HKU 2nd Enterprise Sustainability Conference
Sign up for our live broadcast here Agenda 08:30-08:50 Coffee and registration 08:50-09:00 Welcoming Remarks by Dean Cai Session 1, Chair: Roni Michaely (HKU Finance) 09:00-09:10 Introduction on HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute Introduction of Keynote speaker 09:10-09:55 Presentation by Keynote Zacharias Sautner (UZH Finance): Corporate Climate Lobbying 09:55-10:35 Bo Yang (HKU Management): Controversial Corporate Political Activities and Shareholder Activism: A Natural Experiment of the U.S. Capitol Riot 10:35-11:00 Coffee Break Session 2, Chair: Pingyang Gao (HKU Accounting) 11:00-11:40 Jeffrey Ng (HKU Accounting): Can Mandatory Climate Risk Disclosure Influence Environmentally Responsible Investing: Evidence from the U.S. Insurance Industry 11:40-12:20 TC Lin (HKU Finance): Does FinTech Improve Financial Inclusion? Evidence from Crowdfunded Microfinance Institutions 12:20-13:45 Lunch Session 3: Early Papers Session, Chair: Sara Kim (HKU Marketing) 13:45-14:00 Ren Chao (HKU Architecture): Towards 2060 Carbon Neutrality: Air Pollution and Health Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation of The GBA 14:00-14:15 Ally Xinyue Luo (HKU Marketing), Eric Schuldenfrei (HKU Architecture): Evidence of Sustainability Jeopardizing Health: Housing for the Next 2 Billion People 14:15-14:30 Haonan Zhou (HKU Finance): Sovereign green financing 14:30-14:45 Zhimin Chen (NTU Finance): Real Effects of Carbon Financialization (to be confirmed) 14:45-15:15 Coffee break Session 4, Chair: Zhixi Wan (HKU IIM) 15:15-15:55 Xing Hu (HKU IIM): The Profitability Puzzle of Ride-Sharing Carpooling: Pricing, Matching, and Network Effects 15:55-16:35 Anson Jiang (HKU Accounting): Mandatory Environmental Disclosure and Public Avoidance Behaviour 16:35-17:00 Coffee Break Session 5: Early Papers Session, Chair: TC Lin (HKU Finance) 17:00-17:15 Daokang Luo (HKU Management): The Unintended Consequence of Pay Transparency in Job Postings to Women’s Employment Opportunities 17:15-17:30 Ivy Dang (HKU Marketing): ESG Incidents and Firms’ Response on Social Media 17:30-17:45 Ze Zhang (HKU Management): Confucian Culture and Firms’ Misconducts 17:45-18:00 Pingyang Gao (HKU Accounting): Valuation and Corporate Governance 18:00-18:15 ESG Indices – Early Ideas Led by Guojun He (HKU Economics) and ESGRI team 18:30- Dinner
