China and ESG Investment Roundtable, Dec 15

Business for Democracy and ASBC Lead Effort to Overturn Citizens United v. FEC

The Business for Democracy Campaign, which the American Sustainable Business Council is spearheading in partnership with Free Speech for People is tackling the compelling issue of corporate contributions to political campaigns.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision on January 21, 2010 allows corporations to spend unlimited funds to support or oppose candidates for political office, overturning campaign finance laws in place for decades. The Business for Democracy campaign is an initiative of business leaders and their companies who believe this ruling is in direct conflict with American democratic principles and a serious threat to good government. The campaign supports the four members of the Supreme Court and the 80 percent of Americans who disagree with the decision (Washington Post poll, Feb. 17, 2010).

If you'd like your business to join this effort, you can sign the statement of support here or here.

China and ESG Investment Roundtable, Dec 15

Date: December 15, 2009, 2.00 – 5.30pm
Venue: 10th Floor, One Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, HONG KONG

We sincerely invite you for an interactive session, jointly organized by BSR and Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA), focusing on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment in China and in the world.

BSR will be presenting the key findings of its two new research reports:

ESG in the Mainstream: The Role for Companies and Investors in Environmental, Social, and Governance Integration
Sustainable Investment in China, (funded by the International Finance Corporation)

With strong evidence that sustainable investment in china is poised to take-off, following the launch of the first SRI mutual fund by AEGON-Industrial in 2008, the Green Securities Policy and this August’s launch of the Shanghai stock exchange’s Social Responsibility Index, we will be discussing what the future of ESG investment in China. There will also be a presentation on the opportunities and challenges that investors are facing in ESG integration.

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