Robert Rubinstein

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of TBLI – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

C. T. Wright

USA

Chairman, Global Sullivan Principles

Dave Mowat

Canada

CEO, Van City Savings Credit Union

Ulrich Niederer

Switzerland

Ubs

Dave Mowat

Canada

CEO, Van City Savings Credit Union

Astrid Zwick

Germany

Sustainable Development Manager, Allianz

Astrid Zwick Head Allianz Group Sustainability Strat?c Allianz Since february 2000: in charge of the scientific project management of the Allianz Group strategy ?sustainable development" and Head of the Allianz Group Sustainability Office. From 1994 to 1996: post-doctorate grantholder and from 1997 to 2000 scientific officer at the Institute for Technological Prospective Studies of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission in Sevilla, Spain: in charge of policy advice on the ana...

Helen Sahi

USA

Manager, Environmental Group, Fleet Boston Financial

Jean Frijns

Netherlands

Chief Investment Officer , ABP

Barbara Krumsiek

USA

President & CEO, Calvert

Barbara J. Krumsiek is Chair, CEO and President of Calvert Group, Ltd., a leading investment management and mutual fund firm headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Calvert manages over billion in assets across 42 mutual funds, including award-winning fixed income portfolios, and a full family of equities funds including nationally recognized socially responsible mutual funds. Ms. Krumsiek’s career in the investment industry spans three decades. Before joining Calvert as CEO in 1997, Ms. Krums...

Takejiro Sueyoshi

Japan (Tokyo)

Special Advisor to UNEP FI and the PRI in the Asia-Pacific Region

Mr. Takejiro Sueyoshi was appointed Special Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme Financial Initiative (UNEP FI) in the Asia Pacific region in July 2003, after 4 years as Deputy President at Nikko Asset Management. He spent the majority of his career with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, joining The Mitsubishi Bank Ltd. from The University of Tokyo in April 1967, where he rose to become head of US sales in 1989, based in New York, before being appointed New York Branch Manager and m...

Roderick Munsters

Netherlands (Heerlen)

CIO, ABP

Roderick Munsters (Chief Investment Officer)As of 1 March 2005, Roderick Munsters is Chief Investment Officer ofABP and Chairman of the board of ABP Investments. Roderick M.S.M.Munsters MFE was an Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer atpension fund PGGM since 1997. He previously worked for insurancecompany Interpolis in various portfolio management positions, mostrecently as Deputy Director Capital Market Investments. He graduated inBusiness Economics at Tilburg University and took hi...

Wouter van Dieren

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder & CEO, IMSA Amsterdam

Robert Rubinstein

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of TBLI – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

Michael Robertson

Switzerland

Manager Sustainability Affairs, ABB

Reinhold Kopp

Germany

Volkswagen Ag

Reto Ringger

Switzerland (Zurich)

Chief Executive Officer, Globalance Bank Ltd.

Jean-François Théodore

France

CEO, Euronext

Thierry Deheuvels

France

Head Equity Inv and SRI, AGF Asset Management

Since 2003 : CIO of AGF AMFrom 2002 to 2003: Director of Equities Management for AGF AMFrom 1997 to 2002: CIO of AXA Investment Managers ParisFrom 1994 to 1997: CEO/CIO of ETOILE GESTION subsidiary of Credit duNord (Paribas Group)From 1984 to 1994 : Director in charge of equities balanced funds andinvestment strategy for Paribas AMFrom 1979 to 1984: Equities Portfolio Manager for CCFFrom 1975 to 1979: Director of a branch office for Union de Banques deParis.Thierry Deheuvels is a graduate of HE...

Bart Jan Krouwel

Netherlands

Managing Director Corporate Social Responsibility, Rabobank Nederland

Bart Jan Krouwel has been with Rabobank Nederland since August 1st, 1996. His present function is Managing Director Corporate Social Responsibility of the Rabobank Group. He is also Deputy General Manager. He started his career in the banking world (1964) and was among others co-founder and first managing director of the Triodos Bank (1980-1986).Between 1986 and 1996 he worked seven years as general manager of a multi-functional (mainstream, anthroposophical, alternative) medical centre and for ...

Gary Hattem

Unknown

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

George Kell

USA

First Secretary, UN

Paul Clements-Hunt

Switzerland (Geneva)

Coordinator Finance Initiative, UNEP FI

Paul Clements-Hunt is the Head of UNEP Finance Initiative, the largest and oldest partnership between the United Nations system and the world of financial services dating back to 1992. More than 180 banks, insurers and asset managers are UNEP FI members. Clements-Hunt's has worked on environment and sustainability issues since the mid 1980s with periods in the media, business and lobbying before joining the United Nations in 2000. In the early 1990s, Clements-Hunt, based in Bangkok, launched one...

Joan Bavaria

USA

CEO, Trillium Asset Management

Joan Bavaria has served as Founding President and CEO of Trillium Asset Management since its incorporation in 1982. Ms. Bavaria served as founding Co-Chair of CERES from 1989 to 2001, and continues on the Board of CERES. She served as Founding President of the Social Investment Forum for four years and served on the Board for eight additional years. Ms. Bavaria is currently a Board member of LightHawk, Earthjustice, and the Center for Environment Leadership in Business. She is on the Advisory...

Christopher Wells

Brazil

Abn Amro Bank

Bernie Sheahan

Unknown

Ifc-international Finance Corporation

Mark Bytheway

Australia (Melbourne)

Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Investment Research Institute

Mark Bytheway is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Investment Research Institute (SIRIS), a specialist Asian regional investment research group, providing sustainability and governance research and analytical services. Mark holds qualifications in law, economics and accounting, and post-graduate qualifications in environmental science. He has more than 25 years capital markets experience, including work in investment banking, with an international credit ratings agenc...

Christian Siegfried

Switzerland

Sam Sustainability Group Ag

Gerd June

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Network University University of Amsterdam

Simon Berkeley

UK

Environmental Resources Management

Johan Piet

Netherlands

Accountant Corp. Responsibility, Transparability B.V.

Johan Piet holds an academic degree in both economics and environmental sciences. As a Chartered Accountant he applies himself to advice and to verification of environmental and sustainability reports of companies and governments and other services in sustainability control and corporate social responsibility. He is director of TranspaRAbility, a small but fully independent body supporting sustainability communication between interested parties by improving information quality and adding cred...

Marcel van Marrewijk

Netherlands

Marcel Van Marrewijk

Tim Benijts

Belgium

Lessius Hogeschool

Matteo Bartolomeo

Italy

Avanzi Sri Research

Deni Greene

Australia

Deni Greene Consulting Services

Janice Carpenter

Australia

Ethical Investment Services

Timo van den Brink

Netherlands

Director - Triple P Performance Centre, Timo V.d. Brink

Timo van den Brink (MSc) is co-founder and executive director of the Triple P Performance Centre. The Triple P Performance Centre supports sustainable development and the use of the triple-bottom-line approach in sustainable investment and corporate decision-making. He manages research and networking activities on issues as quality improvement of social responsible investments, and the design of sustainability products for financial markets. He advises on environmental and social performances...

Arved Lueth

Germany

Centre For Corporate Citizenship

Jonathan Barber

UK

Serm Rating Agency Ltd.

Kirein Franck

Germany

Head Of Research, Imug Investment Research

Kirein Franck (born 1962, economist by profession) is heading researchactivities at imug (Hanover, Germany). imug research is focusing oncorporate research and market research projects in the field ofsocially responsible investments in Germany. imug is also doingresearch on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for consumerorganisations. Recent projects include an evaluation of CSR researchpublished by Stiftung Warentest, the leading German consumer testingassociation. In 2006 Kirein did Europea...

Ingrid Groenen

Netherlands

Consultant, Ingrid Groenen Consulting

Simon Zadek

UK

CEO, AccountAbility

Dr Simon Zadek is Chief Executive of the AccountAbility, the pre-eminent international professional institute committed to promoting accountability for sustainable development. He sits on the Board\'s, Advisory Council\'s and Knowledge Networks of the Global Alliance for Workers and Communities, the State of the World\'s Commission for Globalisation, the ILO\'s World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalisation, and the UN Commission for Social Development Expert Group on CSR.. He has un...

Dick Spangenberg

Netherlands

Dick Spangenberg Consultants

Charlotta Sydstrand

Sweden

Caring Company

Ruth Hillary

UK

Editor-in-Chief, Corporate Environmental Strategy

Arthur Braunschweig

Switzerland

E2 Management Consulting Ltd.

Paul Pritchard

UK

Royal & Sun Alliance

Fred Lynds

UK

Prudential Plc

Franz Knecht

Switzerland

Managing Partner, Connexis Strategy Consultants

Who is ConNexiS Strategy Consultants? Founded in 1999, ConNexiS developed since to a network of international experts with corporate and consulting experience. The added value we provide is in analysing the economic relevance of environmental and corporate social responsibility aspects and developing and implementing strategic, operational and management solutions for companies and organisations. The corporate basis is located in Basel, Switzerland. The members of the network are based in ...

Raymond Van Ermen

Belgium (Brussels)

Director, EPE-European Partners for the Environment

Raymond van Ermen is the Executive Director of EPE and drives EPE's programmes. He also is Rapporteur of the European Forum of Civil Society and on the Board of the RIET Foundation, in Singapore (an EU-Singapore Initiative). Prior to joining EPE, he was Treasurer of the Environment Liaison Committee - Nairobi, Secretary General of the European Environment Bureau (EEB), and a member of the Belgian Council for Sustainable Development. In his various capacities, he has been inpermanent dialogue wit...

Bregje Hamelynck

Netherlands

Ce-transform

Ari Huhtala

France

Unep

Birgitta De Vos

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Soul Searching, Birgitta de Vos

Born in the Netherlands. Worked and lived in Paris, Sydney, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, India, USA, Belgium, England and the Netherlands. After years of experience in leading Interantional Companies she founded her own company in Identity Consultancy and Developments in 1990. Her personal mission is to inspire and create awareness of everyone\'s and everything\'s unique talent. She identifies core values within organizations, products and people and develops new communication strategies. Her ...

N. van der Keijn

Unknown

Peter Koenig

Germany

Dvfa-german Society Of Investment

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of TBLI. His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." TBLI GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). TBLI GROUP™ makes connections for companies and individuals from the old to the new economy, by expanding, updating and utilizing its extensive global network. The focus is finance. Robert has been active in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fo...

Frank Vorhies

Ecuador

Senior Advisor, Iucn-the World Conservation Union

Barbara Krumsiek

USA

President & CEO, Calvert

Barbara J. Krumsiek is Chair, CEO and President of Calvert Group, Ltd., a leading investment management and mutual fund firm headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Calvert manages over billion in assets across 42 mutual funds, including award-winning fixed income portfolios, and a full family of equities funds including nationally recognized socially responsible mutual funds. Ms. Krumsiek’s career in the investment industry spans three decades. Before joining Calvert as CEO in 1997, Ms. Krums...

Marcel De Berg

Netherlands (Houten)

Director, 21C

Angela de Wolff

Switzerland (Geneva)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ConSer Invest SA

Angela de Wolff is founder and managing partner of ConSer Invest, an advisory firm dedicated to sustainable and responsible investment. It provides financial professionals and asset managers with solutions integrating sustainable development aspects. Since 2008, she is President of “Sustainable Finance Geneva” A non-profit association which aims to promote responsibility and sustainability in Finance. From 2002 to 2006, she was Head of the SRI team at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. She...

Sarojini Persaud

South Africa

Accountability Institute

Stephen Hine

UK (London)

Head of Responsible Investment Development, EIRIS

Stephen Hine is the Head of International Relations at EIRIS,Ethical Investment Research Services, responsible for the promotion of EIRIS Ethical Portfolio Manager (EPM) in Europe and beyond through partners and directly. This software platform allows fund managers to develop and implement their own SRI strategies on integrating corporate, social, environmental, governance and ethical policy and performance into their investments. He has worked closely with EIRIS overseas research partners for t...

Peter de Graaf

UK (London)

Consultant, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.

Michael Jantzi

Canada (Toronto)

Chief Executive Officer, Sustainalytics

Michael Jantzi, Chief Executive Officer Sustainalytics, has been active in the social investment field since 1990. Subsequent to founding Jantzi Research Inc. in November 1992, Michael developed theCanadian Social Investment Database TM, the country’s first database that tracks the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of Canadian corporations. In January 2000, Jantzi Research launched the Jantzi Social Index®, a market capitalization-weighted common stock index consisting ...

Helen Sahi

USA

Manager, Environmental Group, Fleet Boston Financial

Andrew Dlugolecki

UK

Director, Andlug Consulting

After graduating, Andrew worked for 27 years in Aviva (formerly General Accident), the global financial services group, and retired from the position of Director of General Insurance Development in the group world HQ in December 2000. During his career, he became known internationally for his research on climate change and financial services. He was the lead author of that chapter in the Second IPCC Assessment Report, and the review editor for it in the Third Assessment Report. He performed simi...

Johan Piet

Netherlands

Accountant Corp. Responsibility, Transparability B.V.

Johan Piet holds an academic degree in both economics and environmental sciences. As a Chartered Accountant he applies himself to advice and to verification of environmental and sustainability reports of companies and governments and other services in sustainability control and corporate social responsibility. He is director of TranspaRAbility, a small but fully independent body supporting sustainability communication between interested parties by improving information quality and adding cred...

Ruth Hillary

UK

Editor-in-Chief, Corporate Environmental Strategy

Hewson Baltzell

Unknown

Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Inc.

Johan Wempe

Netherlands

Kpmg Ethics & Integrity Consulting

George Starcher

France (Chambéry)

Founder and President, EBBF

George Starcher received a bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Mathematics from Yale University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, with Distinction (Baker scholar). After twenty years with McKinsey & Company, a leading international management consulting firm where he was a Senior Partner in the Paris and Milan offices, he founded his own management consulting practice. He is a member of the Board of Directors of, and consultant to, the Eu...

Antonio Gaudioso

Italy

Director of External Affairs and Fundraising, Cittadinanza Attiva-onlus

Eric Steedman

Canada

Groupe Investissement Responsable

Marcel van Marrewijk

Netherlands

Marcel Van Marrewijk

Johannes Schmidt

Germany

European Business School Institute For Environment

Duncan Austin

USA

Senior Associate, WRI - World Resources Institute

Duncan Austin is a Senior Economist in the World Resources Institute\'s Sustainable Enterprise Program. His principal research areas are the integration of environmental issues into the capital markets, the economic aspects of mitigating climate change and renewable energy. He has authored, or co-authored, numerous publications at WRI on these issues, including, most recently \"Changing Oil: Emerging Environmental Risks and Shareholder Value.\" Before joining WRI he was employed as an Econ...

Matthew Savage

Netherlands

Meyer Monitor B.v.

Craig Muir

Switzerland

Sgs International Certification Services Sa

Simon Zadek

UK

CEO, AccountAbility

Dr Simon Zadek is Chief Executive of the AccountAbility, the pre-eminent international professional institute committed to promoting accountability for sustainable development. He sits on the Board\'s, Advisory Council\'s and Knowledge Networks of the Global Alliance for Workers and Communities, the State of the World\'s Commission for Globalisation, the ILO\'s World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalisation, and the UN Commission for Social Development Expert Group on CSR.. He has un...

Berit Johannsen

Denmark

Navigent

Andreas Sturm

Unknown

Partner, Ellipson Ltd.

Timo van den Brink

Netherlands

Director - Triple P Performance Centre, Timo V.d. Brink

Timo van den Brink (MSc) is co-founder and executive director of the Triple P Performance Centre. The Triple P Performance Centre supports sustainable development and the use of the triple-bottom-line approach in sustainable investment and corporate decision-making. He manages research and networking activities on issues as quality improvement of social responsible investments, and the design of sustainability products for financial markets. He advises on environmental and social performances...

Jacky Prudhomme

Luxembourg

Arcelor

Helene Lindeman

Sweden

The Natural Step

Michael Hopkins

UK

CEO, MHC International Ltd.

Michael is CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd.  (London & Geneva), a research and service company that specialises in social development issues for the public and private sector alike (see www.mhcinternational.com).  The company works in two main areas: Labour markets and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).  The company has worked on development and labour related issues with inter alia, the World Bank, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB),...

Franz Knecht

Switzerland

Managing Partner, Connexis Strategy Consultants

Who is ConNexiS Strategy Consultants? Founded in 1999, ConNexiS developed since to a network of international experts with corporate and consulting experience. The added value we provide is in analysing the economic relevance of environmental and corporate social responsibility aspects and developing and implementing strategic, operational and management solutions for companies and organisations. The corporate basis is located in Basel, Switzerland. The members of the network are based in ...

Maurits Henkemans

Netherlands

Ministerie Van Economische Zaken

Philippe Bergeron

France

Director, Artemis

Dr. Bergeron's is an environmental expert whose experience spans thirtyyears as director and manager of environmental policy, management andtechnology capacity building projects and programmes covering a widerange of "brown", "blue" and "green" environmental issues. Withprofessional experience in 45 countries including 18 industrialisingcountries in Asia, his expertise is environmental policing, programmingand financing, triple bottom line management and investing for businessand environmental p...

Robert Howell

New Zealand

Chair, Csri

Robin Edme

France

President, EuroSIF

Robin Edme President EuroSIF Robin EDME, who is 48, is the co-founder the French Social Investment Forum (“Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable᾿). He became President of the French SIF in July 2003, after two years as Vice-President in charge of international relations. He was appointed President of EuroSIF (European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum) in February 2004, following in that position Emma Howard-Boyd (President of UKSIF, Head of the Jupiter Environmental Research ...

Walter Kahlenborn

Germany (Berlin)

Chairman, Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen

Walter Kahlenborn is co-founder and Executive Director of theGermanSustainable Investment Forum, an association promoting sustainableasset management active in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, andLuxembourg. He is also co-founder and Director of Adelphi Research andAdelphi Consult.Walter Kahlenborn is an acknowledged expert on environmental policyconsultancy, particularly in the area of "sustainable finance". Hisknowledge stems from numerous research and consultancy projects whichhe has carried ou...

George Starcher

France (Chambéry)

Founder and President, EBBF

George Starcher received a bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Mathematics from Yale University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, with Distinction (Baker scholar). After twenty years with McKinsey & Company, a leading international management consulting firm where he was a Senior Partner in the Paris and Milan offices, he founded his own management consulting practice. He is a member of the Board of Directors of, and consultant to, the Eu...

Anne-Mette Jørgensen

Netherlands

Director Projects, IMSA Amsterdam

Leen Paape

Netherlands

Price Waterhouse Coopers

Harish Bhayani

UK

Proactive Reputation Management

Sarojini Persaud

South Africa

Accountability Institute

Karina Litvack

UK

Friends Ivory & Sime

Alan MacDougal

UK

Pirc-pension Investment Research Ct

Jo Render

USA

Program Officer-Corporate Engagement, First Nations Development Institute

Jeanne Bloch

France

Senior Manager, Europe, Business for Social Responsibility

Dirk Cockelbergh

France

Deputy Managing Director, Vigeo

Mark Campanale

UK (London)

Advisor, Halloran Philanthropies

Mark Campanale worked overseas as a development economist in the not-for-profit sector and entered the sustainable investment management sector in the late 80's. Mark’s area of interest is in the finance of clean tech companies, sustainable asset management and ecosystems services, principally forests. Recruited as one of the Europe’s first specialist, sustainable investment analysts in 1989, Mark is a co-founder of the sustainable investment businesses firstly at Jupiter Asset Management wi...

Marcello Palazzi

Netherlands (Doorn)

Founder President, Progressio Foundation

Gert Maanen

Netherlands

Director, Gert Van Maanen

Eva Stenius

Sweden

Jak Medlemsbank

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of TBLI. His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." TBLI GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). TBLI GROUP™ makes connections for companies and individuals from the old to the new economy, by expanding, updating and utilizing its extensive global network. The focus is finance. Robert has been active in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fo...

Adrian Court

UK

MD, Delphi International Ltd

Adrian has operated at the cutting edge of TBLI for over a decade, both as MD of Delphi International and now as Senior Partner at Mahler Ventures. He managed the pioneering environmental and SRI research and advisory work at Delphi including of the design and launch of a number of investment funds. His work with the International Finance Corporation included an active role in designing the PVMTI facility and the MENA Region Environmental Fund. Adrian has 10 years experience in the Middle East w...

Georg Furger

Switzerland

Credit Suisse

Fred de Leeuw

Netherlands

Dilemma Adv.

Paola Triolo

UK

Arc

Marcello Palazzi

Netherlands (Doorn)

Founder President, Progressio Foundation

Toby Belsom

UK

Morley Fund Management

Eric Steedman

Canada

Groupe Investissement Responsable

Emma Howard Boyd

UK

Head Of Socially Responsible Investment Director, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.

Emma Howard Boyd has been actively involved in socially responsibleinvestment since joining Jupiter Asset Management in 1994. As Head ofSRI, Emma has overall responsibility for the management and futuredevelopment of Jupiter's Socially Responsible Investment business. Emma continues to head up Jupiter's Environmental Research Unit, whichanalyses the environmental and social performance of companies forJupiter's SRI funds. She is also responsible for building up Jupiter'sengagement services for i...