Events

UNEP FI 2005 Global Roundtable

25-26 October 2005 | UN Headquarters — New York, USA

Agenda | Shaking the tree: NGOs and financial institutions

Increasingly, banks are in dialogue with activist NGOs that also participate in development of industry best environmental practices and policy, such as the Equator Principles. All of this is not without controversy. The panel of experts representing various sides of this issue explored these questions with the audience:

• The activist NGO – a good business partner?
• Working with NGOs, courageous or cowardice?
• Corporate social responsibility, distracting business from business?
• First the Equator Principles, where next?
• The activist campaign – does it ever end

Speakers

• Ilyse Hogue, Global Finance Campaign Director, Rainforest Action Network
• Shaking the tree: NGOs and financial institutions (PDF: 144 KB)
  Chris Bray, Head of Environmental Risk Management, Barclays
• Alan Murray, Assistant Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Moderator

• Leo Johnson, Co-Founder, Sustainable Finance