Agenda
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Monday 2 November 2009
Private Rooms 5, 6, 7, and 8 at Delegates Dining Room |
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08:30-09:15 Registration and welcome coffee |
| Please join us for coffee and breakfast. |
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09:15-09:30 Opening remarks |
| Video address: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations |
| 09:30-10:15 Session I: Changing capital markets: emerging trends in responsible investment and the ESG agenda |
- Evolution of responsible investment and corporate ESG agenda, and the UN’s work in this area.
How are mainstream asset owners and managers addressing ESG-related risks and opportunities in their investments?
- How are responsible investors raising standards of ESG performance among the companies they own?
- How are leading companies responding?
- What are the biggest challenges investors and companies are facing in delivering high standards of ESG performance?
Speakers:
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Antoine de Salins, Executive Director, Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) |
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10:15-11:00 Session II: Exchanges and the ESG agenda – the state of play |
How are exchanges addressing ESG issues to date? Summary of the various initiatives being undertaken by exchanges around on the world around ESG issues, including:
- Raising standards through listing rules and capacity building among companies.
- Emergence of ESG indices
- New trading opportunities for ESG-focused assets (carbon, microfinance, social enterprises)
Speakers:
Peter Clifford, Deputy Secretary General, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)
Serge Harry, Executive Vice President NYSE Euronext, Chairman & CEO BlueNext
David J. Vidal, Director of Research, Global Corporate Citizenship, Director, Center for Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability, The Conference Board
Alyson Warhurst, Executive Chair, Maplecroft |
| 11:00-12:15 Session III: How exchanges and regulators can enhance ESG transparency |
- ESG disclosure requirements in listing rules
- Regulatory requirements relating to ESG transparency
- Option for enhancing ESG transparency – what is the balance between exchanges’ rules and regulation?
- Do alternative trading platforms and interbank trading undermine ESG transparency?
- Will regulations responding to the financial crisis assist the market in delivering more ESG disclosure?
Moderator:
Marc Gunther, Contributing editor, FORTUNE Magazine
Speakers:
Paul Abberley, Chief Executive, Aviva Investors London
Jane Diplock, Chairman, International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and Chairman, New Zealand Securities Commission
Maged Shawky Sourial, Chairman, Egyptian Stock Exchange
Jothimani K. Muniandy, Head, Market Intelligence, Bursa Malaysia
John Wilson, Director of Corporate Governance, TIAA-CREF |
| 12:15-13:30 Networking Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 Session IV: New opportunities: ESG indices and trading in ESG-focused investments |
- ESG indices as a business opportunity for exchanges. How can they be commercialized?
- Are ESG indices a driver of corporate transparency?
- Do investors see ESG indices as a useful tool for developing fund products?
- How are ESG indices changing? Is there a move from an SRI to a broader ESG focus?
- Opportunities in emerging ESG alternatives: Carbon credits, forest bonds, social business, microfinance, sustainable infrastructure
Moderator:
Marc Gunther, Contributing editor, FORTUNE Magazine
Speakers:
Edemir Pinto, Chief Executive Officer and President, BM&FBOVESPA – Securities,
Commodities and Futures Exchange
Michel Maquil, President, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
Ito Warsito, President Director, Indonesian Stock Exchange
Corli le Roux, Legal Counsel, Head of SRI Index, Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Tamzin Ractliffe, Global Social Investment Exchange (GSIX) |
| 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break |
| 15:30-17:00 Session V: The way forward: Collaboration between exchanges and investors on the ESG agenda |
- How can exchanges and investors work together to promote the ESG agenda (raising standards, etc.)?
- How can exchanges play a bigger role in supporting ESG agenda?
- How can exchanges benefit from working with the UN through the Global Compact, UNCTAD and the PRI?
- What would signing the PRI mean for an exchange?
- Next steps
Moderator:
Marc Gunther, Contributing editor, FORTUNE Magazine
Speakers:
Fábio Moser, Chief Investment Officer, PREVI
Paul Abberley, Chief Executive, Aviva Investors London
Hüseyin Erkan, Chairman and CEO, Istanbul Stock Exchange
James Gifford, Executive Director, PRI
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| 17:00-17:30 Concluding remarks by conference hosts |
Speakers:
Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
James Zhan, Director, Division on Investment & Enterprise, UNCTAD |
| 17:30-19:00 Reception |
| The reception will be held in the Private Rooms at the Delegates Dining Room. |
