Asia Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise Seminar Series
Tuesday, 08 June 2010, 5:30pm - 8:00pm
"Responsible investing: where the rubber hits the road"
The 10th anniversary of the
United Nations Global Compact and the emerging sustainable enterprise economy
Supported by the United Nations Association Australia
and Earth Watch
Guest Speakers
Professor Sandra Waddock,
Boston College, USA
Rosemary Sainty, Coordinator of
the Australian UNGC Network, St James Ethics Centre, Sydney, Australia
Bill McCredie, Allens Arthur
Robinson
Fiona Nicholls, General Manager
External Relations, Coal Australia, Rio Tinto
June 2010 sees the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Global Compact
(UNGC), the world?s largest voluntary corporate and sustainability initiative.
The UNGC seeks to align business operations and strategies with ten universally
accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and
anti-corruption. Chaired by Professor Malcolm McIntosh, Director, Asia Pacific
Centre for Sustainable Enterprise who has also been a Special Advisor to the
Compact, this seminar will elaborate on the state-of-play surrounding the
integration of the UNGC principles, the emerging sustainable enterprise
economy, and linkages to other global sustainability initiatives including the
Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) and Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI). To be followed by networking drinks.
A catered networking
function will immediately follow the seminar.
Further information: email
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Location: Function Room (Level 2), Griffith South Bank Graduate Centre (S07), South Bank campus, Griffith University Contact: Phone Karen Brindley (07) 373 53253