TBLI 2007 Europe

TBLI Conference is the premier conference on ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)or extra financial investing. The financial community is showing more and more interest in analyzing all forms of risks and returns, which is what extra-financial or ESG investing provides. 

For the past 8 years, TBLI has grown into the major international event, for learning and networking, around ESG. ESG or Extra Financial investing looks at financial, social and environmental, as well as governance risks and returns. TBLI Conference is a 2 day event that brings together all the leading thought leaders around ESG. 

General Information 
- Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) is based on the principle that positive financial, social, and environmental returns are not mutually exclusive - sound investments ensure returns in all three areas. 
- The TBLI Conference is the leading global Sustainable Investment education and networking event. 
- The 2007 Conference is our eigth year as the largest global annual event on Sustainable Investment. 
- The theme for TBLI 2007 is “Opportunity” – keynote speeches and breakout sessions will focus on the growth of SRI in mainstream investment, the new initiatives that are driving this growth, and the emerging opportunities in alternative asset classes. 
- Over 400 participants attended in previous years and it is anticipated over 600 in 2007.

The program includes keynote speeches that open and close the conference, several plenary sessions, and a series of four breakout sessions for conference participants to choose from. 
- We offer conference participants plenty of opportunities to network. TBLI is the premier global event for education and networking. Spaces for ad hoc meetings are set aside to facilitate this. 
- Topics of sessions include subjects such as: Carbon Finance, Sustainable Private Equity, Renewable Energy Finance, TBLI Research, Equator Principles, SRI Public Policy Initiatives, etc. 
- Speakers at TBLI 2006 included: Antoine de Salins, (FRR(Fonds de Réserve pour Les Retraîtres), Member of Executive Board, France), Andreas Knörzer, (Bank Sarasin, Head of Sustainable Investments, Switzerland), Wim Vermeir, (Dexia Asset Management, Global Head of Equity and Sustainable Management-Member of Executive Committe, Belgium), Thierry Deheuvels, (AGF-AM, General manager of AGF AM in charge of investment (CIO),France), Paul Watchman, (Partner, LeBoeuf Lamb, UK), and Andreas Knörzer, (Bank Sarasin, Head of Sustainable Investments, Switzerland).