Sub-theme 20: Sustainable Development and Financial Markets: Connections, Pitfalls and Options

Convenors:
Timo Busch, School of Business, Economics and Social Science, University of Hamburg, Germany
Rob Bauer, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Marc Orlitzky, The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, USA
Session I: Thursday, July 04, 09:00 to 10:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
Socially Responsible Investing
Chair: Timo Busch
Sophie AUDOUSSET-COULIER and Darlene Himick
Socially responsible investing of pension assets: Links between framing and governance practices
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Falko Paetzold
Emilio Marti and Anselm Schneider
Trusteeship versus performance: Two finance logics as a source of heterogeneity in socially responsible investing firms
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Julian Kölbel
Session II: Thursday, July 04, 11:00 to 12:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
Advancing Sustainble Finance
Chair: Marc Orlitzky
Christel Dumas and Céline Louche
Responsible investment: A fragmented market
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Marie-France Turcotte
Falko Paetzold
Barriers to the engagement of private investors in sustainable investing
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Carol-Ann Tetrault Sirsly
Marie-France Turcotte, Benoît Lévesque, Imane Essifri and Frank den Hond
Can socially responsible finance influence the mainstream? Insights from a workers' pension fund
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten and Leina Löwenberg
Session III: Thursday, July 04, 16:00 to 17:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
Impact Investing
Chair: Timo Busch
Ingrid Mignon
What influences the implementation process of innovation-adopters and how can private intermediaries contribute? The case of renewable energy technologies
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Sophie Audousset-Coulier and Darlene Himick
Judith Mayer and Barbara Scheck
Social investing – What matters from the perspective of social enterprises
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Janick Mollet and Dragan Ilić
Session IV: Friday, July 05, 09:00 to 10:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
The Role of Stakeholders and Reputation
Chair: Timo Busch
Carol-Ann Tetrault Sirsly
A stakeholder perspective on environmental, social and governance measures: Measuring what we value or valuing what we can measure?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Ingrid Mignon
Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten and Leina Löwenberg
Sustainable banking? The discursive repertoire in sustainability reports of banks in Sweden
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Barbara Scheck
Julian Kölbel and Leonhardt Jancso
Corporate social responsibility, public pressure and credit risk: The US and Europe are not the same
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Gitte Grätzer
Session V: Friday, July 05, 14:00 to 15:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
Measuring & Valuing Sustainabillity
Chair: Marc Orlitzky
Gitte Grätzer
Aspects of charity in monasticism: A historical-comparative approach on CSR
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Christel Dumas and Céline Louche
Janick Mollet and Dragan Ilić
Voluntary initiatives and regulatory pressure: What the US stock market tells us
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Kevin McMahon
Kevin McMahon
Deviant reactivity: Do we really improve what we measure?
Discussant(s)Discussant(s): Emilio Marti and Anselm Schneider
Session VI: Saturday, July 06, 09:00 to 10:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
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Session VII: Saturday, July 06, 11:00 to 12:30, CSC, 1st floor, Yellow Section, Transat
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