Conferences
TBLI CONFERENCE EUROPE 2007
Workshop 7 - Shareholder Engagement
Location
Salle Brongniart
Time
11:15 - 13:00
Speakers
Moderator
Virginia Sonntag-O´Brien (France)
REN21 Secretariat, SEFI, UNEP Division of Technology - UNEP Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative - UNEP Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative - Sefi
Speaker
David Harris (United Kingdom)
Director of Responsible Investment - FTSE Group
Title
Corporate Engagement - Experiences from an Index Company
Description
1) How can an index provider play a role in corporate engagement?
2) What impact has the FTSE4Good Series had on corporate practices, and what are the challenges of engagement on a global scale?
2) What impact has the FTSE4Good Series had on corporate practices, and what are the challenges of engagement on a global scale?
Speaker
Yuzo Konishiike (Japan)
Chief Manager ESG Group - Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Title
Present condition and recent trends of proxy voting in Japan.
Description
1) How the proxy voting in Japan has been changed ? How is the present condition?
2) With some important movements in Japan, which direction does the market advance to?
2) With some important movements in Japan, which direction does the market advance to?
Speaker
Reginald Stanley (United States of America)
Chief Marketing Officer - Calvert
Title
Shareholder Advocacy Issues, Tools, and Trends - a U.S. Perspective.
Description
1) How is the growing understanding of the materiality of ESG factorstranslating into corporations' willingness to engage and commit to highercorporate responsibility and sustainability challenges?
2) How can we enhance shareholder democracy to protect investors, improve corporate governance, and accelerate the transition to a moresustainable global economy and just world?
2) How can we enhance shareholder democracy to protect investors, improve corporate governance, and accelerate the transition to a moresustainable global economy and just world?
Speaker
Paul Hewitt (United Kingdom)
European Business Development Manager - Manifest Voting Agency Ltd.
Title
A Manifest Investigation into the Practical Problems of Informed Voting Across EU Borders.
Description
1) What tools or techniques do we currently have available for shareholder engagement and how do they work?
2) What improvements could make any of these tools or techniques more effective?
2) What improvements could make any of these tools or techniques more effective?
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