MEDIA ADVISORY
For immediate release
UNEP FI and Globe Foundation sparking global conversation on ‘road to Rio+20’
Geneva/Vancouver, 24 August, 2011 – The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is pleased to collaborate with the GLOBE Foundation to offer multiple platforms for thinking, dialogue and action by the worldwide financial services and investment community in the run up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012.
The planned landmark gathering of leaders from the worlds of politics, business, and civil society will convene in
With that goal in mind, organizations involved in sustainable finance and responsible investment are encouraged to attend two critical discussion forums in advance of
· October 19-20, 2011: UNEP FI’s 13th Global Roundtable, Washington, DC – a major global gathering of the banking, insurance and investment communities joined by world-class leaders and thinkers such as Gordon Brown and Nassim Taleb eight months ahead of Rio+20.
· March 14-16, 2012: GLOBE 2012,
"No corporation, organization or non-profit operates as an island. In this post-recession environment, communication between all facets of business is crucial," saidJohn Wiebe, President and CEO of the GLOBE Foundation. “In facilitating global conversation amongst bankers, insurers and investors we ensure an active approach to creating a sustainable finance environment where responsible investment is a priority.”
"The swings in market volatility in recent days have confirmed, once again, our belief that a serious, deep and well-structured conversation needs to take place between the mainstream economy and forward-thinking capital market players," said Paul Clements-Hunt, head of UNEP FI. "Opportunities to sit at the same table the key interlocutors in that conversation are few in the run-up to the milestone