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"70% increase since 2007 in the number of investors capitalizing on environmental trends [and] 54% of investors plan to invest in environmental technology over the next year."
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(USA) February 2010

"Canadian investors are generally favourable towards SRI. A third (32%) said they are 'very' or 'somewhat' interested. [Another] 55 per cent indicated that they would consider SRI if the return was 'as good or better' than other investments... The majority of investors surveyed view SRIs as 'futuristic' (78%) and 'a win-win for the individual and society' (77%)."
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"European HNWI [High Net Worth Individuals] Sustainable Investment market... approximately €729 billion, representing an average of about 11% of European HNWIs’ portfolios as of December 31, 2009. This is a growth rate of 35% over the two-year period since the data was previously collected."
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Environmental Bonds 2012, February 15, 2012, London, UK.
"Our 2nd annual Environmental Bonds conference will review the growing interest in this market from both the public and private sector and assess its potential to attract billions of dollars of new capital to tackle environmental challenges."

Cleantech Forum, February 27-29, 2012, Melbourne, Australia.
"The 8th Annual Australasian Cleantech Forum is the largest cleantech investment conference in the southern hemisphere and brings together clean tech companies, investors and energy users to discuss issues impacting cleantech investment."

Cleantech Forum San Francisco, March 26-28, 2012, San Francisco, USA.
"The 2012 Cleantech Forum San Francisco will mark the 10th anniversary of Cleantech Forums, the annual gathering of the global clean technology innovation community. While the San Francisco Forum has always been an international event, for the first time we’ll be inviting specific delegations from all over the world including China, Israel and Korea. Join us as we celebrate 10 years of clean technology, looking back on past successes and learnings."

2nd Annual World Islamic Finance Conference 2012, March 27-28, 2012, London, UK.
"The successful defaults in Sukuk, the lack of trained advisors and consultants who understand both the law of Islam and economic understanding of finance and weak marketing has perhaps stinted the growth a little. Fleming Gulf aims with its 2nd Annual World Islamic Finance Conference to tackle the issue by bringing together bankers, consultants, regulators, scholars and solution providers to a common podium where they shall look into Islamic trade and project finance with a sense of corporate responsibility..."

ESG Asia 2012, March 27, 2012, Singapore.
"Responsible Investor is taking its highly successful series of ESG events – ESG Europe and ESG USA – into Asia for the first time in 2012. RI’s ESG conference series brings together asset owners, asset managers, governments and regulators, financial services and banking groups, corporates, stock exchanges and service providers to discuss the development of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in institutional investment and market finance."

US SIF 2012 Conference, Sustainable Investing in Action! May 2-4, 2012, Washington DC, USA.
"This event offers a unique opportunity to network with leaders of the sustainable and responsible investing community, and to learn about new approaches, trends and policy developments in the field. The conference will attract representatives of investment management and advisory firms, research firms, financial planners and advisors, broker-dealers, community development institutions and asset owners such as pension funds and foundations, along with policymakers and corporate leaders."

Responsible Business Summit, May 8-9, 2012, London, UK.
"Planning is now in full flow and we already have a strong line-up of senior speakers (including CEOs from Kingfisher, Diageo and Kuoni) - everything so far is telling us that the 11 th Responsible Business Summit will be bigger and better than ever."

Ethics, Energy and the Future, May 8-12, 2012, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
"Canadian Business Ethics Network (CBERN) will hold its 5th Annual Conference in Calgary, AB from Tuesday, May 8 - Saturday, May 12th, 2012. The main program will occur over Thursday and Friday, with themed day-long workshops on Wednesday and meetings to organize new research projects on Saturday."

LOHAS Forum, June 12-14, 2012, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
"The LOHAS [Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability] Forum brings together +500 business executives to network and learn about the opportunities the LOHAS marketplace has to offer and how best to target the LOHAS consumer." This is also an opportunity to discover possible ethical investments.

Canadian Responsible Investment Conference, June 18-20, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
"This year Social Investment Organization (SIO) is collaborating with the Finance and Sustainability Initiative on the organization of our popular Intensive Sessions. These sessions feature three-hour technical workshops on topics of interest to financial advisors, portfolio managers, analysts, the pensions sector and the non-profit sector."

Global Wind Power Finance & Investment, June 26-27, 2012, London, UK.
"This 3rd annual Global Wind Power Finance & Investment event is the perfect opportunity for key financiers, utilities and leading developers to form strategic partnerships and help drive growth in the wind power industry. Listen, meet and network with a unique group of the leading global wind bankers, investors, private equity, developers and utilities."

RIAA’s 8th Responsible Investment Conference, August 30-31, 2012, Melbourne, Australia.
" ...get ready for another exciting conference with inspirational speakers providing insight into the trends, movements, discoveries, tools, short-cuts and resources that the industry has to offer. And in 2012, we'll be collaborating with the Melbourne Writers Festival to attract leading non-fiction writerin the areas of finance and sustainability."

SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing, October 2-4, 2012, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.
"The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing (formerly SRI in the Rockies) is the premier annual gathering of investors and investment professionals working to direct the flow of investment capital in more positive, healthy, transformative ways."

 

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