9 July 2007, Hong Kong - Press Invitation

To: Local News/ Business/ Finance/ Environment/ Features Editors

Worlds Collide: A forum where finance meets the environment.
EnviroSeries Conference to address the latest sustainable finance trend

You are cordially invited to attend the Worlds Collide Conference – A forum where finance meets the environment. 14 leading international and local financial and sustainable development experts will provide updates on sustainable financing trends such as the emerging diversified sustainability indices and socially responsible investments, carbon trading and the Asian carbon market, eco-tech investments, and the growing links between the environment, society and the bottom line.

Investors today earmark stocks of companies that follow socially and environmentally responsible practices. In the United States, as of 2005, there were US$2.29 trillion of “socially responsible” assets, including 200 mutual funds with assets of US$179 billion, up from 55 funds with US$12 billion in assets in 1995. A growing number of investment firms, research groups and service providers provide analysis of environmental, social and governance compliance of listed companies. In Asia and the Pacific, socially responsible assets are growing as well, with US$18 to 20 billion in assets under management out of a global total of US$4.5 trillion.

Keynote speaker Dr Edgar Cheng, Chairman of Hong Kong Council for Sustainable Development and Chairman, The World - Wide Investment Co Ltd will be joinined by a strong panel of overseas and local speakers, including Mr Martin Hancock, Chair of United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative from UK,Mr Paul Clements-Hunt, Head of Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative from Switzerland, Ms Changhua Wu,Greater ChinaDirector of The Climate Group from Beijing, China, to name but a few. Please click this link or refer to the following the program rundown and the full list of speakers and topics.

Details of the Conference:
Date: 18 July 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00-5:00pm (Registration starts at 8:30am)
Venue: The Hong Kong Bankers Club, 43/F Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, Central
Medium: English

At Business Environment Council, we always welcome any media enquiry and interview request from media broadcaster or journalist. We would be delighted to be part of your story or help you create your own by providing input or referring the appropriate contact.

Press Contact
Ms Estrid Wai, Head of Communications & Marketing, T. (852) 2784 3912
Ms Wendy Lam, Communications Specialist, T. (852) 2784 3922