Online Greentech Investor Conference

Thomas Kuh, Managing Director of KLD Indexes, participated in the conference along with other industry and investment experts. Titled “Investing in the Environment: Global Warming, Global Warning – Investing Today for Tomorrow’s Future”, the online conference was made available for free.

Hosted by Investor Ideas, you can now order the conference in a CD format, here: http://www.renewableenergystocks.com/Forums/Portals/green.aspx

Talk by Peter Kinder - Hosted by The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County

Peter Kinder, President and Co-founder of KLD, presented “Investing for Good: Making Money While Making a Difference!” at the Seascape Golf Club in Aptos, CA on Friday, March 30th from noon to 2pm. Sponsored by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County.

 

Connect 2007: The Responsibility of Business and Organizations in Today's Society

Liz Umlas, Senior Research Analyst at KLD, will be attending the AIESEC conference on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland April 13th and 14th.

AIESEC is the world’s largest student organization in over 800 universities and over 90 countries and territories. For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.aiesec.org/

Ceres Conference- “Advancing Sustainable Prosperity”

Katy Chapdelaine, Research Analyst at KLD, will be presenting at the annual Ceres Conference, April 25-26th at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA. Ceres is the world's largest network of investors, environmentalists and companies united for sustainable prosperity.

Katy’s presentation, titled “No longer a niche: How GRI is going mainstream”, will cover how the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) framework for tracking corporate performance is affecting the S&P100 and paving the way for full-spectrum CSR reporting. Peter Kinder will moderate the presentation.

For more information, visit http://www.ceres.org/events/conference/07/program.php

Raoul Wallenberg Institute Lecture

Liz Umlas will also be lecturing at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden in May, 2007.

International Working Group (IWG) Spring Symposium

Liz Umlas will also be presenting at the IWG’s Spring Symposium, taking place from May 2-3, 2007 in Washington, DC.

Social Investment Research Analyst Network (SIRAN) Conference

Katy Chapdelaine will present the findings of the study KLD & SIRAN co-produced on the GRI and CSR reporting. The conference will take place May 3-4, 2007 in Washington, DC. 

The CRO Conference

The CRO’s Conference is an event “dedicated to increasing the professional capacity of the newest corporate leadership role—the Corporate Responsibility Officer”. Held May 10, 2007 at the Marriott Financial Center in New York City.

The conference will honor the companies included in the 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2007 list, which was based on KLD’s methodology and research. For more information, please visit The CRO Conference.

Stewardship Leaders Conference

Mennonite Mutual Aid will gather “like-minded pastors and church leaders” at the Conference on June 7-8, 2007 in Hartville, Ohio.
Peter Kinder will be speaking from KLD.