Responsible Investing Summer Course 2021
Hear from leading academics about the future interplay between sustainability, finance and technology during the Responsible Investing Summer Course.
From 20 July to 25 August, we broadcasted six interactive lectures. This Responsible Investing Summer Course is part of our Headlight event series.
The lecturers discussed the following responsible investing topics, among others:
- How can we be sure that investments have a positive impact in the real world?
- How can we ensure the business models being developed address issues such as climate change, biodiversity, the circular economy and social challenges?
- Does AI in ESG really work and what is its future?
Overview of the 2021 lectures
Wednesday 25 August
Markus Leippold - University of Zurich
Professor of Financial EngineeringGreenwashing, AI, and the impact on the asset management industry
Thursday 19 August
Bohui Zhang - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Finance Institute
Presidential Chair Professor of Finance Associate Dean of School of Management and EconomicsPoverty alleviation: policy and big data
Thursday 12 August
Andreas Hoepner - University College Dublin
Professor of Operational Risk, Banking and FinanceParis-Aligned Investing
Tuesday 3 August
Tensie Whelan - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Clinical Professor of Business and Society, Director, Center for Sustainable BusinessThe Return on Sustainability Investment
Wednesday 28 July, 15:00 CETNancy Kamp-Roelands - University of Groningen
Professor non-financial information, integrated reporting and assuranceHow transparency on value creation can support responsible investment
Tuesday 20 July, 15:00 CETBen Caldecott - University of Oxford
Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme Professor in Sustainable FinanceSpatial Finance: space technology and data science to transform decision-making in finance
The Responsible Investing Summer Course has been organized in cooperation with the Academy of Business in Society (ABIS) and features leading academics from universities across the globe including Oxford University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Zurich and the University of Groningen.
If you sign up, you will also have full access to last year’s summer course recordings.