Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)-Climate Finance Research Group
The Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)-Climate Finance Research Group at the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology (WCBT) studies the intersection of environmental activity, business and society. Our meetings focus on discussing research papers, identifying key topics, organizing training workshops and sharing resources on data, journals and conferences. We also host occasional guest speakers for research seminars.
Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
Ching-Chih Lu
National Chengchi University
Muhammad Al Mamun, Ph.D.
La Trobe University
Recent Publications
- Impact of target firm's social performance on acquisition premiums (By Malik, M. & Al Mamun, M., Aug 2024) In: Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics. 20, 2, 100417.
- Assessing the Volatility of Green Firms (By Hughen, K., Peng, W., Chollete, L., and Lu, C.)
Finance Research Letters 64, June 2024, 105372
Workshops & Conferences
The ESG-Climate Finance Research Group organizes research-based doctoral and professor-level workshops and conferences/symposia.
Upcoming Workshops
- April 2025: DBA Symposium on Perspectives on Sustainability and Environmental Impacts in Business with Erika Karp, Consultant, Investment Stewardship & Sustainability and Marina Severinovsky, Head of Sustainability, North America, Schroders
- May 2025: Modelling Uncertain Data with Prof. Amos Golan, professor of economics at Washington University
Past Workshops
- August 2024: Climate Finance with Toan Phan, Ph.D., senior economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- September 2024: Environmental Aspects of ESG and Climate Finance with Professor Max Auffhammer, UC Berkeley
Related Courses
- FN 917, ESG and Climate Finance (co-taught by Professors Malik, Chollete and Dhanda)