Session V. 26 April 2002, 09.30-13.00, Mainstreaming Environment in Corporate Governance, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions

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1. ENABLING CONDITIONS TO HARNESS PRIVATE FINANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Speaker: Mr. Bart Jan Krouwel, Head of Sustainable Development, Rabobank

Key issues and background papers:

Policies in OECD and non-OECD countries that hinder or enable commercial financing of environmental investments;
Integrating investment and environment policies (drawing on OECD Conferences on FDI and Environment);
Promoting environmental corporate responsibility in the non-financial sectors, (e.g. OECD Guidelines on MNES, World Bank/IFC);
Initiatives of the financial sector (e.g. UNEP Financial Institutions Initiative);
Environmental reporting of investment and pension funds and micro-credit initiatives;
Expectations of the investors, financial institutions and fund managers concerning enabling framework conditions, conducive regulatory frameworks and "right" incentive structure for private financing of public environmental goods.

2. MARKET BASED APPROACHES FOR FINANCING BIODIVERSITY

Speaker: Dr. Maritta Koch-Weser, President, Earth 3000

Key issues and background papers

Creating markets for biodiversity products and services;
Countries' experience illustrating the role of government in harnessing private finance for biodiversity and nature conservation;
Information Instruments for Market Development;
Sectoral experience in market development: Organic Agriculture, Ecotourism, Forest Resources;
Financial Markets;
Community Based Market Involvement.