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On the 1st of June 2012, the 23^rd INAISE Conference will address the following topic:

How can Social Finance help address the effects of Climate Change?

Friday 1st June – from 9:00 to 18:30

L’Usine – 379, avenue du Président Wilson – 93210 La Plaine Saint-Denis – France

Founded in Barcelona in 1989 by seven organizations active in the field of social finance, the INAISE Network (International Association of Investors in the Social Economy) now numbers over 54 members worldwide. As a global exchange platform for social finance, INAISE co-organises an annual international conference that brings together social investors seeking to address the major common issues of their field, as well as assisting them in identifying those opportunities for cooperation that can become vectors of social and environmental change. Each conference encourages the sharing of experiences, collective reflection and innovative relationships between actors. This year, is it to be hosted and organized by SIDI, about the role of social finance in the fight against climate change.

Thus, the authorities of INAISE want this conference to be a trendsetter, to pave the way for firm commitments and lead to achieving tangible and applicable results.

The 2012 Conference, which will be presided upon by Dominique Lesaffre, SIDI, and President of INAISE.

The INAISE Annual General Assembly will also be held in Paris,

on May 31, 2012.

The 2012 Conference will be articulated as follows:

One opening plenary session, which will include meaningful contributions from experts.
3 workshops
- Ethical banks and social investors faced with climate change: risks, opportunities, and practices
- Financial services and housing that respects the environment
- Engaging the many kinds of actors of the social economy in the framework of the fight against climate change
A plenary at the end of the day which will deal with the restitution and synthesis of the workshops as well as the defining of a working agenda.

Organiser : SIDI – Solidarité Internationale pour le Développement et l’Investissement

SIDI, Solidarité Internationale pour le Développement et l’Investissement, is a social enterprise created in 1983 by CCFD-Terre Solidaire (Catholic Committee Against Hunger and for Development). SIDI contributes to the promotion of a social and solidary economy as an investor social. www.sidi.fr

The INAISE 2012 conference is open to all