The sdEffect™: Translating Sustainable Development into Financial Valuation Measures A Pilot Analytical Framework Authored by Yachnin & Associates, Sustainable Investment Group Ltd. and Corporate Knights Inc. February 2006

Acknowledgements

Yachnin & Associates, Sustainable Investment Group Ltd. and Corporate Knights Inc. wish to acknowledge the National Round Table on the Environment and Economy (NRTEE) for providing financial support for the development of the Pilot Analytical Framework. We also acknowledge the contributions of key NRTEE program staff including Eugene Nyberg, recently retired, David Myers, Erik Sparling and Denise Wilson.

The project team would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to this report:

• Donald F. Reed, CFA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton Investments Corp., for the foreword;
• Michael Hanley, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Alcan Inc., for the afterword; and
• Jeffrey O'Leary, former Director, Metals and Mining, HSBC Bank plc (London), now retired and consulting to HSBC and other organizations, for his peer review.

The views expressed in this document are solely those of the authors.

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