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LSE announces launch of an Initiative in Sustainable Finance
Professor Sir Oliver Hart appointed Visiting Professor in LSE Department of Finance and GSoS
GSoS Launch Report showcases first six months of sustainability action
First funding awards announced from the Global Sustainability Research fund at LSE
Financing a Sustainable Future Podcast
Research Projects
The effectiveness of sustainable investing
Fostering engagement between practitioners and academics to develop a shared understanding of the opportunities and limits of sustainable investing.
Latest Publications
Behind the Corporate Veil: How Business Groups Arbitrage ESG Disclosure Mandates
We examine how ESG disclosure mandates introduced in the headquarters countries of business groups affect the ESG performance of both parent companies...
Polarization, Purpose and Profit
We present a model in which firms compete for workers who value nonpecuniary job attributes, such as purpose, sustainability, political stances, or...
When Private Firms Provide Public Goods: The Allocation of CSR Spending
This paper studies how firms allocate their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditures to inform the welfare effects of corporate...
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee: International Evidence
We provide worldwide large-sample evidence of a recent innovation in corporate governance: the voluntary creation of a separate board committee to...
Financing a Sustainable Future Podcast
The Financing a Sustainable Future Podcast is a series of discussions with leading LSE Academics on their research in Sustainable Finance. The discussions are intended to bring research findings to practitioners in a way that is comprehensible and actionable, while informing them of the state of the art in research in the sustainable finance field.
Tom Gosling, Professor in Practice at the Financial Markets Group, hosts the series, interviewing authors of academic papers to uncover their key insights.
To listen to the Podcast and read the articles, click below.
