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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE:
March 30, 2007
A
special spring CFO
Forum, April 4 at the Business School, will
explore the impacts of sustainability concerns on investors,
financial managers and the financial services industry.
The discussion among the regionÕs chief financial officers
and UW Business School faculty will be moderated by investment
manager Ken Davis and led by a panel
of expert guests: John Prestbo, markets editor for The Wall Street Journal and
editor of Dow Jones Indexes (New York); Alka Banerjee, vice president of global
index management and chairperson of the S&P Emerging Market Indices (New
York); and George S. Dallas, managing director and global practice leader for
corporate governance at Standard & PoorÕs (London).
According to Jonathan Karpoff, faculty director of the CFO Forum, the event will
explore the trends and impacts of social and environmental investment strategies.
ÒAmong them, what does ÔsustainabilityÕ mean to leading money managers? How much
financial capital is chasing sustainable strategies? How do investorsÕ sustainability
concerns affect company reputations and cash flows? What are the Dow Jones and
S&P sustainability indices? And, can green investing change the world?"
Following the forum, Business School Dean James Jiambalvo will host a midday
summit meeting between the CFO Forum presenters and leaders from the Pacific
Northwest investment and endowment community, including Bill Gates, Sr., co-chair
of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Patrick Martinell of BGI Group; Phyllis
Campbell (EMBA 1987), president and CEO of the Seattle foundation; Anne Farrell,
president emeritus of the Seattle Foundation; and Carol Lewis, CEO of Philanthropy
Northwest.
Prestbo, Banerjee and Dallas will close the day with a public panel discussion
moderated by local news reporter Eric Sorenson and sponsored by the UW Business
School, the UW Program on the Environment, the CFO Forum and the UW Environmental
Management Program. This event, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in room 210 of Kane Hall,
is free and open to the public.
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