Registration

07.30 - 09.00 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Welcome

09.00 - 09.10 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Robert Rubinstein

Opening Keynote

09.10 - 09.30 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Komiyama
The Revitalization for Japan -The Platinum Society-
In the 21st century, we human beings are facing a new paradigm: the earth’s limited resources, the aging of society and the explosion of intelligence.
The Japanese government conditionally confirme...

Keynote 1

09.30 - 09.50 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Nobuo Tanaka
Secure and Sustainable Energy Future

TBLI Roundtable Day 1 - The Role of the Financial Sector in Sustainably Restoring the Japanese Economy

10.00 - 11.15 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
The time has come for change. What special role can the financial sector play in rebuilding the Japanese economy? Does the energy sector need to make a U-turn towards renewable energy? How to make pen...

Robert Rubinstein (Moderator)

Hitoshi Takezume (Roundtable Speaker 1)
RENGO "Guidelines on Responsible Investment of Workers' Capital"
Introduction
Workers’ capital refers to funds which have been contributed by workers and/or on their behalf, the most representative form of which is for example a pension fund.
Considering that w...

Ian Simm (Roundtable Speaker 2)

John King (Roundtable Speaker 3)

Nobuyuki Hiratsuka (Roundtable Speaker 4)

Coffee Break

11.15 - 11.45 Wisteria & Maple Rooms

Keynote 2

11.45 - 12.15 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Herta Von Stiegel
The Next Investment Destination for Growth isn't China or India – it’s AFRICA!
In the past 30 years we have experienced the progressive rise of Asia and the relative decline of the West. India and China have become increasingly important and have influenced commercial decisions ...

Keynote 3

12.15 - 12.45 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Doris M. Schönemann
Today's Social Pension Funds Must Change Radically and Soon - The Need to Implement New Demographics, Good Governance and Transparency
Doris M. Schönemann, Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Federal Social Security Fund AVS/AI/APG.

In Switzerland, as in many European countries, like in Japan and other Asian c...

Lunch

13.00 - 14.30 Wisteria & Maple Rooms, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Workshop 1 - Micro- and Mesofinance

14.30 - 16.15 Hickory Room 1, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Tanaka (Moderator)

Peter Johnson (Co-Speaker 1)
Microfinance Retail Funds
Retail Microfinance Funds - What are the current offerings for socially-oriented investors? How can MIVs connect retail investors with microfinance institutions around the world? How can retail invest...

Hiroshi Amemiya (Co-Speaker 2)

Daichi Hirose (Speaker 3)
Social Performance Management: Leveraging Financial and Social Return on Investments of Microfinance Institutions
Although there are some successful microfinance institutions around the world, the vast majority of MFIs still faces a lack of management capacity to prove financial self-standing of the institutions....

Workshop 2 - TBLI and India

14.30 - 16.15 Hickory Room 2, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Robert Rubinstein (Moderator)

Manishi Raychaudhuri (Speaker 1)
Socially Responsible Investing in India – Challenges and Opportunities
1. SRI is in its infancy in India
a. Any India dedicated SRI funds?
b. Total quantum of SRI money in India
c. Total quantum of SRI money in the world and Asia

2. CSR initiatives remain largely a...

Rabinder N. Malik (Speaker 2)
India's Sustainable Growth - An Overview
In our interdependent world, whatever happens in India will have an impact on the rest of the world, and vice versa. The world is still recovering from its worst global financial crisis but it cannot ...

Sumantra Sen (Speaker 3)
Building Blocks for Mainstreaming ESG - Next Steps for Regulation, Research and Training
The integration of ESG issues into the financial markets in India is, at best, at an infancy stage. The stock exchanges, regulators and other enablers have taken some crucial steps but the enabling en...

Workshop 3 - Integrating ESG into Portfolios #1

14.30 - 16.15 Ginkgo Room, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Alexandra Boakes Tracy (Moderator)

Mirjam Staub-Bisang (Speaker 1)
Integrating Sustainable Investments Across Asset Classes – Overview and Case Studies of Institutional Investors
An overview of different investment strategies across asset classes will be given. We will look at equities, bonds, real estate, real assets, private equity and hedge funds. Case studies on the invest...

Yuzo Konishiike (Speaker 2)
Case Study of ESG Reseach Integration
We established our internal ESG research group to evaluate the companies from long term investment point of view within our company in 2010. We will share our case study of ESG evaluation method for E...

Robert Verdier (Speaker 3)
Integrating ESG into Portfolios: Perspective from an ESG Research Provider
As a specialist ESG rating agency, we are observing growing momentum in ESG integration and the development of various strategies. Drawing from our experience in servicing a wide range of institutiona...

Workshop 4 - Corporate Governance

14.30 - 16.15 Bamboo Room 1, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

James Hawrylak (Moderator)

Paul Wenman (Speaker 1)
Monitoring Asian Corporate ESG performance on the Web
InvestAssure is a corporate ethics web monitoring service from SourceAsia. We track 4,000 companies in Asia to identify and assess incidents or allegations of illegal, unethical, environmentally damag...

Nicholas E. Benes (Speaker 2)
Corporate Governance Training: Building the Base for ESG
Corporate governance culture "has a huge impact in organizations and their ESG orientation, and has common characteristics in many Asian countries. I will give an example of just how hard it is to cha...

Kelvin Ho (Speaker 3)
Managing Labor Risks and Impacts in Emerging Markets
Increasingly, investors are exposed to risks related to poor working conditions in companies or projects they invest in that could have legal, financial, and reputational consequences. Find out what a...

Workshop 5 - TBLI and Emerging Markets

14.30 - 16.15 Bamboo Room 2, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Lai Yong Wong (Moderator)

Kevin Macdonald (Speaker 1)
Can Sustainability Alpha Be Generated in Emerging and Frontier Markets? - Case Studies
It remains a misconception of many investment professionals that investors will have to limit performance in order to invest in a sustainable manner. The Africa Sustainability Fund performance since 2...

Miho Kurosaki (Speaker 2)
Challenges and the Futures of ESG Investment in Emerging Markets
ESG is seen with great interest in Emerging Markets.
It possibly resulted from a few factors:
one - ESG guidelines issued by regulators in Emerging Markets, and another - potential supply chain ris...

Andy Gebhardt (Speaker 3)
Evaluating Corporate Sustainability Performance In Emerging Asian Markets
ESG Research so far has been largely focussed on large-cap companies in developed markets, and relies heavily on voluntary disclosure. This presentation presents the results of a research project on e...

Coffee Break

16.15 - 16.45 Wisteria & Maple Rooms

Room 6 - Press and Media Room

16.45 - 18.15 Hickory Room 1, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
Available for registered Press and Media

Workshop 7 – Investor Engagement on Climate Change

16.45 - 18.15 Hickory Room 2, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Frank Hiroshi Ling (Moderator)

Hiroshi Tomita (Speaker 1)
Investor Engagement on Climate Change
The Global Carbon Market has experienced significant growth since 2005 and went through numerous fundamental changes. BNP Paribas believes that Carbon should be considered as a new asset class rather ...

Geneviève Ferone (Speaker 2)
How A Large Company Tackles The Climate Change Issue
Veolia Environnement is committed first and foremost to bringing concrete and operational solutions to help meet the climate policy objectives. The very nature of our activity is in itself a source of...

Mitja Hinderks (Speaker 3)
Opportunity: High-efficiency Un-cooled Engines
Today: Every time a piston engine runs anywhere, 30% to 50% of fuel energy is dissipated through its air or water cooling system and general radiation. Can we continue to waste this energy ?

Tomo...

Workshop 8 - Impact Investing

16.45 - 18.15 Ginkgo Room, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoko Okabe (Moderator)

Julia Kochetygova (Speaker 1)
S&P ESG Indices for Impact Investing
ESG Indices play a key role in encouraging responsible investments and promoting companies’ sustainability. ESG index investing is a viable option for “active passive” investors who want to make...

Toru Iwai (Speaker 2)
Impact Investment Efforts
The Daiwa Securities Group has developed and offered innovative products aimed at promoting socially beneficial investment. I will introduce some of the products and discuss about impact investment ef...

Cynthia Chua (Speaker 3)
Beyond the Margin: Investing for Growth and Development in Asia
The emerging economies of Asia have among the fastest growth rates in the world, with an ever increasing middle class. However, in many countries, the vast majority still live below the poverty line a...

Workshop 9 - TBLI Research and Innovation

16.45 - 18.15 Bamboo Room 1, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Paul Hoff (Moderator)

Keiichi Fukuyama (Speaker 1)
Research Project on ESG Investment of Japanese Pension Funds
A new Research Project on ESG Investment of Japanese Pension Funds has just started supported by Japanese Government's Grant-in-aid for scientific research. Scheduled period of research is 3 years (20...

Hiroshi Miyai (Speaker 2)
ESG Factors in Corporate Valuation - from the Research by the SAAJ's Working Group
The Securities Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ) established a “Working Group on ESG Factors in Corporate Valuation”, in order to study corporate valuation methodology explicitly incorporating ...

Masato Ito (Speaker 3)
Research and Innovation in the Field of Responsible Property Investment in Japan
Responsible Property Investment is an approach to property investing that recognizes environmental, social and governance considerations along with more conventional financial objectives. I would like...

Workshop 10 - TBLI and Increased Demand for Green Power

16.45 - 18.15 Bamboo Room 2, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
The Need to Find Alternatives for Nuclear Energy and Soaring Energy Demand in Emerging Markets - Workshop cooperation with BNP Paribas

Mariko Kawaguchi (Moderator)

Daisy Zhang (Speaker 1)
China Renewable Energy-growth For The Next Decade
We expect renewable power to record strong growth in the next decade, given that China is to reduce carbon emission by 40-45% in 2020. We estimate clean & renewable power to boost contribution to 40% ...

Alexandra Boakes Tracy (Speaker 2)
Asia’s Impossible Energy Challenge
By 2050, according to the World Energy Council, carbon emissions will nearly double, OECD countries will be expected to have reduced their emission by 80% and 1.5 billion people will have access to el...

John King (Speaker 3)

Toshio Hori (Speaker 4)
Japan’s Revised Energy Supply Plan for 2030 - Potentials and Challenges
“Japan’s Energy Supply Plan for 2030”, which intends to build more than 14 new nuclear power plans is to be revised;
- Introducing policies to expand energy efficiency and renewable energy is...

Pre-Dinner Cocktail Drinks

18.15 - 19.30 Ballroom Foyer, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Grand Dinner (Invitation Only)

19.30 - 21.30 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Workshop 11 - TBLI and the Clean Technology Value Chain

09.00 - 10.45 Hickory Room 2, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
Workshop cooperation with BNP Paribas

Frank Hiroshi Ling (Moderator)

Weiyee In (Speaker 1)
Technology Value Chain Disruption
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES' Telecoms, Media and Technology Strategist, Weiyee IN will discuss recent and upcoming disruptions in the technology value chain for alternative energy and sustainability and th...

François Vince (Speaker 2)
Veolia Innovation Accelerator: Boosting the Development and Deployment of Clean Technologies Worldwide
Veolia Environnement is the world leader in environmental services.
With operations in 74 countries covering every continent and more than 310,000 employees, Veolia Environnement provides customized ...

Room 12 - Press and Interviewing Room

09.00 - 10.45 Hickory Room 1, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Workshop 13 - Integrating ESG into Portfolios #2

09.00 - 10.45 Ginkgo Room, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Kawaguchi (Moderator)

Michael Salvatico (Speaker 1)
ESG Integration: The Highs, Lows and Holy Grail
The growing support for ESG integration is evident in the increase of UN PRI signatories. There is an increased interest in investigating the risks and opportunities in ESG research. There are those c...

Aldo Bonati (Speaker 2)
Integrating Fundamental Quantitative and ESG Research
Companies are disclosing more ESG information in their public documents and are integrating it into annual reports and investors presentations.
Asset managers and banks are already working to the int...

Steven R. Okun (Speaker 3)
Creating Sustainable Value
The Speaker explains KKR's unique and succesful ESG approach.


“We consider ESG issues not only because it makes us good citizens, but because we believe that thoughtful management of these issu...

Workshop 14 - Sustainable Mobility in Emerging Markets

09.00 - 10.45 Bamboo Room 1, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan
Workshop cooperation with BNP Paribas

Reina Otsuka (Moderator)

Iwao Matsuoka (Speaker 1)
Image of the Future Sustainable Transport in Emerging Countries
Transport policies taking the global warming issues into account do not thwart future economic growth. In other words, it requires searching for a new vision of what transport should be rather than ex...

Koichi Sugimoto (Speaker 2)
The Future of Technological Fuel Efficiency Improvement Technology and Auto Company Management
- Not only is fuel efficiency improvement the most important aspect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in auto companies, but it is also the key to achieving long-term profit growth.
- In rece...

Workshop 15 - Sustainability Indices

09.00 - 10.45 Bamboo Room 2, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Mizue Unno (Moderator)

Yoshiyuki Makino (Speaker 1)
S&P’s Sustainable Index Solutions for Environmentally Conscious Investors
More and more investors demonstrate a preference for sustainability to factor carbon efficiency into their investment decisions. S&P Indices strives to provide sustainable indices to enable investors ...

Paul Hoff (Speaker 2)
10 Years of FTSE4Good and integration of ESG into investor practice
10 years since the launch of the FTSE4Good Index Series, it is time to reflect on progress made through evolving inclusion criteria and corporate engagement on ESG issues, and to consider how to tackl...

Hazel Henderson (Speaker 3)
Measuring Growing Green Sectors Worldwide
Presents the latest results of Ethical Markets Media "GREEN TRANSITION SCOREBOARD®" totaling all private investments in green sectors worldwide since 2007.
Current totals over $2 trillion. We exclu...

Coffee Break

10.45 - 11.15 Wisteria & Maple Rooms, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

TBLI Roundtable Day 2 - Corporate Governance and Financial Integrity

11.15 - 12.50 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Charles Travis Canfield (Moderator)

James Hawrylak (Roundtable Speaker 1)

Paul Hoff (Roundtable Speaker 2)

Nicholas E. Benes (Roundtable Speaker 3)

Doris M. Schönemann (Roundtable Speaker 4)

Closing Address

12.50 - 13.00 Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Chinzan-so, Tokyo, Japan

Robert Rubinstein