Measuring and Reporting Corporate Carbon Footprints and Climate Risk Exposure
Meredith Fowlie, Christian Leuz, and Laura Starks, Organizers
November 12, 2021
on Zoom
| Friday, November 12 | ||||
| 11:00 am | Overview | |||
| 11:15 am |
Andrew Grant, Vice President, Climate Solutions, Moody’s Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER James Salo, Head of Environmental Research & ESG Modeling, S&P Global |
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| 12:15 pm | Break | |||
| 12:45 pm | Session 1: Mandatory Carbon Disclosures in Theory and Practice | |||
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Henry L. Friedman, University of California, Los Angeles Mirko Heinle, University of Pennsylvania Irina M. Luneva, New York University A Theoretical Framework for Environmental and Social Impact Reporting |
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Sorabh Tomar, Southern Methodist University Greenhouse Gas Disclosure and Emissions Benchmarking
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm | Session 2: Measuring Exposure to Climate Risk | |||
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Zacharias Sautner, University of Zurich Laurence van Lent, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Grigory Vilkov, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Ruishen Zhang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Firm-Level Climate Change Exposure |
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Shirley S. Lu, Harvard University Anya Nakhmurina, Yale University Measuring Cities' Climate Risk Exposure and Preparedness
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| 3:45 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm | Session 3: Pricing of Climate Risk by Investors and in Markets | |||
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Joop Huij, Erasmus University Rotterdam Dries Laurs, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Philip Stork, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Remco Zwinkels, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Carbon Beta: A Market-Based Measure of Climate Risk |
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Lubos Pastor, University of Chicago and NBER Robert F. Stambaugh, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Lucian A. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Dissecting Green Returns |
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Georgij Alekseev, New York University Stefano Giglio, Yale University and NBER Quinn Maingi, University of Southern California Julia Selgrad, University of Chicago Johannes Stroebel, New York University and NBER A Quantity-Based Approach to Constructing Climate Risk Hedge Portfolios
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| 5:30 pm | Adjourn | |||