EIFAS 2021 - Environmental Impact Finance and Accounting for Sustainability Symposium
Oxford - London - Helsinki
brought to you by the Hanken School of Economics, organized by the ACRN Oxford Research Center
Theme for the EIFAS 2021: Green Finance and Accounting with ESG
The research symposium EIFAS 2021, brings together selected scholars on the topics of sustainability accounting and environmental/impact finance related disciplines to discuss their current research, interact and network, and exchange ideas through various formats. Exciting keynotes and paper presentations, together with publication opportunities and high-calibre networking await you.
Date: 11. November 2021, 13:00 - 16:00 EET (Helsinki Time)
Online Virtual Research Roundtable @ Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, online in Zoom
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EIFAS 2021 - Green Finance and Accounting with ESG
11. November 2021, 13:00 - 16:00 EET (Helsinki Time)
Programme
Opening and Keynotes
13:00
Dr. Theresa Harrer, Middlesex University
Prof. Othmar M. Lehner, Hanken School of Economics
Prof. Olaf Weber, University of Waterloo - "Emerging topics in impact investing"
Prof. Jia Liu, University of Salford - "Long-Term Energy Transitions: Challenges and Prospects"
Roundtables
14:00
The virtual roundtables will bring together five scholars each in four public breakout sessions for short presentations and discussion
Discussion in the main session
15:30
Moderation: Dr. Theresa Harrer, Middlesex University
What would be the most pressing topics in Green Finance for research to tackle?
What needs to be done to build a fully functioning market for Green Finance?
How does the question of Green Finance interrelate with other advances, e.g., in digitalisation and AI?
Farewell
16:00
Prof. Othmar M. Lehner, Hanken School of Economics
ROUND TABLES
ROUND TABLE 1: ORGANISATIONS AND MARKETS
John Holland - How can financial firms ‘go green’?
Robyn Owen - Seeding Green Innovation: Lessons for Finance Policy and Practice from the UK Experience
Manchuna Shanmuganathan - Sustainability and CSR in the contexts of MCS Concepts: Longitudinal Study on Company’s CSR-based Environmental Performance
Edward Jackson - Universities as Social Infrastructure Developers: A New Role in the Post-Pandemic Recovery?
P. Karthika and M. Karthikeyan - A Pathway Approach to Sustainable Innovative Green Entrepreneurship Model for Value Creation and Stakeholders’ Benefits: Felt needs sector based Cases from India
Chair: Theresa Harrer
Group representative for discussion: Edward Jackson
ROUND TABLE 2: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES
Masudul Choudhury - Sustainability by the Ethics of Systematic Unity between Economy, Science and Society
Josef Baumüller - The EU Commission’s proposed Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its role for Sustainable Finance in the EU
Olga Golubeva - Sustainability and technology: can managerial speeches (‘managerial talk’) contribute to an improved understanding of sustainability?
Julia Puaschunder - Mapping Climate Justice: Green Bonds and Diversified Interest Rates
David Hall and Melody Meng - Sustainable finance roadmaps: Financial sector agencies as climate policy intermediaries
Chair: Carina Knoll
Group representative for discussion: Julia Puaschunder
ROUND TABLE 3: GREEN FINANCE AND RISK
Patrycja Chodnicka-Jaworska - ESG as a Measure of Credit Ratings
Chihura Narikiyo and Elaine Harris - How Green is Strategic Decision-Making in a ‘Green Company’?
Markus Düringer - Green Bonds: Does Institutional Ownership Impact the Issuing Behavior of Companies?
Rosella Carè and Olaf Weber - Assessing the current state of research on climate and environment-related financial risks: What are we missing? A review and research agenda
Habeeb Yahya - Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance and Firm profitability and valuation. Case: Nordic countries
Chair: Othmar M. Lehner
Group representative for discussion: Markus Düringer
ROUND TABLE 4: GREEN VALUE CREATION IN CONTEXT
Jess Daggers - Causal uncertainty and the measurement and management of impact
Rituparna Das - How much does ESG Compliance contribute to shareholders’ value? A Study on Asian Emerging Economies
Mariana Bozesan - ESG in VC: Today's Challenges and Opportunities
Daniela Majerčáková - A Proposed Framework for Impact Investment Eco-system in Slovakia
Chair: Lily Fox
Group representative for discussion: Mariana Bozesan
Scientific Comittee
Prof. Othmar M Lehner, Director of the Center of Accounting, Finance and Governance, Hanken School of Economics, Finland
Prof. Minna Martikainen, University of Vaasa, Finland
Prof. Bonnie Buchanan, Surrey University, UK
DDr. Julia Puaschunder, The New School, New York, US
Prof. James Ming Chen, College of Law, Michigan State University, USA
Prof. Ahmed Marhfor, University of Quebec, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
Dr Michael Viehs, Oxford University and Hermes Investment Management, London,UK
Prof. Heimo Losbichler, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Prof. Steven C Michael, University of Illinois, USA
Prof. Christiana Weber, University of Hannover, Germany
Dr. Yifat Reuveni, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Michael Dorff, Southwestern Law School, USA
