Senior Lecturer
Overview
Saphira is a lecturer in Finance of the UQ Business School at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. She was recently based in Princeton University on a four–months research secondment, to work on the Rapid Switch Project. Rapid Switch is a research collaboration between UQ, Princeton and a number of other universities which focusses on developing solutions for rapid global decarbonisation. Saphira’s research is in Sustainable Finance and focuses on developing methods to measure corporate impact on meeting science-based planetary limits (climate goals in particular) and how these methods can be integrated into financial decision-making. She has also worked with industry to develop and integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions.
Saphira’s research is cross-disciplinary and she has published in the high impact journal Nature Climate Change as well as several other highly ranked academic journals. She has been a recipient of the prestigious International Post-graduate Research Scholarships for her PhD in 2014, won the UQ Business School 2017 Teaching Award (Tutor), was the winning contestant of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment’s 2018 essay competition on the integration of responsible Investment into financial education, and has been a panel discussant at the European Commission Conference on Sustainable Finance in 2019.
Qualifications
- Docotor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Master of Finance, Tilburg University
Publications
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Other Outputs: The Paris-compliant company: Measuring transition performance using a strict science-based approach
Rekker, Saphira, Ives, Matthew, Wade, Belinda, Greig, Chris and Webb, Lachlan (2021). The Paris-compliant company: Measuring transition performance using a strict science-based approach. INET Working Paper. No. 2021-03. University of Oxford, INET.
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Rekker, Saphira (2021). Raw data for figures in "The Paris Compliant Company: Measuring transition performance against the Paris goals using a strict science-based approach". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/289d707
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Journal Article: Research can (and should) support corporate decarbonization
Wade, Belinda and Rekker, Saphira (2020). Research can (and should) support corporate decarbonization. Nature Climate Change, 10 (12), 1064-1065. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00936-0
Grants
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The Role of Leading Indicators in the Transition to Net-Zero Emissions in Climate Sensitive Sectors
(2021–2022) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
Supervision
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TURNING THE TABLES OF INFLUENCE: BUSINESSES CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES AND GOVERNMENT POLICY
Doctor Philosophy
Publications
Journal Article
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Research can (and should) support corporate decarbonization
Wade, Belinda and Rekker, Saphira (2020). Research can (and should) support corporate decarbonization. Nature Climate Change, 10 (12), 1064-1065. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-00936-0
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Do sustainability rating schemes capture climate goals?
Rekker, Saphira A. C., Humphrey, Jacquelyn E. and O’Brien, Katherine R. (2019). Do sustainability rating schemes capture climate goals?. Business & Society, 60 (1), 000765031982576-160. doi: 10.1177/0007650319825764
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Comparing extraction rates of fossil fuel producers against global climate goals
Rekker, Saphira A. C., O’Brien, Katherine R., Humphrey, Jacquelyn E. and Pascale, Andrew C. (2018). Comparing extraction rates of fossil fuel producers against global climate goals. Nature Climate Change, 8 (6), 489-492. doi: 10.1038/s41558-018-0158-1
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Faff, Robert W., Babakhani, Nazila, Carrick, Robin, Chen, Angel, Dallest, Kathy, Daunt, Lisa, Escobar, Marisol, Foley, Gabe, Gill, Chelsea, Khong, Bo Xuan, Liu, Mengxi (Maggie), Mahmud, Siti, McCullough, Jon, Ndugwa, Zina, Nguyen, Bao, O'Brien, Shari, Orole, Felix, Qureshi, Asma, Rad, Hossein, Rekker, Saphira, Shahzad, Syed, Smith, Marita, Tran, Tran Le, Tunny, William and Wallin, Ann (2017). Motivating postgrad research students to pitch their ideas: what have we learned from 'pitching research' competitions at UQ?. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2899942
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The relationship between culture and information privacy policy
Cockcroft, Sophie and Rekker, Saphira (2016). The relationship between culture and information privacy policy. Electronic Markets, 26 (1), 55-72. doi: 10.1007/s12525-015-0195-9
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Rekker, Saphira (2016). Converting planetary boundaries into action, a new approach to meeting global greenhouse gas targets: A pitch. Accounting and Management Information Systems, 15 (1), 160-167.
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Divestment from fossil fuel companies: confluence between policy and strategic viewpoints
Linnenluecke, Martina, Meath. Cristyn, Rekker, Saphira, Sidhu, Baljit and Smith, Tom (2015). Divestment from fossil fuel companies: confluence between policy and strategic viewpoints. Australian Journal of Management, 40 (3), 478-487. doi: 10.1177/0312896215569794
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Rekker, Saphira A. C., Benson, Karen L. and Faff, Robert W. (2014). Corporate social responsibility and CEO compensation revisited, do disaggregation, market stress, sender matter?. Journal of Economics and Business, 72, 84-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2013.11.001
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Do high and low-ranked sustainability stocks perform differently?
Lee, Darren, Faff, Robert and Rekker, Saphira (2013). Do high and low-ranked sustainability stocks perform differently?. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 21 (2), 116-132. doi: 10.1108/18347641311312267
Other Outputs
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The Paris-compliant company: Measuring transition performance using a strict science-based approach
Rekker, Saphira, Ives, Matthew, Wade, Belinda, Greig, Chris and Webb, Lachlan (2021). The Paris-compliant company: Measuring transition performance using a strict science-based approach. INET Working Paper. No. 2021-03. University of Oxford, INET.
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Rekker, Saphira (2021). Raw data for figures in "The Paris Compliant Company: Measuring transition performance against the Paris goals using a strict science-based approach". The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/289d707
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Rekker, Saphira (2019). Measuring corporate performance in meeting climate change limits using a planetary boundaries approach. PhD Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.437
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A Planetary Boundaries Approach to Measuring Corporate Environmental Performance
Rekker, Saphira (2018). A Planetary Boundaries Approach to Measuring Corporate Environmental Performance. PhD Thesis, School of Business, The University of Queensland.
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Saphira Rekker (2018). Fossil fuel producers' reserves (2010) and production (2010-2015) burnable fossil fuel allowances, proportion extracted (2011-2015), and estimated year to finish. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.115
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Tying green bonds to Australia’s commitments to the COP 21 agreement
Rekker, Saphira and Humphrey, Jacquelyn (2016). Tying green bonds to Australia’s commitments to the COP 21 agreement.
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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The Role of Leading Indicators in the Transition to Net-Zero Emissions in Climate Sensitive Sectors
(2021–2022) Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
PhD and MPhil Supervision
Current Supervision
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TURNING THE TABLES OF INFLUENCE: BUSINESSES CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES AND GOVERNMENT POLICY
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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