Events

UNEP FI 2003 Global Roundtable

Sustaining Value: A Meeting on Finance and Sustainability

20-21 October, 2003 | Tokyo, Japan

Speakers

We were pleased to present a group of globally recognized speakers at the UNEP FI 2003 Global Roundtable.

Roundtable speakers included:

• Eiichiro Adachi - Senior Researcher, Japan Research Institute, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
• Jamie Allen - Secretary-General, Asian Corporate Governance Association
• Glen Armstrong - Adviser, Sustainable Development , International Finance Corporation
• Jusen Asuka - Associate Professor, Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University
• Monique Barbut - Director of the Division for Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE), UNEP
• Alex Barkawi - Managing Director of SAM Indexes
• Yafong Berthe - Secretary General, Ministry of the Environment, Mali
• Chris Bray - Head of Environmental Risk Policy, Barclays
• Richard Burrett - Global Head of Project Finance, ABN Amro
• Roberto Lopez Chaverri - Executive, Sustainable Development Unit, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
• Tony Coleman - Chief Risk Officer and Group Actuary, Insurance Australia Group
• Sean de Cleene - Director, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC)
• Paul Dickinson - Coordinator, Carbon Disclosure Project
• Herbert Diemont - Co-ordinator International Initiatives, Alterra Research Institute, Wageningen University
• Cinnamon Dornsife - Director of Financial Markets, Forest Trends
• Nazir Foead - Director, Species Programme, WWF Indonesia
• Toshihiko Goto - Co-chair GRI Forum Japan, GRI Member BoD; Chair, Environmental Auditing Research Group
• Richard Grottheim - Executive Vice President, AP Fund 7 (Seventh Swedish Pension Fund)
• Masafumi Hikima - President & CEO, Nikko Asset Management, Nikko Cordial Group
• Hanns Michael Hoelz - Global Head of Public Affairs and Sustainable Development, Deutsche Bank; Chair, UNEP Finance Industry Initiative
• Robert Hassler - Chief Executive Officer, oekom research
• Kunio Ishihara - Member of the Board, President of The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Takeshi Iwasaka - Senior Manager, Securities Investment Dept., Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Ltd.
• Carlos Joly - Chair, UNEP FI Insurance Industry Initiative
• Tony Juniper - Executive Director of Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Vice Chair of Friends of the Earth International
• Masashi Kaneko - Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Nikko Cordial Corporation, Director, Nikko Cordial Securities Inc.
• Mark Kenber - Senior Policy Officer, International Climate Change Programme, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)
• Matthew Kiernan - Founder and Chief Executive, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
• Yotaro Kobayashi - Chairman of the Board, Fuji Xerox
• Yuriko Koike - Minister of the Environment, Japan
• Takeshi Komura - Governor, The Development Bank of Japan
• Bart Jan Krouwel - , Managing Director Sustainable Development and Social Innovation, Rabobank Group
• Barbara Krumsiek - President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairperson, Calvert Group, Ltd.
• James Lawden - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, representing International Bar Association (IBA)
• Ernst Ligteringen - Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative
• Gianluca Manca - Global SRI Equity Fund Manager, Sanpaolo IMI Asset Management
• Mary Jane McQuillen - Director of Social Research, Social Awareness Investment, Citigroup Asset Management
• Peter Moon - Chief Investment Officer, Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Stig Elliot Nyegaard - Senior Advisor, Royal Awards for Sustainability
• Anne-Maree O'Connor - Managing Director, CoreRatings
• Kozo Oikawa - Senior Executive Director, Development Bank of Japan
• Takeshi Oiwa - General Manager, Corporate Risk Management Department, Sompo Japan Insurance
• Prof. Tadashi Otsuka - School of Law, Waseda University
• Akiko Oyama - Consultant, Corporate Advisory Services, ERM
• Brian Pearce - Director, Centre for Sustainable Investment, Forum for the Future
• Octavio B. Peralta - Deputy Secretary General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia & the Pacific (ADFIAP)
• Lawrence Pratt - Associate Director, INCAE / Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development
• Dirk Reinhard - Environmental Consultant, Geo Risks Research Dept., Munich Re Group
• Gerry Salembier - Director, Financial Institutions Division, Department of Finance Canada
• Fernando Teixeira Dos Santos - Chairman, International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Executive Committee
• Zmarek Shalizi - Senior Manager for Infrastructure and Environment Research in the Development Economics Vice Presidency of the World Bank
• Yoshiaki Shin - Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co.,Ltd. Senior Managing Director & Senior Executive Officer
• Dan Siddy - Head, Sustainable Financial Markets Facility, Environment & Social Development Department, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Thomas Streiff - Head of Group Sustainability Management, Swiss Re
• Rev. Gijun Sugitani - Secretary General of World Conference on Religion and Peace, Japan and priest of the Enjuin-temple of Kaneiji-temple, Tokyo
• Yuriko Koike - Minister of the Environment, Japan
• Maria Teresa Szauer - Director, Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
• Prof. Iwao Taka - ISO Strategic Advisory Group on Corporate Social Responsibility; Department of International Economics, Reitaku University
• Koichi Takata - President, Shiga Bank
• Yukio Takishita - Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance
• Tessa Tennant - Chair, Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA)
• Bruce Thomas - Divisional Underwriting Officer & Sustainability Manager, Asia Division, Swiss Re
• Klaus Toepfer - United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Executive-Director, United Nations Environment Programme
• Akihiro Tokuno - Executive Director / Senior Equity Strategist, Financial Research Centre, Nomura Securities, Co., Ltd.
• Hidemi Tomita - Vice President, Corporate Social and Environmental Affairs, Sony Corporation
• Prof. Hirofumi Uzawa - Prof Emeritus at the University of Tokyo
• Pedro Angeli Villani - SRI Portfolio Manager, ABN AMRO Ethical FIA - AAAM Brazil
• Robert Waite - Senior Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs, CIBC
• Bob Welsh - Chief Executive Officer, VicSuper
• Ken Yabe - Manager, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.; Member, CO2e Global Brokerage Team
• Kimio Yamaguchi - Deputy Governor, The Development Bank of Japan
• Vincent Zeller - Chief Investment Officer and member of Managing Board of GROUPAMA Asset Management; Co-chair of UNEP FI Asset Management Working Group, & Co chair of AMWG

Special Guest - Ms. Tokiko Kato, UNEP Special Envoy and singer
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Ms. Tokiko Kato started her career as a professional vocalist in 1965 whilst studying at the University of Tokyo. She is the winner of the Japan Record Award in the New Artist Category and twice Best Singing Artist. She has produced many hit songs and continues to hold tens of concerts annually in Japan and all over the world including Carnegie Hall, New York, in 1988 and 1990, France, Russia, and China.

In 2000, Ms. Kato recorded "Tokiko Sky" in Johannesburg and completed a collection of her songs in the 20th century. Her recent singles include "Hanagatami" (Flower Basket) in 2002 and "Anatani" (To You) in 2003. In 2003, her works on Okinawa songs spanning 30 years have been collected into an album. She is also and avid writer, and has published many books including her autobiography and poetical works.

She was appointed the Special Envoy for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in October 2000. As part of this work, she has traveled to many countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia and Korea, and participated in the WSSD Global Summit in Johannesburg in 2002. This year, she has visited Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to inspect the critical environmental conditions of the Aral Sea and local environmental education programmes.