Sustainability and Finance Conference October 5th 2022, KU Leuven Program
Registration & Coffee (09:30-09:50)
Opening remark by Naciye Sekerci (09:50-10:00)
Paper session 1 (10:00-10:40) Mutual Funds’ Strategic Voting on Environmental and Social Issues Roni Michaely1, Guillem Ordonez-Calafi2, Silvina Rubio2 1University of Hong Kong, 2University of Bristol Discussant: Egle Karmaziene, Vrije University of Amsterdam
Paper session 2 (10:40-11:20) The Voting Behavior of Women-Led Mutual Funds Alberta Di Giuli1, Alexandre Garel2, Arthur Petit Romec3 1ESCP Business School, 2Audencia Business School, 3Toulouse Business School Discussant: Wouter Torsin, HEC Management School, University of Liege
Coffee break (11:20-11:50)
Paper session 3 (11:50-12:30) Institutional Investors and the Governance Spillovers of Financial Regulations: Evidence From a Natural Experiment Sergio J. Garcia1, Jose M. Martin-Flores2, Alvaro Remesal2 1Comillas Pontifical University, 2CUNEF University Discussant: Hans Degryse, KU Leuven
Lunch break (12:30-14:00)
KEYNOTE (14:00-15:00) The Challenges of Climate Risk for Investors Laura Starks, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Coffee break (15:00-15:30)
Paper session 4 (15:30-16:10) Which Institutional Investors Drive Corporate Sustainability? Marco Ceccarelli1, Simon Glossner2, Mikael Homanen3, Daniel Schmidt4 1Maastricht University, 2Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 3City University London - The Business School, 4Technical University of Munich Discussant: James Thewissen, UCLouvain
Paper session 5 (16:10-16:50) Defining Greenwashing Ariadna Dumitrescu1, Javier Gil-Bazo23, Feng Zhou2 1ESADE Business School, 2Pompeu Fabra University, 3Barcelona School of Economics Discussant: Alexandre Garel, Audencia Business School
Coffee break (16:50-17:20)
Paper session 6 (17:20-18:00) Board Cultural Diversity and Firm Performance under Competitive Pressures Olga Dodd1, Bart Frijns2, Robin Kaiji Gong3, Shushu Liao4 1Auckland University of Technology, 2Open University, 3Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 4Kuhne Logistics University Discussant: Frederiek Schoubben, KU Leuven
Closing remark by Naciye Sekerci & Reception (18:00-19:30)
