Is sunlight the best disinfectant? What to expect from sustainability disclosures

Date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025 
Time: 20:00 - 21:30 SGT | 13:00 - 14:30 BST
In-person venue: Gaia Auditorium, Gaia, 91 Nanyang Ave, Gaia South Academic Building, Singapore 639956
Online platform: Zoom

The NBS-PRI-ECGI Public Lecture Series is a new 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. 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.

Is sunlight the best disinfectant? In this lecture, Professor Christian Leuz draws on this analogy to explore how sustainability disclosure requirements function as “sunlight” to drive changes, particularly in addressing externalities. He will also delve into the role of investors and discuss the recent development of sustainability disclosure regimes around the world.

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• Speaker: Christian Leuz, Charles F. Pohl Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
• Host: Yuxia (Sarine) Zou, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore