TBLI CONFERENCE™ ASIA 2009

Workshop 12 - ESG Risk Assessment

Location

Pacifico Conference Room 416

Time

09:00 - 10:45

Description

What are current best practices for ESG Rating Agencies? How accurate and reliable are they in assessing a company's ESG performance? Hear three of today's leading agencies and discuss about their insights and methodology.

Speakers

Moderator

Mizue Unno (Japan)
Managing Director - So-tech Consulting Inc.

Speaker 2

Bill Hartnett (Australia)
Managing Director Asia Pacific - RiskMetrics Group

Title

ESG Risk Assessment – The Journey to Mainstream Acceptance

Description

1) How do we identify material ESG risks for the attention of investors?
2) What is needed to make ESG risks more readily enacted upon by investors?
3) How do we identify material ESG risks for the attention of investors?
4) What is needed to make ESG risks more readily enacted upon by investors?

Speaker 3

Henrik Steffensen (Switzerland )
Co-Founder, VP Marketing & Business Development - ASSET4

Title

Risk Assessment – Can ESG Really Do the Job?

Description

- Why does ESG complement financial risk assessment?
- What are the key considerations?

Speaker 4

Mizue Tsukushi (Japan)
Chief Executive Officer - Good Bankers Co., Ltd.

Title

In Search for the Best Practice of ESG Research

Description

- What are the lessons from 10 years experience of daily ESG research scenes?
- Facts and Findings.
- How to prove the added value of ESG research?
- Case study on the impacts of ESG research towards the financial risk/return assessment.