China and ESG Investment Roundtable, Dec 15

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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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