2021 Canadian Sustainable Finance Network (CSFN) Conference
Hosted by the Centre for Corporate Sustainability at the Haskayne School of Business, the 2nd annual CSFN Conference will be held online on November 19 and 20, 2021.
See below for a preview of some of the exciting sessions and academic presentations.
Conference dates and times
- Friday, November 19, 2021 - 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. MST
- Saturday, November 20, 2021 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MST
Special presentations
You are invited to attend two special presentations in collaboration with the Pivot on Purpose Summit:
You are invited to attend two special presentations in collaboration with the Pivot on Purpose Summit:
- Example of the Genius of “And” | Fireside Chat with Alex Edmans
- Learn more from Alex Edmans, author of Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver both Purpose and Profit. The session will be moderated by Jim Dewald, Dean, Professor, Haskayne School of Business & Chair, Business Schools Association of Canada
- ESG & Sustainable Investing. Deadly Distractions? | Fireside Chat with Tariq Fancy
- Hear from Tariq Fancy, former CIO for sustainability investing at BlackRock capital, for his perspectives on how financial measures can build a better future. The session will be moderated by Yrjo Koskinen, Associate Dean of Research and Business Impact & BMO Professor of Sustainable and Transition Finance, Haskayne School of Business
Academic research sessions (in order of appearance)
- Aleksandra Rzeźnik, York University: The Salience of ESG Ratings for Stock Pricing: Evidence From (Potentially) Confused Investors
- Truzaar Dordi, University of Waterloo: Ten Financial Actors Can Accelerate a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
- Hany Fahmy, Royal Roads University: The Rise in Investors Awareness of Climate Risks after the Paris Agreement and the Clean Energy-Oil-Technology Prices Nexus
- Andrew Karolyi, Cornell University: Paying Attention to ESG Matters: Evidence from Big Data Analytics
- Elham Kheradmand Nezhad, Université de Montréal: Alignment of Organizations' Climate-Related Risk Disclosures with Material Risks and Metrics
- Najah Attig, St. Mary's University: Word Speaks Louder than Action: Do Firms Window Dress Their Social Capital?
- Elizabeth Demers, University of Waterloo: TCFD Climate Risk Disclosures: Early Evidence on the "Gold Standard"
- Ryan Riordan, Queen's University: Carbon Liquidity
- Vikas Mehrotra, University of Alberta: Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Risk: Some Early Evidence from CDP Participation
- Yelena Larkin, York University: Corporate Environmental Policy and Product Market Competition
- Neal Willcott, Queen's University: The Cost of Delaying to Invest: A Canadian Perspective
- Lilian Ng, York University: Outsourcing Climate Change
Questions? Please contact [email protected].
The Centre for Corporate Sustainability (CCS) was founded to disseminate knowledge and find balance in environmental, social and economic approaches in energy.
The Centre for Corporate Sustainability (CCS) was founded to disseminate knowledge and find balance in environmental, social and economic approaches in energy.