1st Exeter Sustainable Finance Conference
| Conference date | 19 - 20 September 2024 |
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| Place | Reed Hall, Woodridge Room |
The Exeter Sustainable Finance Centre at the University of Exeter is organising the inaugural conference on the 19th September 2024. The objective is to present state-of-the-art empirical and theoretical research on sustainable finance and inform investment practices.
We invite submissions of unpublished research papers on any topic related to sustainable finance, including, but to limited to research on environmental, social and governance issues, and impact investing. The organisers particularly encourage submissions of interdisciplinary research that draws together approaches and perspectives from different disciplines. The papers will be reviewed by a program committee consisting of faculty members of Exeter Sustainable Finance (ESF) Centre.
Programme
| Date | Time | Session / Room | Event | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2024 | 09:00 – 09:20 | Upper Lounge, Reed Hall | Coffee and Registration | — |
| 09:20 – 09:25 | Upper Lounge | Welcome | Alexandra Gerbasi | |
| 09:25 – 09:30 | Upper Lounge | Introduction | Chendi Zhang | |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Upper Lounge | Keynote: Financing and the Green Paradox | Rui Albuquerque | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Upper Lounge | Coffee Break | — | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Session 1: Sustainability Commitments | Corporate Green Pledges | Michael Bauer, Daniel Huber, Eric Offner, Marlene Renkel, Ole Wilms | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Session 1 | Socially Responsible Investing & Multinationals’ Pollution | Virginia Gianinazzi, Victoire Girard, Mehdi Lehlali, Melissa Porras Prado | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Session 1 | Index Design and Workforce Gender Diversity | Vikas Mehrotra, Lukas Roth, Yusuke Tsujimoto, Yupana Wiwattanakantang | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Upper Lounge | Lunch | — | |
| 13:00 – 13:45 | Upper Lounge | Keynote: Carbon-Transition Risk | Marcin Kacperczyk | |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Upper Lounge | Coffee Break | — | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Session 2: Financing the Green Transition | Climate Transition Risks of Banks | Felix Martini, Zacharias Sautner, Sascha Steffen, Carola Theunisz | |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Session 2 | Financing Green Transition: Bank-Nonbank Partnership | Angela Gallo, Min Park | |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Session 2 | Is ESG a Sideshow? ESG Perceptions & Firms’ Financing Decisions | Roman Kraussl, Joshua Rauh, Denitsa Stefanova | |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Upper Lounge | Coffee Break | — | |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Upper Lounge | Industry Panel: The Future of Sustainable Investment | Lewis Grant, Andrew Parry | |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | Upper Lounge | End of Day Remarks | Conference Organizers | |
| 17:00 | Campus → Exmouth | Transportation | — | |
| 18:30 – 21:30 | Exmouth | Conference Dinner | — | |
| 20 Sep 2024 | 08:45 – 09:15 | Woodbridge, Reed Hall | Welcome Coffee | — |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Session 3: "S" and "G" in ESG | The Eco Gender Gap in Boardrooms | Po-Hsuan Hsu, Kai Li, Yihui Pan | |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Session 3 | Sustainability Preferences of Talented Employees | Ioannis Branikas, Briana Chang, Harrison Hong, Nan Li | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Session 3 | The Value of NGOs in ESG | Janja Brendel, Cai Chen, Thomas Keusch, Zacharias Sautner | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Woodbridge | Coffee Break | — | |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Session 4: Current Research | Corporate Environmental Governance: Internal Carbon Pricing | Chenyan Lyu, Pu Yang, Chendi Zhang | |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Session 4 | Towards the Natural Environment Agency Theory (NEAT) | Amama Shaukat, Rajesh Tharyan, Grzegorz Trojanowski | |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Session 4 | The Role of Government in Corporate ESG Policies | Nickolay Gantchev, Jim Goldman, Shu Zhang | |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Session 4 | Benchmarking with Sustainability Mandates | Jason Cen, Linquan Chen, Yao Chen | |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Woodbridge | Closing Remarks | Conference Organizers | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Woodbridge | Lunch | — | |
| 13:30 – 17:00 | Optional | Social Event – Historical Exeter Walk | Optional activity |
Presentation Format:
Presenting authors are in bold.
Sessions 1-3: 20 min presentation + Q&A 10 min each paper
Sessions 4: 15 min presentation + Q&A 5 min each paper
Conference Organizers:
Chendi Zhang (Director of ESF Centre)
Monika Tarsalewska (Deputy Director of ESF Centre)
Contact
For questions and further information, please contact conference organisers Chendi Zhang (Director) and Monika Tarsalewska (Deputy Director) of the ESF Centre at sustainable-finance@exeter.ac.uk.
