HEC-HKUST Sustainable Finance Webinar 

Biweekly online seminar series on sustainable finance and a joint physical workshop

The seminar and the workshop acts as an internal platform to expose researchers in this growing field to new ideas and findings and is targeted at active researchers in this field across Europe and Asia

The seminars run on every second Wednesday and start at 10am Paris time. We will have seven seminars in the Spring, 2025

We have also been organizing a double-venue workshop (2023, 2024) that is taking place simultaneously in Paris and Hong Kong. The idea is to have a true European-Asian sustainable finance workshop, while avoiding flying across continents. Paper presentations alternate between Paris and HK

Please reach out to Stefano Lovo, Emilio Bisetti and Alminas Žaldokas if you are interested in attending or would like to get a Zoom link for the webinar series.

Webinar 2025

March 19, 2025

10:00am - 10:45am (Paris time); 5:00pm-5:45pm (HK time)

Do Carbon Markets Undermine Private Climate Initiatives?

presented by Pat Akey (Toronto/INSEAD)

April 2, 2025

10:00am - 10:45am (Paris time); 4:00pm-4:45pm (HK time)

The Market for ESG Ratings

presented by Joel Shapiro (Oxford)

April 16, 2025

10:00am - 10:45am (Paris time); 4:00pm-4:45pm (HK time)

Sustainable Investing and Market Governance

presented by Jan Starmans (SSE)

April 30, 2025

10:00am - 10:45am (Paris time); 4:00pm-4:45pm (HK time)

Flooded House or Underwater Mortgage? The Macrofinancial Implications of Climate Change and Adaptation

presented by Yasmine van der Straten (Amsterdam/Nova)

June 4, 2025

10:00am - 10:45am (Paris time); 4:00pm-4:45pm (HK time)

Deciphering Green Preferences and Climate Risk Perceptions: An NLP Approach

presented by Darwin Choi (HKUST)

Past webinars and Workshop

Organizers

For more information or a Zoom link, please contact Stefano Lovo, Emilio Bisetti or Alminas Žaldokas