Royalty,
dignitaries, leaders and pioneers in SRI, ESG and faith based finance
from emerging and developed markets to gather at the global conference.
Edinburgh, 23 June 2015: This fall, the Global Ethical Finance Forum (GEFF) will
initiate the inaugural conversation within the broader ethical finance
industry. 400 key asset managers, institutional investors, academics,
regulators and government officials from Europe, North America, the
Middle East, East Asia and Africa will convene at the very first ethical
finance event of its kind.
GEFF will serve
as a two-day forum and has already been lauded by international media as
the most comprehensive event on ethical finance, covering topics such
as re-establishing the role of the financial system in supporting
economic growth, the potential scope and avenues for integration of
virtues and ethics in the financial sector, and the opportunity that
sustainable investment presents for long term investors. The most
noteworthy plenary sessions will discuss the opportunity and strategies
for responsible finance to take a more active role in shaping the global
financial system.
The Forum will
also promote the convergence of the various disconnected segments of the
ethical finance industry through an action oriented dialogue between
the socially responsible investing (SRI) sector, United Nations
Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI) signatories, Islamic
finance, faith based investing and other Responsible Financial services
sectors. To trace back to the history of where ethics in
finance and business had started and the role it should play in today’s
context, the forum introduces a plenary session with an established
economic historian, Professor Charles Munn, who will
educate the audience on his views about the Development of Moral Finance
and how ethics paved its way into mainstream finance. He will also
elucidate on the future role of ethical finance and its significance in
the financial system.
The second day
of the Forum will culminate in an exclusive one-on-one conversation with
the 'incorruptible' former Central Bank Governor of Nigeria, His Royal
Highness Emir Muhammad Sanusi II, Emir of Kano who will
share his views on the future of the global financial system and what
needs to be done to ensure its continued stability. A principled global
leader who is credited to strengthening the financial system of Africa’s
largest economy while maintaining his firm stance against vested
interests, HRH Emir Sanusi was the recipient of the prestigious “Central Bank Governor Award” by The Banker in 2011.
GEFF will take place on the 1st and 2nd of September at the historic Balmoral Hotel in central Edinburgh, one of Europe’s cultural & literary capitals.
