 Sydney: 9th November 2005
Venue: Wentworth Sofitel Melbourne: 17th November 2005
Venue: Hilton on the Park For our next Green Capital event, we will debate how to incorporate sustainability into the finance sector and the possible impacts on business and investment decisions. Regulation - Should corporations law change? Ethical Investment - Will consumers drive change? Business Case - What makes sustainability stack up?
Sustainable finance has become a mainstream topic and controversial - extra reporting by business, shareholder and institutional investor activism, a parliamentary inquiry, frequent media discussion. Which strategies are the most effective for creating sustainable finance?
Sydney Chair: Stephen Long, Finance Correspondent, ABC TV (Sydney)
Debate Panel: Rosemary Bissett - Group Manager CSR, Corporate Affairs, National Australia Bank
Professor Charles Sampford - President, International Institute for Public Ethics (IIPE) and Institute of Ethics, Governance and Law (IEGL)
Erik Mather - Head of Governance Advisory Service, BT Financial Group
Charles Berger - Legal Adviser, Australian Conservation Foundation Melbourne KEYNOTE speakers: Senator Grant Chapman: Liberal Senator for South Australia - Chair, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. Chair, Government Committee on Industry and Resources.
Senator Penny Wong: Labor Senator for South Australia - Shadow Minister for Employment and Workforce Participation, Corporate Governance and Responsibility.
Debate Panel: Rosemary Bissett, Group Manager - Corporate Social Responsibility , National Australia Bank
Professor Charles Sampford, President - International Institute for Public Ethics (IIPE) & Institute of Ethics, Governance and Law (IEGL)
Erik Mather, Head of Governance Advisory Service - BT Financial Group
Charles Berger, Legal Adviser - Australian Conservation Foundation
With increasing global trends and pressures, sustainable investment decisions are becoming an integral part of business practice. Recent developments include the following;
Parliamentary Joint Inquiry into Corporate Responsibility
www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/corporations_ctte/corporate_responsibility
Launch of the 'Sustainable Responsible Investment' Symbol
www.eia.org.au
155 institutional investors with assets of more than $21 trillion have signed onto the 'Carbon Disclosure Project'
www.cdproject.net
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