Financial Times & IFC will be organizing a second annual series of Sustainability Days in different cities around the world to provide financial and non-financial institutions the opportunity to engage and share around best practices in sustainability. For Latin America and the Caribbean, we are delighted to invite you to attend the Sustainability Day, which will gather senior bankers and senior industry managers in São Paulo on February 28, 2013 at the Renaissance São Paulo Hotel. Key topics for this event will include:
• Women and Business
• Inclusive business as a value proposition
• Low Carbon Growth/Impact Investing
• Corporate Governance
Moderator: Santiago Chaher, IFC Corporate Governance Group
Panelists:
Carlos Eduardo Lessa Brandão, Member of the Board of Directors – IBCG – Brazil
Teruo Murakoshi, Corporate Governance Director – Algar – Brazil
Marcello De Simone, Treasury and IT Director – Ultrapar – Brazil
This Sustainability Day will also serve to provide further information on companies’ participation in the 2013 Financial Times/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards. These awards, launched by the Financial Times and IFC, are the world’s leading awards for banks and other financial institutions that demonstrate leadership and innovation by integrating environmental, social and corporate governance considerations into their business.