A nexus of sustainability, financial markets, and scientific innovation

Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 SGT | 11:30 - 13:00 BST
In-person venue: Gaia Auditorium, Gaia, 91 Nanyang Ave, Gaia South Academic Building, Singapore 639956
Online platform: Zoom

The NBS-PRI-ECGI Public Lecture Series is a new global joint initiative between Nanyang Business School (NBS), Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) and European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) to facilitate the knowledge exchanges between academics, practitioners, and policymakers in sustainable business.

The series provides monthly in-person or online public lectures. Each lecture will feature a leading academic to present cutting-edge research of a specific topic, and an industry expert to moderate the session, sharing insights from the field and also tailoring audience questions in a way to better enable bridging the gap between research and practice.

In this lecture, Professor William Cong will discuss the broader impacts of environmental sustainability issues and related policies, such as those on extreme weather and biodiversity conservation, which can influence areas including scientific research, cost of public capital, and wealth redistribution in the real estate market. He will also discuss how financial, scientific, and technological innovations can help with sustainability policies and vice versa,  calling for greater collaboration between economists, policy makers and scientists to address societal challenges.

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• Opening remarks: Jun Yang, Dean and President’s Chair in Finance, Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore
• Speaker: William Cong, Rudd Family Professor of Management and Professor of Finance, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
• Moderator: Addy Cheng, Founder of Climate+ and MU Investments
• Host: Angie Low, Head of Banking & Finance Division and Provost’s Chair in Finance, Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore