International Working Group: Past Events

The IWG annually hosts a Spring and a Fall Symposium for members to get together, discuss opportunities and developments in international socially responsible investing, and hear from invited speakers about up-and-coming issues of concern. The 2007 Fall Symposium was held November 2-3, 2007 just prior to the SRI in the Rockies Conference in the Tamaya Resort & Spa of Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.

PowerPoint presentations given by speakers can be found in the agenda.

International Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and SRI:

Making Connections and Sharing Perpectives 

Fall Symposium 2007

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Connections to SRI: 
Investment Criteria, Shareholder Advocacy, and Native Communities
(Joint Session with Indigenous Peoples’ Task Force)

Paul Hilton (Calvert Group) moderator
Laura Berry (Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility)
Steve Heim (Boston Common Asset Management)
Mitchell Anderson (Amazon Watch)

Corporate Impact and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights:  Discussing recent studies and findings

Baljit (Bava) Wadhwa (Calvert Group) moderator
Steve Herz (Co-author for WRI’s “The Business Case for Community Consent”)
Sonia Wildash (Ethical Investment Research Services)
Presenation: Indigenous Rights - Risks and Opportunities for Resource Sectors - Wildash
Emily McAteer (Risk Metrics Group)
Presentation: The Corporate Boomerang - McAteer

The Business Experience:  Moving from policies to actions 

Dan Nielsen (General Board of Pension and Health Benefits, United Methodist Church) moderator
Jo Render (Newmont USA)
Bob Walker (Ethical Funds)
Presentation: Securing First Nations Rights - Walker
David Hircock (Aveda)
Presentation: The Business Experience - Hircock

Calvert Group and World Bank: Discussion on its recent findings

Bennett Freeman (Calvert Group)
Baljit Wadhwa (Calvert Group)
Alya Kayal (Calvert Group)
Kristalina Georgieva (World Bank)

Environment & Climate Change Impact on Indigenous Peoples

Scott Klinger (First Peoples’ Worldwide) moderator
Kristalina Georgieva (The World Bank)
Presentation: Indigenous Peoples and Environment - Lessons from Experience - Georgieva
Julie Fox-Gorte (Pax World Management Corporation)
Larry Innes (Canadian Boreal Initiative)
Presentation: Indigenous People and Climate Change - Innes