HKU Business School held its Inaugural ESG Conference
On 24 November 2023, the HKU Business School held its Inaugural ESG Conference, setting the stage for impactful discussions on cutting-edge research findings and recommendations for pressing environmental and social challenges.
It was a remarkable gathering of 75 brilliant academics, including faculty members and PhD students from a range of disciplines such as Accounting, Economics, Finance, IMM, Management, and Marketing, making it a truly interdisciplinary event.
Some of the thought-provoking topics covered included the use of AI as a teaching tool to bridge the gender inequality gap, the impact of institutional investors’ selection of green stocks on portfolio risk and diversification, and the effectiveness of incorporating environmental factors in management compensation to encourage “greener” behaviour.
Thanks to the organizers of this event, Prof. Roni Michaely, Prof. Shipeng Yan, and Prof. Guojun He, as well as all the incredible speakers and attendees, who voluntarily dedicated a whole day to academic discussion and the exchange of knowledge, their contributions have played an integral role in the success of the ESG research and made the event truly inspiring and insightful.
Presentation Topics:
Family Friendly Workplace Policies
Julian Costas-Fernandez, Sebastian Findeisen, Anna Raute and Uta Scönberg
Government Procurement and Corporate Commitment to Climate Change
Omri Even-Tov, Guoman She, Lynn Wang, and Detian Yang
Jeffrey Ng and Xiao Zhang
Deceptive Environmental Disclosures during Conference Calls
Shuqing Luo, Detian Yang, Zhige Yu and Guochang Zhang
Physical Climate Change Exposure and Pollution Outsourcing along Supplier Chain
Bingkun Zhang
Corporate Social Responsibility and Product Price: Evidence from the 2013 Indian Companies Act
Qingwei Wang, Jiang Zhang and Hong Zou
How green is green? Anatomy of ESG funds’ selection
Dunhong Jin, Roni Michaely and Menghan Wang
Xin Chen and Yifei Zhang
Beyond the Bench: The Role of Climate Litigation in Averting Climate Crisis
Roni Michaely, Zoey Yiyuan Zhou, Joe Hong Zou
ESG-based CEO Compensation: Theory and Empirical Evidence
Jing Li, Chuan Lin, Ke Na and Guochang Zhang
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Gender Equality?Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Zhengyang Bao, Difang Huang and Chen Lin
Inflation and Household ESG Preference
Wenzhi Ding, Chen Lin and Mingzhu Tai
Soojin Oh
Biodiversity Risk and Bank Loans
Mengdie Deng and Tse-Chun Lin
Greenwashing of the Green Building Certification
Sumit Agarwal, Eduardo Araral, Mingxuan Fan, Yu Qin and Huanhuan Zheng
