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European
SRI Congress
Location:
Stockholm, Sweden
Date: June 8, 2005
15:35
PRESENTATION TOPIC: DEVELOPMENTS IN EVALUATING AND RATING COMPANIES
FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PRACTICES.
For
investors to be able to systematically process and evaluate social,
environmental and governance risk, a range of tools and information
are required. In this session a number of leading global service
providers discuss their work in this area with an emphasis on how
these services have developed and their application and value to
investors and their advisers. The issues covered will include:
- Generating
alpha
- Lowering
investment risk and protecting value
- Risk
- ratings & analysis
Speaker:
Peter Kinder, President and CEO
16:30
PRESENTATION TOPIC: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN RENEWABLE AND CLEAN
ENERGY, - ALTERNATIVE SRI PRODUCTS
This
session examines some of the challenges of creating an index to
address climate change: channelling capital into renewable energy;
evaluating large companies with small renewable energy subsidiaries;
the role of transitional fuels; diversification and risk issues.
As
the market for responsible investment and governance related products
has developed, a number of institutions have developed a range of
products and services to meet this need. This session will explore
the characteristics of these products and examine their appropriateness
for a range of investors and circumstances. The session will include
an evaluation of products such as:
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Private Equity
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Hedge funds
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Structured products
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Carbon products
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Bonds
Speaker:
Thomas Kuh, Ph.D., Managing Director - KLD Indexes
Teaching
Business Ethics Conference
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
Date:
July 22, 2005
11:00
INNOVATIVE METHODS FOR TEACHING BUSINESS ETHICS
Speaker:
Peter Kinder, President and CEO
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