustainable Investments, Switzerland), Wim Vermeir (Dexia Asset Management, Global Head of Equity and Sustainable Management-Member of Executive Committee, Belgium), Thierry Deheuvels (AGF-AM, General manager of AGF AM in charge of investment, France), Paul Watchman, (Partner, LeBoeuf Lamb, UK), and Andreas Knörzer, (Bank Sarasin, Head of Sustainable Investments, Switzerland).
Grand Dinner & TBLI Award
On the first night of the TBLI CONFERENCE™, conference participants are welcome to network and relax at the Grand Dinner, where the TBLI Award is presented to an organization whose efforts furthers the cause of sustainable investment and demonstrates exemplary and superior performance in the field of sustainable business activity.
Past winners include Enhanced Analytics Initiative (2005), The Rainforest Action Network (2004), Transparency International (2003), the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (2002), Mama Cash (2001) and Amnesty International (2000). TBLI has partnered with IPE (Investment Pensions Europe) and IPE Magazine, to further develop awards for environmental, social and governance investment.
The first TBLI /IPE ESG Leaders Awards were given out at the Paris TBLI CONFERENCE™ 2007. The winner for the best ESG investor was the UK’s Environment Agency Pension Fund for its €2.15bn ESG overlay strategy, which since its inception in 2005 has produced above benchmark performance. F&C Asset Management won the award for Best Asset Manager Investing in ESG, while Goldman Sachs won the award for most innovative development related to ESG for its Environmental Policy Framework. The award for best research company went to Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, while KLD Research & Analytics won the award for outstanding contribution to ESG.
Costs
Past participants indicated that they would like the event to last longer and have the option to elect the day(s) in which they attend. Costs to participants are based on the number of days they attend. Discounts are available for qualified NGO's.
Please see our website at http://www.tbli.org for rate updates nd discounts. Speakers are provided with complimentary conference attendance.
Participant Demographics
TBLI CONFERENCE™ participants come from a variety of professional backgrounds:
- Finance: Executives, Asset Managers, Pension Funds, Screening Professionals;
- General Business: Executives, Investor Relations, Corporate Financial Managers;
- NGO: Directors, Analysts, Public Relations, Financial Managers.
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