DEMYSTIFYING THE CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT (CSA)
& THE DOW JONES SUSTAINABILITY INDICIES (DJSI)

Focus on Assessment Questions for
Human Rights, Human Capital & Supply Chain

A Practitioner Workshop Presented by
Governance & Accountability Institute in collaboration with RobecoSAM

Hosted at Baruch College/CUNY in New York City on October 24, 2017

The aim of this workshop is to increase the participants’ knowledge about the methodology behind the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) and the RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) -- in this session, focused on selected criteria including Human Rights, Supply Chain, and Human Capital.

A workshop session will also be included on how institutional investors are utilizing data from the CSA and ESG data in their investment decision-making .

RobecoSAM and Governance & Accountability Institute expert representatives will contribute to the Meeting overall and in particular present content (including analysis and slide decks) that address each of the criterion.

Representatives from CSA-responding corporations that are high scorers in the respective CSA criterion will respond and share their perspective and experience in crafting responses to the CSA.

Participants can expect to take away a deeper understanding of:

• The DJSI 2017 – results & learnings.

• Effective approaches in assessing established and emerging sustainability topics in the CSA.

• Rationale, the business case, performance, and results from last year's assessment, and learn more about major challenges for companies, especially in the CSA Criteria of Human Rights, Human Capital, and Supply Chain.

• How institutional investors / fiduciaries are utilizing ESG data.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Price: $1,190
Registrations will be open until October 22nd, 2017.

AGENDA

• WELCOME OF THE DAY
  * Hank Boerner, Co-Founder & Chairman, Governance & Accountability Institute
  * Louis Coppola, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Governance & Accountability Institute
  * Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM

• WORKSHOP 1: HUMAN RIGHTS
  with Top Scoring Corporate Representative:
  Ariel Meyerstein, Senior Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citi
  * Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM
  * Moderator: Louis Coppola, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Governance & Accountability Institute
  

• Coffee Break

• WORKSHOP 2: HUMAN CAPITAL
  with Top Scoring Corporate Representative:
  Tina M. Berg, Sustainability Specialist, 3M Corporate Social Responsibility
  * Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM
  * Moderator: Hank Boerner, Co-Founder & Chairman, Governance & Accountability Institute
  

• Networking Lunch

• WORKSHOP 3: SUPPLY CHAIN
  with Top Scoring Corporate Representative:
  Jocelyn Cascio, Supply Chain Sustainability Senior Manager at Intel Corporation
  * Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM
  * Moderator: Louis Coppola, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Governance & Accountability Institute & Board Member of Global Sourcing Council (GSC)
  

• Coffee Break

• WORKSHOP 4: ESG DATA FROM AN INVESTOR PERSPECTIVE
  with Hideki Suzuki, Senior Governance Data Analyst, Bloomberg LP

• DJSI 2018 OUTLOOK & CLOSING REMARKS
  * Robert Dornau, Director, Senior Manager Sustainability Services, RobecoSAM
  * Hank Boerner, Co-Founder & Chairman, Governance & Accountability Institute
  * Louis Coppola, Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Governance & Accountability Institute
  
  

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN
Price per person: $1,190
Registrations will be open until October 22nd, 2017.

Cancellation Terms
All cancellations 7 days or less from the day of the event will receive credit towards another training.