Sustainable finance and ESG investing are facing headwinds. Without clear definitions and standards, the risk of “greenwashing” is high.
Julia Meyer, Professor of Sustainable Finance at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) joins us to discuss why sustainability is relevant for the financial sector, and how finance can meaningfully contribute to sustainable development.
Broadway Bites is a monthly speaker series at Swissnex on Broadway in Cambridge, bringing inspiring guests from our global network to give a talk on their work.
Program
- 12:30pm – Doors open
- 12:45pm – Talk and conversation
- 2:30pm – End
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Event start time
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Boston
12:30PM -
Switzerland
6:30PM
Speaker
Julia Meyer, Professor of Sustainable Finance at ZHAW
Julia Meyer is a Professor of Sustainable Finance at ZHAW. She also serves as a member of the Sustainability Committee at Thurgauer Kantonalbank and is an academic associate at the University of Zurich’s Department of Finance and its Center of Competence for Sustainable Finance (CCSF). After her studies in economics, she worked in financial consulting with a focus on compensation, value-based management, and valuation. In her current research, she studies investors’ perceptions and preferences regarding sustainability aspects and impact, as well as sustainability-related capital market effects such as stock market performance and information asymmetry. Julia holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Zurich.