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 # Announcing: DJSI - How Insights Inspire Action

 

##### Leveraging the Value of the Corporate Sustainability Assessment

 

 

 Feb 1, 2018 1:15 PM ET

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February 1, 2018 /3BL Media/ - The aim of this workshop is to increase the participants’ knowledge about the importance of and methodology behind the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) and the RobecoSAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA).

A workshop session will also be included on how to utilize important resources offered by RobecoSAM such as the benchmarking and leading practices databases. G&A will also present best practices for organizing a gap analysis, project management, and internal subject matter expert identification for first time responders, or those working to improve their CSA responses.

RobecoSAM and Governance & Accountability Institute expert representatives will contribute to the Meeting overall and in particular present content (including analysis and slide decks). Participants can expect to take away a deeper understanding of:

Participants can expect to take away a deeper understanding of:

- The DJSI 2018 – methodology and important takeaways.
- Effective approaches in assessing established and emerging sustainability topics in the CSA.
- Rationale, the business case, performance, and results from last year's assessment, and learn more about major challenges for companies.
- Best practices, valuable tools and resources available for first time responders as well as those looking to improve their response in 2018.
- Each attendee will have free access to RobecoSAM's benchmarking & leading practices database for the day. (Access to these databases normally cost 4’990 EUR and 2’500 EUR respectively.)

**[REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN](http://bit.ly/DJSIinsights)**

**[EARLY BIRD RATE: $599 ](http://bit.ly/DJSIinsights)  
(Available until February 23rd. Full Price: $749)**

*Registrations will be open until April 5, 2018.*

[CLICK HERE TO VIEW AGENDA!](http://bit.ly/DJSIinsights)

**For information and to register, [click here.](http://bit.ly/DJSIinsights)**

**FOR QUESTIONS**, contact Louis D. Coppola, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder, Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. at Tel 646.430.8230 ext 14 or email[ lcoppola@ga-institute.com](mailto:lcoppola@ga-institute.com).

**About Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. ([www.ga-institute.com](http://www.ga-institute.com))**   
Governance & Accountability Institute is a New York City-based sustainability research, consulting and educational services company working with corporate sector and investment community clients. Typical engagements include preparation of sustainability, CSR and citizenship reports; peer benchmarking on ESG issues and reporting; customized ESG research (environmental, social and governance performance); strategic materiality analysis; sustainable investor relations; corporate communications around sustainability; and assistance with stakeholder engagements. The company is the Data Partner for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for the USA, UK and the Republic of Ireland.

**About RobecoSAM ([www.robecosam.com](http://www.ga-institute.com))**   
Founded in 1995, RobecoSAM is an investment specialist focused exclusively on Sustainability Investing. It offers asset management, indices, impact analysis and investing, sustainability assessments, and benchmarking services. The company’s asset management capabilities cater to institutional asset owners and financial intermediaries and cover a range of ESG-integrated investments, featuring a strong track record in resource efficiency-themed strategies. Together with S&P Dow Jones Indices, RobecoSAM publishes the globally recognized Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as well as the S&P ESG Index series, the first index family to treat ESG as a standalone performance factor using the RobecoSAM Smart ESG methodology. Based on its Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), an annual ESG analysis of over 3,900 listed companies, RobecoSAM has compiled one of the world’s most comprehensive databases of financially material sustainability information. The CSA data is also included in USD 86.5 billion of assets under management by the subsidiaries of the Robeco Group.

RobecoSAM is a sister company of Robeco, the Dutch investment management firm founded in 1929. Both entities are subsidiaries of the Robeco Group, whose shareholder is ORIX Corporation. As a reflection of its own commitment to advancing sustainable investment practices, RobecoSAM is a signatory of the PRI and UN Global Compact, a member of Eurosif, Swiss Sustainable Finance, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Ceres and Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition (PDC). As of December 31, 2016, RobecoSAM had client assets under management, advice and/or license of approximately USD 16.1 billion.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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