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IN THIS ISSUE

Column: Summer Break
TBLI Academy: three scenario training's to prepare your strategies for the future economy:
- The Future of Corporate Governance
- The Future of SRI Reporting
- Future of Fiduciary Responsibility
TBLI Conference: Brochure out!
TBLI Award: Are you committed? Sign up to win the TBLI Award!
Job opening Executive Director Asria

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Summer Break


This will be a very brief newsletter. Actually it’s more like a letter. I will be taking a break with my family for the month of July. Hopefully, doing the things I should have been doing the whole year. Listening carefully, playing, relaxing, reading, gaining inspiration, and basically being in the moment. I’ll ask Rieki and Sammy to let you know how I did.
In the meantime, I just wanted to wish you all a restful and refreshing holiday.
Gabrielle is available to deal with all issues, requests or questions that you might have. In addition, the three interns Beth, Robert, and Hae Seung might be contacting you as part of our ongoing stakeholder dialogues regarding three new Brooklyn Bridge projects. I would be grateful for any assistance that you might offer.
Enjoy your summer break.
-- Robert Rubinstein

O public road, I say back, I am not afraid to leave you,
Yet I love you,
You express me better than I can express myself,
You shall be more to me than my poem.
I think heroic deeds were all conceiv’d in the open air and
all free poems also,
I think I could stop here myself and do miracles,
I think whatever I shall meet on the road, I shall like, and whoever beholds me shall like me,
I think whoever I see must be happy.


Song of the Open Road
Walt Whitman

News

Ethical guidelines for the Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund
http://odin.dep.no/fin/engelsk/aktuelt/pressem/006071-070397/index-dok000-b-n-a.html

YES! The brochure for the TBLI Conference 2003 has been delivered ! It’s completely restyled. The theme this year is commitment,with over 80 speakers.

The fifth anniversary of TBLI 2003 will take place on November 6-7, 2003 in Amsterdam. What started in 1999 as a small event has grown into the world's largest conference on SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) and sustainable investment. During the two day event, the latest developments on screening, auditing, reporting, analysis, corporate citizenship, indexes and research will be covered. Don't miss this exceptional event.
The entire program can be found at TBLI Conference Program.

Order now:CD-ROM TBLI Conference

Did you miss attending TBLI 2002, or previous events and would like to receive all the presentations, acv's, and quick time video of the event. Visit TBLICD-Rom order page! The price is Euro 148, (including VAT 19%, and postage)

Want to know what previous attendees said about TBLI? Visit Triple Bottom Line Investing


Is your company committed to SRI/CSR? Are you committed – think they deserve the prize? Sign your company up to win the TBLI Award! Mail to award@tbli.org with your company information and details on SRI/CSR aspects.
For more info visit our website at www.tbli.org


Brooklyn Bridge offers three Expert Meetings in which future scenario’s are developed that will offer attendees the opportunity to develop new strategies for their company and and identify indicators today of possible future environments tomorrow.

The Future of Corporate Governance
On the 31 of October and 1 & 2 of November an Expert Meeting on The Future of Corporate Governance will take place.
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Much in the headlines over the past 18 months, corporate governance is expanding in scope, concept and implications. What's more, the very real liabilities and investment risk of corporate governance failure has been powerfully demonstrated leading to a shake-up on global corporate financial regulation unprecedented. This shift from a notion of "best practices" toward a notion of culpable requirement is dramatic and substantive in its implications. At the same time the concept of corporate impact and responsibility in environmental, social and humanitarian terms is being explored by governments and regulators across the globe.
The Future of Corporate Governance will explore the critical uncertainties and driving forces facing corporate governance stakeholders. By examining these possible futures, the project will identify the implications, opportunities and risks of alternative strategies, and identify indicators today of possible future environments tomorrow.
The Future of Corporate Governance

The Future of SRI
On the 9,10 & 11 of November an Expert Meeting on The Future of SRI will take place. Read more or register here.
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Against the background of a global environment of economic and political uncertainty, Socially Responsible Investing has found itself a somewhat unexpected beneficiary. A crisis in corporate governance, changing EU and US regulatory landscapes, increasing environmental and social accountability and liability, and continued economic stagnation have led to renewed investor interest in the field. Yet this context of opportunity has introduced challenges. Reporting must keep pace with investor risk assessment needs.
The Future of SRI will explore the critical uncertainties and driving forces facing SRI stakeholders. By examining these possible futures, the project will identify the implications, opportunities and risks of alternative strategies in reporting, and identify indicators today of possible future environments tomorrow.
The Future of SRI Reporting


The Future of Fiduciary Responsibility
On the 22,23 & 24 of October an Expert Meeting on The Future of Fiduciary Responsibility will take place.
Location: Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Pension Funds and their fund managers have in the past been reluctant to embrace SRI, due to fiduciary responsibility. Lately, this issue has been clearly addressed by the performance of SRI funds. In addition, a new issue has arisen, namely that with social and environmental issues clearly impacts value and financial performance. A new paradigm is arising that by not embracing SRI, fund managers are not performing their fiduciary responsibility.
The Future of Fiduciary Responsibility will explore the critical uncertainties, risks and opportunities facing fiduciary responsibility. By examining these possible futures, the project will identify the implications, opportunities and risks of alternative investment strategy for pension funds and other institutional investors.
The Future of Fiduciary Responsibility

If you would like to register for any of the above expert meetings, or would like to receive the brochure, contact academy@tbli.org. The brochure will be available in August.


ASrIA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR VACANCY
Since formal commencement as a membership association in November 2001, ASrIA has put the building blocks in place to and has already started to achieve its medium-long term goals. ASrIA is looking for a highly motivated, well-organised individual to continue to develop the organization in its achievement of these goals and to guide ASrIA strategically forward as SRI developments take place in Asia.
http://www.asria.org/jobs/position/1055740079>http://www.asria.org/jobs/position/1055740079
If you would like to post a job opening, please email to jobs@tbli.org

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