14:30 - 16:15

Richard Newell (New Zealand)
Managing Editor - Investment & Pensions Asia

Haruo Funabashi (Japan)
Visiting Professor - Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

1. The secret of long-lived companies in Japan. 2. Community Capitalism.

Tomohiro Matsuoka (Australia)
Independent SRI Research Consultant

Trends in Performance of Japanese Companies under the Global ESG Rating Models

With the expansion of SRI beyond "traditional" SRI markets in Europe and North America, ESG rating models, previously developed in and applied to these regions, have variously been directly translated and applied to other markets, such as Japan and other Asian countries. This presentation will examine;
- How have Japanese performed in such rating framework?
- How have actual corporate practices, as well as performance, changed?
- How do they compare with global counterparts, including those from emerging markets in Asia?
- How appropriate is this practice of defining and measuring sustainability and ESG performance from one market to another?

Mikio Yamamoto (Japan)
A.T. Kearney Japan

Industry Restructuring Strategy with Social Finance Systems

This presentation deals with the shift of corporate social responsibilities to optimize industry structure over macro economics environment changes and the evolution of SRI to the new financial eco-mechanisms to drive industry restructuring.