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PWC ceo survey finds 79% of ceo's believe sustainability is critical to profitability

January 28, 2003

For full details visit:
http://www.pwcglobal.com/globalceosurvey
http://www.asria.org/news/press/1043830548

Carbon Disclosure Project Releases Some Startling Findings.

http://www.srimedia.com/artman/publish/article_390.shtml
Feb. 19, 2003, 12:00pm

80% of survey respondents from the world's 500 largest companies acknowledge that climate change poses a direct risk to their business. The Financial sector is furthest behind with some respondent believing that they are entirely unaffected.

Does civility matter?

Often when I return calls, I get the remark "how good of you to call back" or "I'm happy you returned my call".That puzzles me. I hadn't carried out a major philanthropic activity. Some feel that a reply call is warranted only after the initial caller has called a certain number of times.
Several attempts have been made to create a standard for determining what is a responsible company. Pages of questionnaires, about every possible subject (human rights, human resource management, environmental responsibility, social responsibility, ethics, sustainable development, social investing, etc.).
For one of the attempts I was asked to enter best practices that I felt important to determining what is a responsible company. I included items like civilized manners.To my surprise, several members of the standards committee didn't understand what I was talking about. Basic civilized behavior did not seem to be relevant. Environmental, social and ethical accounting were very important in determining responsible
behavior, not the behavior.
If the little things are not important then the larger things will become less relevant. We are constantly extended the boundaries of what is acceptable. It is imperative to focus on the "relatively small items". These determine our values in a society, and what is really important.
And besides all this: It's just more pleasant working with civilized people!

Robert Rubinstein

Public/private Sustainable Development Financing

Mechanisms - European Working Group
March 5th, 2003 from 4 to 6 pm- European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Theme "Public-private partnership for a Well-Being society in an enlarged EU and abroad. The role of the financial sector".
More info:
To: EPE (European Partners for the Environment)
via fax: +32 2 539 48 15 or e-mail : info@epe.be

Ethical Corporation Europe Conference 2003

"Managing Corporate Responsibility"
Conference & Workshops, April 9 - 11 2003, London
Your opportunity to question the leaders in corporate responsibility on the key issues for practice, strategy and implementation Web site: www.ethicalcorp.com/europe2003.
Register before February 28th for over 295 of savings.
For more information contact: Tobias Webb
www.ethicalcorp.com
info@ethicalcorp.com
Tel: +44 207 375 7561 or 1 800 814 3459 EXTN 249

4Th Base International Investment Forum for Sustainable Energy

Mulhouse, France, 10 April 2003
Focus will be on renewable energy and energy efficiency
projects and start-up companies located in Western and Eastern Europe.
Registration form can be found at www.energy-base.org/forum03
For further information contact:Virginia Sonntag-O'Brien, BASE Tel +41 61 274 0480
Mobile +49 170 412 4045 virginia.sonntagob@energy-base.org

Reporting for Change

Improving Performance Through Effective Assurance
March 25, 2003
- How can sustainability reporting be linked with organizational performance?
- What role is there for assurance in driving performance improvement?
- How can reports deliver real business value?
AccountAbility is proud to launch its AA1000 Assurance Standard.
For further information contact:aneen@accountability.org.uk
British Telecom, 81 Newgate Street, London, EC1
RSVP: +44 (0)20 7540 0400

SVN Europe Conference: Opportunities In Diversity

22 to 24 May
Focus on how the Swiss Citadel takes on diversity issues within Fortress Europe.
This conference will provide unique angles, insights and opportunities that may prove to be THE turning point in your business.
Contact information:
info@svneurope.com
web site http://www.svneurope.com

Masterclass and Workshop on CSR and Labour

Geneva, March 20th 2003
organized by MHC International Ltd.
The master class will cover the main issues that confront
managers in dealing with their employees and their suppliers.
Contact: Jawahir Adam, jadam@mhcinternational.com
+44 1424 200808 (UK) +41 22 7340308 (Geneva)

Last call for speaking proposals - 40% filled

TBLI 2003 will take place on November 6-7, 2003 in Amsterdam.
With 40% of the speaking positions filled, we are making a final call for proposals. For those who would like to participate in one of these workshops as trainer/presenter,or you have suggestions for (workshop) theme or issues that you want us to address during the conference please send your proposal robert@tbli.org . Choices will be made according to the
following criteria:
o Speaker hasn't presented at a TBLI conference
o Proposal will provide a clear learning experience for attendees.
Information being presented is new, relevant, and innovative.
o Presentation along with bio and photo will be sent to Brooklyn
Bridge no later than 6 weeks prior to the conference.
Deadline(March 15): The program will be finalized in the coming 4-6 weeks.

For regular updates on the program visit our web site www.tbli.org

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

Out now:CD-ROM TBLI Conference 2002

CD-Rom TBLI 2002 now available: If you were unable to attend TBLI
2002 or previous event and would like to receive all the
presentations, acv's, and quick time video of the event, visit TBLI
CD-Rom order page. The price is Euro 148, (including VAT 19%, and
postage)

Here is what some TBLI 2002 guests said about the conference, for complete list visit Triple Bottom Line Investing:

Jean Pogge of Shorebank and I found the TBLI 2002 conference quite valuable. It brought together a remarkable cross-section of private, public, nonprofit and faith community professionals committed to the socially responsible conduct of business and investing. And it was much more open and collegial than most conferences. You have created a very important multinational forum for dialogue.

Jan Piercy
Shorebank

I thought it had a great set of speakers. I really enjoyed the breakout sessions where they really offered an opportunity to focus in on ideas. That offered the opportunity to get to know people and talk with them later. You and your team did a great job overall.

Dennis Muscato
Hewlett Packard

BB has started the TBLI Academy that will offer in-company training to the financial sector on issues of all aspects related to socially responsible investment. Most financial institutions who have started offering SRI products, have found it increasingly difficult to gain acceptance within their organization. This dramatically slows down SRI growth. The TBLI Academy offers a program of acceptance, awareness, and action to speed the institutionalization of SRI. First program planned for March 2003. If you want to know more, contact us at academy@tbli.org.

Robert Rubinstein will be speaking at the RSM Sustainability in Business Club at Rotterdam School of Management, Monday March 24th at 17:00.

Eco-Service Development
Reinventing supply and demand in the European Union

Siegfried Behrendt, Institut für Zukunftsstudien und
Technologiebewertung (IZT), Germany
Christine Jasch, Institut für oekologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IOeW), Austria
Jaap Kortman, IVAM Environmental Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gabriele Hrauda, Institut für oekologische Wirtschaftsforschung (IOeW), Austria
Ralf Pfitzner, KPMG, Germany
Daniela Velte, Prospektiker Instituto Europeo Prospectiva y Estrategia, Spain
216pp | 234 x 156mm | Hardback
ISBN 1 874719 44 6 | £35.00 US$65.00
To place an order for this title or to view Chapter 1, "Introduction", online,
please visit the Greenleaf web site at:
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/ecoserv.htm

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