Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference in Bangkok

Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference Asia 2007

Hosted by: Brooklyn Bridge, TBLI Group

Date: May 24 - 25, 2007

Location: Landmark Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Plenary speakers: Ashok Khosla (Chairman Development Alternatives Group, India), Naina Kidwai (CEO HSBC India), Richard Laing (CEO CDC UK). -- I am happy to see a couple of accomplished for-profit entrepreneurs on the speakers list, like Nic Frances (CEO coolnrg, Australia) or Andy Schroeter (CEO Sunlabob, Lao PDR).

Paper submissions: Not accepted.

Registration fee: US$ 695 (commercial), US$ 495 for non-profit organizations and academics

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.

• 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 we anticipate over 600 in 2007.

More information and registration at TBLI Asia 2007

Base of the pyramid conference 2007

Business with Four Billion: Creating Mutual Value at the Base of the Pyramid

Hosted by:
William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University

Date: September 9 - 11, 2007

Location: Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

Plenary speakers: Al Hammond, Stuart Hart, Ted London, Mark Milstein, C.K. Prahalad et. al.

Paper submissions: Not accepted.

Registration fee: US$ 395 (before July 1st), US$ 295 for non-profit organizations, BoP Entrepreneurs residing in developing countries and students.

In particular, the conference will focus on sharing the latest thinking on three of the most intriguing and timely issues facing organizations that are interested in developing enterprise-based approaches to creating mutual value with low-income communities. These include:

• Generating a deeper understanding of the landscape, including the opportunities and challenges for enterprise development, at the base of the pyramid.
  
  
• Understanding the development implications of a BoP approach as compared to other poverty alleviation strategies.
  
  
• Developing the new organizational capabilities required to achieve both business growth and poverty alleviation.

More information and registration at bop2007.org