Investment specialists from Kane Davis Cooper PWM (kdcltd.com) were welcomed for the first time as attendees to the 5th annual China Social Investment Forum (China SIF) held at the China World Hotel Beijing on December 5th.

Invited to share their expertize and experience in the area of Charitable Trusts, members of the senior management of KDC were asked to give a short speech as part of the “Charitable Trust Seminar: A New Approach of Responsible Investment.” The talk lasted around 45 minutes and provided some innovative ideas to the assembled audience, eager to learn how they can make improvements in their own companies. A spokesperson from Kane Davis Cooper Private Wealth Management said it was well-deserved recognition of the company’s growing prominence in the Chinese investment and wealth management sector that they had been invited to speak, and the Shenzhen based company are hoping to be more involved in future events about responsible investment.

The China Social Investment Forum was initiated in Beijing in 2012 and strives to improve conscientious investment and to increase Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration in the country. It has slowly evolved into what is now a valuable international forum of knowledge sharing and capacity building for Chinese based financial institutions and individuals.

This year, the annual conference was expanded to 2017 China SIF Week, consisting of a one-day yearly conference on the 5th of December followed by a few days of seminars. The theme of the annual get together was “Responsible Investment: World Trends and China’s Practices.”

Speakers discussed subjects such as the latest trends and methods of responsible investing as well as environmentally aware financing for China and the wider world.

The seminars that were held from the 6th to the 8th of December covered:

Stock Exchanges and Sustainable Development

Green Bond Standards

Charitable Trust Seminar: A New Approach to Responsible Investment

Financial Innovation Supporting Poverty Alleviation

Green Financing for Local Regions

Financing Green Start-ups

The conference was organized by China SIF, the Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, SynTao Green Finance and Caixin Media. The PRI and UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative will co-host the annual conference while other partners will co-host seminars.