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Is ESG a sustainable investment generating return in the longer-term?: A market-based analysis of ESG performance and disclosure

Is ESG a sustainable investment generating return in the longer-term?: A market-based analysis of ESG performance and disclosure

Speaker            : Associate Professor Krishanthi Vithana, University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Time                : 9.30 am – 11.00 am

Date                 : Monday 4th December 2023

Location           : C9 building – Room 205

Agenda:

  • 30 am – 10.30 am: Research presentation
  • 30 am – 11.00 am: Discussion session

Speaker:

Dr Krishanthi (Krish) Vithana is an Associate Professor in Accounting in Southampton Business School  at the University of Southampton. Krish completed her Doctoral studies at Durham University Business School and Joined Southampton Business School in 2015. Her focus of research is Accounting for Human capital resource in organizational context. She also research in areas including accountability in relation to environmental social and governance performance and disclosure, market-based valuations on ESG and sustainability and the Real living wage. She has published her research in reputed academic journals including, Journal of Business Ethics, Accounting Forum, and The International Journal of Human Resource Management. Krish has been the principal investigator for the ESRC IAA funded research projects entitled “Investment case on real living wage accreditation” and “Incorporating the broad ESG agenda in investment analysis: case of climate related engagement”. Krish has actively engaged with industry partners including the Global Responsible Investment team of Aviva Investors, Living Wage Foundation and Platform Living wage financials.

Discussion:

Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Dung

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topic: ESG reporting at a Vietnamese Industrial Zone