Sponsors

Bombardier is a global transportation company, present in more than 60 countries on five continents. We operate two industry-leading businesses: aerospace and rail transportation.

Our 62,900 employees design, manufacture, sell and support the widest range of world-class products in these two sectors. This includes commercial and business jets, as well as rail transportation equipment, systems and services.

Bombardier is headquartered in Montréal, Canada, and its shares (BBD) are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010, we posted revenues of $19.4 billion US.

Calvert Investments is an investment management company that offers mutual funds and separate accounts to institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and their clients. By combining rigorous analysis with independent thinking, our disciplined approach to money management goes beyond traditional factors in order to manage risk and to identify investment opportunities with greater long-term potential. We offer more than 40 equity, bond, cash, and asset allocation investment strategies, many of which feature integrated corporate sustainability and responsibility research. Founded in 1976 and based in Bethesda, Maryland, Calvert Investments managed assets of more than $14 billion as of October 30, 2009. More information is available at www.Calvert.com.

Dimensional Fund Advisors is a global investment management firm founded upon bringing great financial ideas to the market. For three decades, we've pioneered new approaches to trading and portfolio design and helped revolutionize ways people think about investing. With a global footprint and over $200 billion under management, Dimensional fosters a  culture of learning, teamwork, innovation, and dedication to always doing what's right for our clients. For more information, please visit us at www.dimensional.com.

Today's Merck is a global healthcare leader working to help the world be well. Merck is known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. Through our prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer care and animal health products, we work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to healthcare through far-reaching policies, programs and partnerships. For more information, visit www.merck.com.

MSCI Inc., headquartered in New York, is a leading provider of investment decision support tools. Our products and services include indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics, and governance tools.

MSCI ESG Research products and services provide in-depth research, ratings and analysis of environmental, social and governance-related business practices to companies worldwide.

We are building on the expertise and achievements of sustainability pioneers KLD, Innovest and IRRC which were acquired through MSCIs acquisition of RiskMetrics. ESG ratings, data and analysis from MSCI ESG Research are also used in the construction of the MSCI ESG Indices. 

Our products and services are used by investors to integrate ESG factors into their investment processes. Through early warnings and timely updates, our insights can help investors to uncover risks and opportunities that conventional research might not detect.

Our clients include institutional investors, asset managers, advisers, governments and government agencies, consultants, and NGOs. We continue to work closely with institutional investors and asset management firms to support the integration of ESG factors into their investment strategies.

The MSCI ESG Research team consists of more than 100 specialists worldwide, including more than 70 dedicated ESG analysts and researchers.
www.msci.com

National Grid is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, playing a vital role in delivering gas and electricity to millions of people across Great Britain and northeastern US in an efficient, reliable and safe manner. We believe the power of action can play a major role in safeguarding our global environment for future generations and tackling the effects of climate change, providing our customers with the highest standards of service through network investment and through our talented, diverse workforce.

In the U.S., National Grid delivers electricity to approximately 3.3 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island, and manages the electricity network on Long Island under an agreement with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). It is the largest distributor of natural gas in the northeastern U.S., serving approximately 3.4 million customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island. National Grid also owns over 4,000 megawatts of contracted electricity generation that provides power to over one million LIPA customers.

National Grid owns the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales and operates the system across Great Britain. It also owns and operates the high pressure gas transmission system in Britain and its distribution business delivers gas to 11 million homes and businesses.

S&P Indices, a leading provider of equity indices, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet the widest array of investor needs. The S&P U.S. Carbon Efficient Index and the S&P/IFCI Carbon Efficient Index are comprised of companies with relatively low carbon emissions. The indices also seek to track the return the S&P 500® and the S&P/IFCI LargeMid Cap index. All constituents are ranked within their respective GICS® sector, which incorporates the companies Carbon Footprint, calculated by Trucost PLC.

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change and water information in the world. Some 3,000 organizations across the world's largest economies now measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, water usage and assessment of climate change and water risk and opportunity through CDP, in order that they can set reduction targets and make performance improvements. This data is gathered on behalf of institutional investors, purchasing organizations and government bodies and made available for integration into business and policy decision making. For more information visit www.cdproject.net.

The Centre for Energy Environment Resources Development (CEERD) conducts Training, Research and Consultancy in the field of energy-environment in the framework of international cooperation projects aiming to strengthen the capacity of national governments in the Asian region on above fields. CEERD has been endorsed by Thailand's Ministry of Energy to be a member of the ASEAN Centre for Energy's (ACE) Network of Nodal Centres.

As a natural evolution of the Centre, CEERD is carrying out more and more projects with the private sector, notably in the fields of Sustainable development, Energy efficiency and CDM (Pre/Full feasibility studies, preparation of PINs and PDDs...). CEERD is at present the South East Asian partner from the EU funded project "SETatWork" (www.setatwork.eu) linking Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency in manufacturing and Carbon Markets. www.ceerd.net

Ceres is a leading coalition of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups working with companies and investors to build sustainability into the capital markets and address sustainability challenges such as global climate change. Ceres coordinates the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a network of more than 80 institutional investors representing over $8 trillion in assets that coordinates U.S. investor responses to the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change. In November 2008, Ceres launched Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy (BICEP), a network of leading consumer-facing companies advocating for strong climate and clean energy policies in Washington. Ceres is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2006 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist awards, and was named one of the 100 most influential players in the corporate governance movement by Directorship Magazine for 2009. For more information, visit www.ceres.org, www.incr.com, and www.ceres.org/bicep.

CleanTechies is a leading cleantech knowledge hub and fast-growing career & business network. CleanTechies covers key industry trends, offers relevant career services, and provides industry-specific resources, including hundreds of user-submitted blogs, jobs, and events. CleanTechies was recognized as a "Best Business Blog" by the Weblog Awards in 2009. The CleanTechies social network connects thousands of "CleanTechies" around the world, including professionals and students on LinkedIn, Xing, Facebook, and Twitter. CleanTechies, Inc. is based in San Francisco. Learn more at: www.CleanTechies.com

CSRwire is the leading global source of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability news. Founded in 1999 to advance the movement towards a more economically-just and environmentally-sustainable society and away from single bottom line capitalism, CSRwire has paved the way for new standards of corporate citizenship, earning the international respect of thought leaders, business leaders, academics, philanthropists, activists and the media community. Through innovative techniques and strategic partnerships, CSRwire continues to expand its content, communication technology and distribution channels exponentially.

CSRwire content reaches a broad and highly-engaged audience in the international CSR market through syndication partners, members, subscribers, visitors, mobile technology, databases, newsrooms, social media networks, search engines, financial portals, websites and online communities. As the exclusive distributor of CSR news and information for PR Newswire, CSRwire offers more visibility than any other newswire in the world.

Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) is a 501c6 not-for-profit membership organization with the mission to advance commercialization and global adoption of clean technologies and sustainable industry practices through community building, advocacy, and education.

CTSI members range from early stage companies in our cost-free, vetted cleanConnect program to utilities, corporations, municipalities, and service providers. Members participate in a range of benefits from partner introductions and deep event discounts to educational webinars featuring renowned experts and policy alerts when news happens in Washington DC.

To learn more about membership or our upcoming Utility Technology Challenge, visit our website: www.ct-si.org. 

EIRIS is a leading global provider of independent research into the environmental, social, governance (ESG) and ethical performance of companies. With over 25 years' experience of conducting research and promoting responsible investment strategies, EIRIS now provides services to more than 100 asset owners and asset managers globally. Our research focuses on the risks and exposure of companies in key ESG areas, and how companies are responding. EIRIS works with clients to create their own ESG ratings and rankings, to engage with companies and to create specific funds for their clients. EIRIS has a multinational team of over 50 staff in London, together with offices in Boston and Paris. The EIRIS network includes research organizations in Australia, France, Israel, Germany, Spain & South Korea, and now covers over 3,000 companies globally.

(EIRIS) Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the EIRIS Foundation. The Foundation supports and encourages the practice of socially responsible investing, particularly among charities, and funds specific projects to achieve its charitable aims. EIRIS Ltd is the Foundation's subsidiary - it helps to deliver these charitable aims and provides research and consulting services to investors.

Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor is published by New Energy World Network. Our mission is to inform and connect the global green investment community. We promote and facilitate investment in innovation by providing the latest news, views and analysis from the leaders, experts and shapers of the industry. We serve the information needs of active investors, innovators and deal-makers operating in the global environmental technology and renewable energy sectors. Our readers include: investment professionals from over 1,000 investment institutions and 400 private equity and venture capital firms; company executives from over 2,000 innovative energy and technology companies; and deal-makers from over 1,200 advisory firms, including investment banks, law firms and consultants.

Eurekahedge is the world's largest independent data provider and research house focusing on alternative investments. We are headquartered in Singapore and have representative offices in New York and London. We maintain coverage on over 23,000 alternative funds globally.

Our global alternative research covers hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, Islamic funds, real estate funds, long-only absolute return funds and enhanced equity funds (130/30) and socially responsible investment funds (SRI).

For more information, please contact Sultan Arif, Head of Marketing & Communications, at sultan@eurekahedge.com or +65 6212 0900 (Head Office - Singapore) or visit www.eurekahedge.com.

US Office Line: +1 212 308 4272

 

FundFire, A Financial Times Service, is the leading U.S. online news service for professionals working in the institutional and high-net-worth asset management industry. Each morning FundFire delivers a mix of original articles and summaries of the most important industry news that helps investors, managers and consultants stay abreast of the changes in their industry. Delivered straight to your inbox, FundFire provides its readers with all the relevant asset management news in one place each day and alleviates information overload. Financial advisors, investment consultants, pension plans, endowments and foundations rely on FundFire to power their management IQ.

For a free two-week trial, go to www.fundfire.com/trial.

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. (www.ga-institute.com) is a knowledge management and advisory organization providing leaders in the investment sector, corporate management, the social sector, and in public governance with services related to ESG factors, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Responsible and Sustainable Investment (SRI) in the era of greater corporate responsibility and accountability.

Accountability-Central.com is the public platform for news, commentary and research resources from around the globe on a range of issues and topics.

SustainabilityHQ.com provides subscribers (investment professionals and corporate executives) with resources to identify, monitor and effectively manage relationships with ESG investor interests, Sovereign Wealth Funds, US Public Employee Pension Funds, and capital market influencers.

The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), www.gemi.org, is a global leader in developing insights and creating environmental sustainability solutions and tools for business.  GEMI is an organization of 25 leading companies representing more than 12 business sectors dedicated to fostering global environmental, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability excellence through the sharing of tools and information to help business achieve environmental sustainability excellence.  For 20 years, GEMI has captured the vision and experience of its members through the development of a wide range of +30 publicly-available, solutions-based tools designed to help companies improve the environment, their operations and add business value. Spanning multiple eras of environmental management, GEMI has remained on the leading edge of EHS and sustainability issues and development.

HedgeCo.Net is the leading online community for qualified investors, hedge funds and service providers. For investors, HedgeCo.Net offers the premier free hedge fund database and powerful tools to search, rank and analyze potential investments. HedgeCo.Net members enjoy access to daily news, manager columns, and a comprehensive directory of service providers.

The Center for Global Prosperity is the leading source of information on global giving. The Center's annual Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances quantifies compassion across borders. We detail the sources and magnitude of private giving to the developing world and feature the best practices of nongovernmental foreign aid projects. By focusing on successful private projects we are helping to change government approaches to foreign aid.

The Low Carbon Economy is a central resource for the low carbon economy, connecting people and businesses with low carbon products and services, information, initiatives, and each other.

We created The Low Carbon Economy in 2006 to capitalise on everything we have learned over the years at Fuel Cell Markets, and to apply our unique knowledge, resources and experience towards assisting the development of a low carbon economy as a whole.

Our unique drive and resources have enabled us to create an exceptional company uniquely positioned to deliver a truly useful online resource which has the potential to help millions of people and businesses across the globe.

Principles for Responsible Investment, an investor-led initiative convened by UNEP FI and UN Global Compact, was established to help investors achieve better long-term investment returns and sustainable markets through improved analysis of environmental, social and governance issues. The Initiative has over 870 signatories from 45 countries with more than US$ 25 trillion of assets under management. www.unpri.org.

The Responsible Endowments Coalition is a non-profit organization that supports college and university communities in implementing responsible investment policies, by working with students, administrators and trustees to find models that fit their needs on over 90 campuses nationwide. Colleges and universities control over $300 billion in capital and lay claim to strong social missions, yet few have taken advantage of the great opportunities to express these values through responsible investment. REC introduces students, alumni, faculty and staff to the tools of active ownership and community investment and provides a national network for collective action. To learn more about how to bring responsible investment to your campus, contact REC at info@endowmentethics.org or 215.564.2201.

Responsible-Investor.com (www.responsible-investor.com) is the leading global online newswire reporting on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues for institutional investors. Readers of Responsible-Investor.com work within pension funds, government funds, endowments, foundations, investment management firms, private equity funds, investment banks, investment consultants, research agencies, corporations, government agencies, NGOs etc.

Skipso is a new online platform and business marketplace entirely focused on Cleantech and Sustainable Innovation. Skipso's virtual ecosystem helps Cleantech companies, innovators and entrepreneurs around the world kick-start their projects, grow their business, accelerate their innovation process and find resources more efficiently and at lower costs. www.skipso.com

SRI World Group Inc. is a leading provider of social investing and corporate social responsibility information. We pride ourselves at being independent and objective sources of information that empower individuals and institutions.

Originally called SocialFunds.com, SRI World Group was founded in 1999 by Jay Falk. SocialFunds.com was an idea that was born during Jay's 15 years in the social investing industry to bring information to individual investors. SRI World Group now also serves institutional investors with news, research, consulting and other services that can be found at www.institutionalshareowner.com.

Seeking Alpha (www.seekingalpha.com) is the premier financial website for actionable stock market opinion and analysis.  Handpicked from the world's top blogs, money managers, financial experts and investment newsletters, Seeking Alpha publishes more than 250 articles daily. Seeking Alpha gives a voice to over 3,000 contributors worldwide, providing access to the nation's most savvy and inquisitive investors.  The award-winning site is the only free, online source for over 3,000 companies' quarterly earnings call transcripts including all of the Russell 3000 Index.  Seeking Alpha was named the Most Informative Website by Kiplinger's Magazine and received Forbes Magazine's 'Best of the Web' Award.

The United States Business Council for Sustainable Development is a non-profit business association that provides opportunities for its members to work on authentic sustainability projects with industry, governmental and other key stakeholders who might not otherwise have the chance to collaborate and network. The projects generate economic returns while improving the environment and society  the triple bottom line. The US Business Council is part of a network of 60 national councils worldwide, and is a partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a global network of 200 international companies with members drawn from 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors.

The Network provides a forum for business and professional women to congregate, reflect, and act on the converging issues of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. Through meetings and simple electronic support tools, the Network aims to facilitate the exchange of experiences and best practices on these vital workplace issues. By creating a new network of executive women, the Network seeks to improve responsible practices in workplaces; sensitize corporate culture more generally to issues of sustainability and social responsibility; and encourage a public commitment locally, nationally, and internationally to sustainability principles.

Our mission is to advance sustainability through the commitment, talent, and leadership of businesswomen..

WNSF believes that integrating responsible, sustainable practices throughout organizations is key to building sustainable enterprises and a sustainable future. That's why WNSF welcomes participation from women in all parts of business including marketing, communications, legal affairs, investor relations, human resources, finance, strategy, philanthropy, environment health and safety, and corporate citizenship.