NBS-PRI-ECGI Public Lecture Series

The NBS-PRI-ECGI Public Lecture Series is a global joint initiative between Nanyang Business School (NBS), Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) and European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) to facilitate the knowledge exchanges between academics, practitioners, and policymakers in sustainable business.The series provides monthly in-person or online public lectures, running from January to November 2026. Each lecture will feature a leading academic to present cutting-edge research of a specific topic, and an industry expert to moderate the session, sharing insights from the field and also tailoring audience questions in a way to better enable bridging the gap between research and practice.

Session 1 - Carbon Transition Risk

Date: Tuesday, 13 January 2026 
Time: 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | 21:00 - 22:30 SGT
Platform: Zoom

The lecture will introduce carbon transition risk and will mostly focus on potential misconceptions and challenges regarding this concept. I want to introduce a global perspective on the topic from different perspectives: regulators, investors, and firms. I want to discuss issues related to interpretability and measurement of the risk. Investors and practitioners will hopefully get a more conceptually founded framework for thinking about the risk and how to do and not to do inference in this area.

• Presenter: Marcin Kacperczyk, Professor of Finance, Imperial Business School
• Moderator: Sara Rosner, Director of Responsible Investing, Alliance Bernstein 

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Session 2 - Nature and Biodiversity Loss: Economic and Financial Implications

Date: Tuesday, 10 February 2026 
Time: 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | 21:00 - 22:30 SGT
Platform: Zoom

This lecture will review recent research exploring the ways in which nature and biodiversity loss affect economic output and financial markets, and how this interacts with climate change. 

• Presenter: Johannes Stroebel, David S. Loeb Professor of Finance, NYU Stern
• Moderator: Tessa Younger, Stewardship Lead, CCLA

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Session 3 - Shareholder Proposals: Past, Present, and Future

Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 GMT | 19:30 - 21:00 SGT
Platform: Zoom
Venue: Wee Cho Yaw Plaza, NBS

This lecture will discuss the past, present and future of shareholder proposals at U.S. public companies. It will also contextualize recent developments in light of the dynamics of both corporate and securities law. You will be able to attend this session in-person or online, please see registration links below.

Presenter: Adriana Robertson, Donald N. Pritzker Professor of Business Law, University of Chicago

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The details of the next sessions in the series will be added to this webpage in the coming months, be sure to check back for more information.