Newsletter October 2003
 
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IN THIS ISSUE

Column: 2004
Global Warming Insurance claims $ 60 billion
CSR/SRI conferences
TBLI Conference: November 11-12,2004
CD Rom 2003
TBLI Award
Lectures & Teaching
New books
Jobs: Great jobs in the SRI/CSR business

News

COLUMN

Sustainable Private Equity

In January this year, Robeco started a $ 200 million sustainable private equity fund of funds. This is a major milestone in creating more capital for a sustainable economy. Personally, I believe this is the first of a great deal of new funds and funds of funds devoted to sustainable private equity.
Many drivers are pushing this development. The quality of the projects has improved. The management offering these investments is better. The demand for innovation and investments in energy, water, transportation, food, health, and waste management is vast. One of the most important aspects is related to money flows. I think that the pressure on pension funds to achieve returns will be substantial in the next 5-10 years, due to the aging population and people reaching retirement age. This will result in less money available for public equity investment, which will force pension funds to find higher yields. Private equity has historically outperformed public equity.

This could be a boom for private equity and particularly those growth industries of energy, water, food, health, transportation, and waste management which have been taking a more sustainable focus, lately.

What a great way to start the year.

Robert Rubinstein
Brooklyn Bridge

"Believe. No pessimist ever discovered the secrets
of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened
a new heaven to the human spirit."

-- Helen Keller

NEWS

Global Warming Insurance Claims Grew to $60 Billion in 2003
Industry Coalition Launches National Fuel-Cell Bus Initiative
Reputation Risk: Shareowner Resolution Calls Costco on Cultural Crimes
German Government Adopts New Legislation for Renewable Energy
UK Banks Must Stop Undermining Green Guidelines
Restatements of Annual Filings Continue to Rise
Bank Creates Lending System to Promote Eco-Friendly Management
CDM Credit Investment Vehicle Launched

Ukrainian Parliament Ratifies Kyoto Protocol
Carbon Market Worth •400 Billion In 2004

CONFERENCES

Environmental Finance: Carbon Finance 2004
A comprehensive overview of carbon markets, credits and trading systems. London, 24-25 February,Toronto 9-10 March.

CERES 2004 Conference: Critical Decisions for Lasting Prosperity - April 14 & 15 2004,Boston
ANPAD, The Brazilian Academy of Management, Business, and Administrative Sciences
September 25-29, 2004 Curitiba, Brazil.
The deadline for submissions is April 28th, 2004.
Perspectives and Issues for Socially Responsible Investment
Monday, 1 March 2004,Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre, Auckland
Investors' Circle West Coast Venture Fair
April 28th: Oakland City Hall,Oakland, CA
14th annual International Corporate Citizenship Conference
MARGINS TO MAINSTREAM: INTEGRATING CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP INTO THE BUSINESS CORE
March 28-30, 2004-The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Business Action Learning Event - Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communications for Business Results
24 & 25 Feb. 2004, London, UK,Bankside House, London School of Economics
Ethical Corporation Magazine: Managing Corporate Responsibility Programmes in China
March 30 - 31 in London


 

Brooklyn Bridge offers a comprehensive range of strategic consulting services to financial institutions, non-governmental organizations, government, corporations and new business ventures interested in developing and enhancing their triple bottom line profile. The services that we offer include:

—Investment Product Development and Marketing
—Organizational Triple Bottom Line Assessment
—Strategic Sustainability Planning and Implementation Assistance
—Alliance Development and Networking
—Stakeholder Identification and Development
—Business Venture Fundraising

Our consulting services can be combined with the TBLI Academy, Expert Meetings and Lectures for a complete sustainable business and finance solution to help your organization tap into its Triple Bottom Line potential.

 

Contact Robert Earhart for more information .

 

 

TBLI Conference

TBLI 2004 will take place on November 11-12, 2004 in Amsterdam.

Second Call for Presentations. 40% of program has been filled.
For those who would like to participate in one of the TBLI 2004 Conference workshops as a trainer/presenter, or if you have suggestions for (workshop) themes or issues, please send your proposal robert@tbli.org . Choices will be made according to the following criteria:


— Speaker has not presented at a prior TBLI conference;
— Proposal will provide a clear learning experience for attendees;
— Information being presented is new, relevant, and innovative;
— Presentation along with bio and photo will be sent to Brooklyn Bridge no later than 6 weeks prior to the conference.
— The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2004. The program will be finalized in May 2004.

Visit our web site www.tbli.org for regular updates.

Sponsors
If you would like to be a corporate or a network sponsor, or if you would like to reserve an exhibition booth, please send an email to robert@tbli.org or visit www.tbli.org for sponsorship details.

CD-ROM TBLI Conference 2003
If you were unable to attend TBLI 2003 or previous events and would like to receive all the
presentations, acv's, and quick time video(s) of the event, visit the TBLI
CD-Rom order page
. The price is €119, (including VAT 19%, and postage).


For more information please visit the TBLI Web site.

TBLI Award

For more info visit our web site and click on tbli award button.

TBLI Lecture

If you would like to have a lecture given within your organization regarding the strategic importance of CSR or SRI/Sustainable Investment contact: lecture@tbli.org

Books

Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good
by Stephen B. Young-
• Hardcover: 250 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 9.46 x 6.44
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub; (October 2003)
• ISBN: 1576752577
• Price: $ 29,--


ECO-EFFICIENCY AND BEYOND: TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
Edited by Jan-Dirk Seiler-Hausmann, Christa Liedtke and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, The Wuppertal Institute, Germany January 2004

Job Opportunities

Business Development Manager – Low Carbon Technology. Imperial College Innovations Ltd

HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management invites applications for
two professorships:
- Research-Professors of "Sustainability and Global Ethics"
- Research-Professors of "Sustainability and Global Politics"


Adam Smith Institute / Postal Sector Economist / Mozambique

SOFRECO / French CSR Specialist
Triple Line Consulting Ltd. / Associate Consultants, Social Development/ Oxford
World Council of Credit Unions / IRnet Product Manager & IRnet Analyst / USA
& other locations

Advisor on Corporate Responsibility , Environment/ Social Responsibility, Denmark – Bagsværd

Business Lender / Portland, Oregon

If you would like to post a job opening, please email to jobs@tbli.org

Brooklyn Bridge - Who We Are

BB raises consciousness of self-interest to institutionalize sustainability.
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