Financing a Sustainable Future

• The impact of green investors on stock prices

  Tom Gosling talks to Dimitri Vayanos about the impact the green investors can have on stock prices by divesting from dirty firms and investing in green firms. There's a debate in the academic literature about whether the impacts are negligible or substantial. Using a theoretical model, Dimitri and his co-authors identify a significant but modest impact on cost of capital, measured in a few tens of basis points and share price impacts over a decade of around 10%. So noticeable, but not transformative in the context of the green transition.  Host: ⁠⁠Tom Gosling⁠Contributor: Dimitri VayanosRead Dimitri Vayanos's paper, The Impact of Green Investors on Stock Prices, co-authored with Gong Cheng, Eric Jondeau and Benoît Mojon. To learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF), visit ISF's website (⁠⁠https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf⁠⁠).

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• When private firms provide public goods: the allocation of CSR spending

  Tom Gosling interviews Kim Fe Cramer, Assistant Professor of Finance on the compulsory CSR spending mandated for large Indian firms. They discuss how firms choose their CSR priorities and where they spend the money. CSR spending is focussed on a firm’s area of competitive advantage so is efficient, but is focussed in their home region, which often means that richer regions benefit from higher CSR spending, raising questions about equity. Host: ⁠Tom GoslingContributor: Kim Fe CramerRead Kim Fe Cramer's paper, When private firms provide public goods: the allocation of CSR spending, co-authored with Lucie Gadenne and Noémie Pinardon-Touati.To learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF), visit ISF's website (⁠https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf⁠).

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• How co-ordinated engagements can enhance sustainability impact

  Dr Xi Li discusses her research on coordinated shareholder engagement through the UN PRI. She explains why engagements with a clear leader are more likely to succeed, what makes effective leaders, and how collaboration pays off—both in impact and fund flows.Host: Tom GoslingContributor: Dr Xi Li Read Dr Xi Li's paper, Coordinated Engagements co-authored with Elroy Dimson and Oğuzhan KarakaşTo learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF), visit ISF's website (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf).

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• Sustainable investing: beliefs, constraints, and the limits of impact

  Tom Gosling speaks with Professor Dirk Jenter about what investors really believe about sustainability, how the constraints they face shape decisions, and why most aren’t willing to trade returns for impact. A candid look at the limits of sustainable investing today. Read Professor Dirk Jenter's paper 'Sustainable Investing in Practice: Objectives, Constraints, and Limits to Impact', co-authored with Alex Edmans and Tom Gosling. (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf/publications/discussion-papers/sustainable-investing-practice-objectives-constraints-and-limits)Host: Tom Gosling (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/people/tom-gosling)Contributor: Professor Dirk Jenter (https://www.fmg.ac.uk/people/dirk-jenter)To learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF), visit ISF's website (⁠https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf⁠) .

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• The role of bank capital requirements in addressing climate change

  Host: Tom GoslingContributor: Martin OehmkeTom Gosling interviews Professor Martin Oehmke on how bank capital rules might integrate climate risks. They debate whether rules can be used to incentivize green lending—or whether this would backfire—and why capital requirements can't play the same role as a carbon tax.Read Professor Martin Oehmke's paper Green Capital Requirements To learn more about the Initiative in Sustainable Finance (ISF), visit ISF's website.

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