ESG
Frank Klein, Head of ESG Europe, DB Advisors
Businesses today are more aware of their operational carbon footprint, but what do you know about your financial carbon footprint? DB Advisors’ Frank Klein explains its relationship to profits and performance, as well as DB’s three step procedure to identify, optimise and offset carbon risk.
November 23, 2011
ESG
Patricia Gastelumendi, CFO, Ferreyros SAA
Ferreyros is the leading distributor of capital goods in Peru, and it is enjoying considerable success as the country invests in its infrastructure – the company clocked $1bn in sales in 2010. Ms Gastelumendi discusses the company’s successes and the importance of transparency.
June 28, 2011
ESG
Guilherme Valladares, CEO, Ambiental PV
Forest owners derive value from their property by consuming the forest and/or using the land in a variety of ways. To be successful, a market-based approach to conservation must present a competing financial return to these owners. Guilherme Valladares explains Ambiental’s operating model.
May 10, 2011
ESG
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman, Nestlé SA
Nestlé is one of the largest nutrition companies in the world, with total assets over $120bn. How does Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe ensure this enormous organisation maintains the trust of its stakeholders and stay at the forefront of corporate governance affairs?
March 28, 2011
ESG
David Kay, CEO, GO plc
GO supplies 4P services of broadband, television, fixed line and mobile telephony in Malta. CEO David Kay describes the benefits of this business-friendly nation, and how a €100m investment in technology will ensure its networks stay at the forefront of communications supply.
March 23, 2011
ESG
Markus Tellenbach, CEO, TVN Group
After a sudden drop because of the financial crisis, advertising revenues are returning to peak levels – and for a company like TVN, with leading positions in broadcast, web and pay-tv in Poland, it means peaking profits as well.
March 7, 2011
ESG
Dr José Morgado, CEO, Inapa Group
The paper industry has gone through a process of consolidation over the past few years, as the best firms competed to survive the downturn. Now, groups like Inapa are turning to packaging and its higher profit margins. Dr Morgado explains the company’s strategy.
March 3, 2011
ESG
Manuel Sánchez Ortega, CEO, Abengoa
Over the next 30 years the earth’s population will increase by some three billion people, putting the planet’s energy, food and water resources under even more pressure. Manuel Ortega explains how Abengoa’s engineering expertise is helping to develop sustainable solutions to these challenges.
March 1, 2011
ESG
Konstantinos Tzoutzourakis, Investor Relations Director, Hygeia
In 2006 MIG acquired Hygeia SA, turning it into the largest healthcare provider in southeast Europe through rapid M&A. Konstantinos Tzoutzourakis discusses the group’s targets for more organic growth and its commitment to good corporate governance.
January 28, 2011
ESG
Jaime Polit, Partner, Pluris Sustainable Investments
Jaime Polit describes Pluris’ litmus test for sustainable investments, its collaboration with the World Bank in Nicaragua, and the major trends in the world’s population that will form the focus of sustainable investment in the future.
December 20, 2010