{"id":603749,"date":"2017-05-16T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/?p=603749"},"modified":"2017-05-17T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T22:04:54","slug":"tonight-esg-integration-how-are-social-issues-influencing-investment-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/tonight-esg-integration-how-are-social-issues-influencing-investment-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: ESG Integration &#8211; How Are Social Issues Influencing Investment Decisions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s still time to join us at tonight&#8217;s CFA Society of Boston and PRI event on the growing interest in considering of the &#8220;S&#8221; factor of ESG &#8211; effective integration of social issues into investment decisions. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CFA_Boston_RGB-300x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-603750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CFA_Boston_RGB-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CFA_Boston_RGB-150x40.png 150w, https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CFA_Boston_RGB-1024x272.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.riverbendadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CFA_Boston_RGB.png 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Our first panel will discuss how big issues &#8211; human rights risks, economic inequality, migrant crises &#8211; will affect investment decisions in the future.  Our second panel will feature case studies from several practitioners who integrating social issues into their investment analysis and decision making.  <\/p>\n<p><u>Panel 1<\/u>: <b class=\"c\">Social Issues Megatrends &#8211; Economic and Financial Implications of Human Rights Risks, Europe&#8217;s Migrant Crisis and Economic Inequality &#038; Populism<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderator: <b>Bettina Reinboth<\/b>, Manager, Social Issues, PRI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ken McPhail<\/strong>, Professor of Accounting and Vice Dean for Social Responsibility, University of Manchester<\/li>\n<li><strong>J.Jason Mitchell<\/strong>, Sustainability Strategist and Portfolio Manager, Man Group<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Wood<\/strong>, Director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment, Harvard&#8217;s Kennedy School of Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Panel 2<\/u>: <b class=\"c\">Case Studies on Integrating Social Issues<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderator: <strong>Justin Sloggett<\/strong>, Senior Manager, Investment Practices, PRI<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lauren Compere<\/strong>, Managing Director and the Director of Shareowner Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeremy Cote<\/strong>, CFA, Equity Research Analyst, Trillium Asset Management<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert M. Wilson, Jr.<\/strong>, Research Analyst, MFS Investment Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This CFA Society of Boston and PRI session will take place tonight, May 16th, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm and is hosted at MFS Investment Management.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfaboston.org\/store\/events\/registration.aspx?event=051817&#038;expand=TRUE\" target=\"_blank\">Registration is available at the CFA Society of Boston web site<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s still time to join us at tonight&#8217;s CFA Society of Boston and PRI event on the growing interest in considering of the &#8220;S&#8221; factor of ESG &#8211; effective integration of social issues into investment decisions. 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