Manufacturing & Service Sectors

Track Coordinators:
John Ganzi, Environment & Finance Enterprise
Brian Kelly, York University

Track Kick-Off Session (Monday, 1:15-2:30pm)

Speaker: Tom Darden, Cherokee Investment Security

Title: Making Industrial Finance Sustainable

Automotive (Monday, 3:00-4:15pm)

Moderator: Brian Kelly, York University

Sabine	Dembkowski	Empowerment of Consumers Through Environmental Car Rating Schemes?
Alexandra Jerry	Brady Elnick Rogers	Environmental Concerns and Attitudes Towards Tomorrow's Vehicles
Paul Peter	Nieuwenhuis Wells	Transitional Strategies for a Sustainable Automotive Industry: A Pragmatic Approach to Environmental Ratings Systems

  Stakeholder Value--Reporting a New Definition of Profits (Tuesday, 9:45-11:00am)

Moderator: Joan Bavaria, Trillium Asset Management

Marc	Epstein	Counting What Counts
Iain	Watt	The Global Reporting Initiative
Rob	Graff	Pilot Testing the Global Reporting Initiative

  Investors - Leveraging Environmental Issues to Generate Increased Rates of Return (Tuesday, 11:15am-12:30am)

Moderator: John Ganzi, Environment & Finance Enterprise

Jack	Robinson	Green Investment Strategies
John	Cuscak	Using Rating Models to Evaluate Environmental Performance as an Indicator of Financial Performance
Franz	Knecht	What Is the Status of Environmental Performance Portfolios in Europe Today?

Finance (Tuesday, 2:00-3:15pm)

Moderator: John Ganzi, Environment & Finance Enterprise

Robert Duncan	Repetto Austin	Estimating the Effects of Environmental Performance on Shareholder Value    Download .pdf
Frans Kathy	van der Woerd de Wit	Green Investment: Will "Realo Funds" Break Out of Their Niche Markets?
Kyle	Johnson	Kynder, Lydenberg, Domini

Electronics (Wednesday, 11:15am-12:30pm)

Moderator: Brian Kelly, York University

James	Sheats	Information Technology in Sustainable Development    Download .pdf
Anne	Feldhusen	Conversation for Understanding and Action
Michael	Lenox	The Role of Corporate Headquarters in DFE Adoption: A Longitudinal Study of the Electronics Sector