A special congratulations to Hazel Henderson for winning the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Development of ESG & IMPACT Investing. All your work and leadership is deeply appreciated. – Ethical Markets Media Team
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Zürich, November 9, 2012
People, Planet and Profit – a winning mix! Fourteenth edition of the TBLI CONFERENCETM ends today.
Featuring luminaries such as Paul Rose, BBC Antarctic explorer; and “rock stars” of the Environmental, Social and Governance movement, such as Pavan Sukhdev, Martin Rapaport and Steve Howard, attendees of this year’s TBLI conference will leave knowing much more about how they can mobilize capital to do good.
The Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) CONFERENCE2012 (www.tbliconference.com), the largest and longest running conference in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment industry featured 18 workshops, 2 round-tables and 5 keynotes and was attended by 500 delegates from around the world.
Supported by partners such as Chipsol, BNY Mellon Asset Management, Bank Sarasin & Cie Ltd, Natixis AM, Credit Suisse, Thomson Reuters, Inrate, UBS, and Zürcher Kantonalbank this year’s conference was hailed as a great success. Highlights included Pavan Sukhdev‘s new vision for tomorrow’s corporation ‘Corporation 2020′, Martin Rapaport‘s overview of the sustainable economic development movement through the diamond industry and Steve Howard from Ikea sharing his views on how to make sustainability attractive and affordable for everyone.
Also during this edition of the TBLI CONFERENCE 5 TBLI ESG Leaders Awards for outstanding achievements in the ESG & IMPACT Investing space were handed out by TBLI GROUP(TM) CEO, Robert Rubinstein.
Overview of all TBLI ESG Leaders Awards 2012 winners:
- Award for Best Investor in ESG
Sponsored by Natixis AM
WINNER: Evangelisches Johannesstift (EJS)
- Award for Best Asset Manager Investing in ESG
Sponsored by BNY Mellon AM
WINNER: Vontobel Asset Management
- Award for Best Research House/ Consultant in ESG
Sponsored by Chipsol
WINNER: oekom research AG - Award for Best IMPACT Investing Product
Sponsored by Credit Suisse
WINNER: SJF Ventures
- Award for Outstanding Contribution to Development of ESG & IMPACT Investing
Sponsored by Thomson Reuters
WINNER: Hazel Henderson
Next year’s conference will take place November 7 & 8 2013 in Zürich, Switzerland. To learn more about mobilizing capital for sustainable investments. More information can be found on www.tbligroup.com.