6th CEFGroup Sustainable Finance and Reporting Symposium
6th CEFGroup Sustainable Finance and Reporting Symposium
Thursday 27th – Friday 28th November 2025
(Queenstown Resort College)
The Climate and Energy Finance Group (CEFGroup) hosts its sixth academic symposium in 2025. We welcome papers in all areas of Sustainable Finance and Reporting, such as, but not limited to, topics in climate finance, carbon markets, sustainable investing, greenwashing, sustainability disclosures, and net-zero commitments. The symposium will be held on 27-28 November 2025 at the Queenstown Resort College.
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Associate Professor Hao Liang
Associate Professor of Finance Singapore Management University [Singapore] |
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
AWARDS
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- Two $500 Prizes for the Best Papers in Sustainable Finance – Sponsored by CFA New Zealand
- Measuring Long-Run Climate Change Impacts (Yannis Yuan)
- ESG Investing During Calm and Crisis: Evidence from Option-Implied Expected Return (Henk Berkman)
- Two $500 Prizes for the Best Papers in Sustainable Finance – Sponsored by CFA New Zealand
To attend this symposium, please contact us at CEFGroup@otago.ac.nz for registration details.
Queenstown Resort College (QRC), 7 Coronation Drive, 9348, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Queenstown, nestled amidst New Zealand’s alpine landscapes, is the Adventure Capital of the World. Queenstown Resort College (QRC) is New Zealand’s premier school of Tourism, Business, and Technology. In 2025, CEFGroup hosts its sixth symposium at Queenstown Resort College for the inaugural integration of nature’s essence into sustainable finance and disclosure research experience.
AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST
We welcome submissions from all relevant disciplines employing qualitative and/or quantitative methods.
| Areas of Special Interest | Areas of Special Interest |
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| AI & machine learning in sustainable finance | Sustainable Finance |
| Biodiversity | Green taxonomies |
| Carbon pricing and carbon markets | Greenwashing |
| Climate risk, stress testing and scenario analysis | Impact investing |
| Impacts of Climate Change | Net-zero commitments and strategies |
| Sustainable Investing | Spatial finance |
| Sustainable finance education | Surveys related to sustainable finance |
| Green innovation | Sustainability Reporting Disclosures |
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Dr Duminda Kuruppuarachchi, Dr Sebastian Gehricke, Professor Helen Roberts, Dr Isabella Yoon, Mr Budianto