MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investing Presents “TBLI Conference Nordic 2014,” September 10-11, 2014, Oslo, Norway

Event Name: Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference Nordic 2014

Event Date: September 10 – 11, 2014

Event Location: BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway

Cost: The fee to attend the event is NOK 6,950 (USD 1,121). A reduced fee of NOK 6,150 (USD 992) is available to participants who register by July 30, 2014. Additional options for one-day admission and discounts for representatives of academia and NGOs are available. A “speaker package” is also available at a fee of NOK 4,500 (USD 726), which includes a speaker slot, a full conference pass and a discount of 50 percent from the full price of the conference for two attendees.

Event Summary: TBLI Conference offers a series of presentations and workshops that focus on “environment, social, governance” (ESG) and impact investing topics. TBLI Conference Nordic 2014 will be the first in a planned series to take place in Scandinavia. The event will address topics pertaining to ESG, corporate social responsibility, climate change mitigation and adaption, financing approaches, and “innovative” green technologies. Workshop topics will cover the following: “integrating ESG in portfolios;” “fund performance and strategy;” “shareholder activism;” “ESG and fixed income markets;” “impact measurement;” the “future of philanthropy investing;” “balancing investors;” “expectations on impact and finance;” “microfinance and microinsurance;” “sustainable sourcing and sustainable forestry” and “farmland investments.”

Background on Organizers: TBLI Conference is a subsidiary of TBLI Group, an Amsterdam-based organization that seeks to raise awareness of impact investing within the financial sector. BI, the host site, is a business school that was founded in 1943 as Bedriftøkonomisk Institut, which means Institute of Managerial Economics in English.

Event Website: http://www.tbliconference.com/index.php/upcoming-conferences/tbli-nordic-2014

For additional information, you may contact the conference organizers at conference[at]tbligroup.com or by telephone at  +31 20 428 67 52.

By Alíz Crowley, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

TBLI Conference Nordic 2014 Website, “Connecting the Dots”

MicroCapital, February 26, 2014, Triple Bottom Line Investment to Host “TBLI Conference,” May 29 – 30, 2014, New York, USA

MicroCapital, July 5, 2013, Triple Bottom Line Investing Presents ‘TBLI Conference Europe 2013’, November 14-15, Zurich, Switzerland

MicroCapital, January 31, 2013, Triple Bottom Line Investments (TBLI) Presents “TBLI Conference USA 2013,” June 17-18, 2013, New York, New York, USA

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