Last Thursday, July 4th, the Department of Finance at the University of Luxembourg proudly hosted its 3rd Conference on Sustainable Finance. It was organised by the Sustainable Finance Chair, which is funded by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Biodiversity of Luxembourg.
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The event featured a range of insightful academic presentations and discussions by leading researchers from the US, Europe and Asia. Topics covered in the conference ranged from the design and empirical evaluation of disclosure rules to an assessment of the impact of capital allocation on the greeness of the underlying firms and an evaluation of ESG-oriented asset management strategies.
The conference also highlighted evidence on empowering women in Japan through inclusion in a dedicated financial index and results from a satellite-based sensing mechanism to detect pollution globally.
The meeting concluded with a public keynote session at the Banque de Luxembourg in which Prof. Margarita Tsoutsoura and Prof. Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi presented their research on gender finance followed by an insightful panel discussion with Jennifer de Nijs from the Ministry of Finance and Emanuele Vignoli from HSBC on how to further strengthen women within the finance industry.
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