Events

World Summit on Sustainable Development

UNEP FI Side Events

28 August, 2002 - 2 September, 2002 | Johannesburg, South Africa

UNEP FI, and its conference partners, the Corporation of London, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), IUCN – The World Conservation Union, and UNEP FI African Task Force members and associates held a series of events at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

Key Documents

• UNEP FI Activities Update - The World Summit on Sustainable Development (PDF: 158KB)
• Recommendations from the UNEP Finance Initiatives Global Roundtable (Rio de Janeiro, 2002) presented to the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) (PDF: 28KB)

Events

Financing for sustainable development: Launch of the joint World Bank / IMF / UNEP Report

28 August, 2002

• Financing for Sustainable Development (PDF: 675 KB)

This publication discusses Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Its specific objective is to explore potential avenues to attract private sector funding and generate more resources for the public sector to invest in sustainable development.

“Finance, sustainability and Africa” The UNEP FI African Task Force at the WSSD

29 August 2002

African Task Force Workshop

• Key Questions on SRI (PDF: 2.87 MB)
  Mr. Sean de Cleene, AICC
• Cleaner Production Investment Opportunities in Africa (PDF: 436 KB)
  Ms. Rosie Chekenya, Roscam-UNEP
• Social Responsible Investment - An Exchange's View (PDF: 83 KB)
  Ms. Nicky Newton-King, JSE
• The FORGE Group (PDF: 853 KB)
  Mr. Phil Case, Barclays
• Financing the Future, the London Principles Project (PDF: 527 KB)
  Mr. Brian Pearce, Centre for Sustainable Development

African Task Force Panel: “Finance, Sustainability and Africa”

• The Financial Industry as a Partner for Sustainable Development (PDF: 190 KB)
  Ms. Jaqueline Aloisi de Larderel, UNEP
• Connecting Africa into International Capital Markets (PDF: 138 KB)
  Ms. Nicky Newton-King, JSE
• African Capital Markets, the Global Context and Sustainability - What are the Challenges? (PDF: 96.0 KB)
  Mr. Mumba Kapumpa, African Capital Markets Forum
• Finance and Sustainability (PDF: 141 KB)
  Mr. Michael Hoelz, Deutsche Bank, Chair of UNEP FII
• Finance and Climate Change (PDF: 728 KB)
  Mr. Thomas Streiff, Swiss Re
• Finance and Environmental Management (PDF: 880 KB)
  Mr. Phil Case, Barclays
• Finance and Insurance as a Partner for Sustainable Development (PDF: 846 KB)
  Mr. Dirk Reinhard, Munich Re
• Sustainability and the Asian Finance Sector (PDF: 376 KB)
  Mr. Takejiro Sueyoshi, UNEP FI Special Representative for the 2003 Tokyo Gloabl Roundtable

Roundtable discussion: The role of financial services in sustainable development

30 August 2002

Hosted by the Government of the UK in Conjunction with UNEP FI and the Corporation of London. Richard Sandbrook facilitated this high-level meeting, at which a Memorandum of Understanding between the Corporation of London and UNEP (PDF: 10KB) was signed by Dame Judith Mayhew and Dr. Klaus Töpfer.

IUCN Business Day

31 August 2002

Hosted by IUCN, the Business day featured Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, UNEP on "UNEP's Industry Partners for Sustainable Development", and Michael Hoelz, Deutsche Bank and Chair, UNEP FI, on "Can risk capital generate biodiversity returns?"

In addition, a Memorandum of Understanding between UNEP FI and the IUCN was signed (PDF: 54 KB).

Joint panel event on finance and sustainability: UNEP FI and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

2 September 2002

A presentation of the activities of the finance community related to sustainability. Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, UNEP, and Michael Hoelz, Deutsche Bank, presented on behalf of UNEP FI.