Lai Yee Choy
Fellow
Charlie Choy obtained the Juris Doctor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong ('CUHK') and is expected to be awarded a PhD in Laws by the CUHK in 2024. She is interested in corporate sustainability and financial regulation. Her doctoral thesis evaluates corporate environmental, social, and governance ('ESG') reporting regulations implemented in Hong Kong. During her PhD studies, she was a visiting scholar at Aarhus University and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law ('UNIDROIT'). At RIFS, her research project examines the effectiveness of the environmental and social due diligence performed by multilateral development banks with a focus on green hydrogen investment.
Before studying law, Charlie earned the Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong and Master of Science degree in Investment Management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. As a Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong, she has solid work experience in accounting and finance in both public and private sectors.
- corporate law and sustainability
- corporate environmental, social, and governance ('ESG') reporting regulation
- sustainable finance regulation
- carbon trading regulation
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
- Lai Yee Choy, 'Hong Kong's Changing Regulatory Approaches to Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance ('ESG') Disclosure: An Evidence-based Assessment' Journal of Corporate Law Studies (2024). 10.1080/14735970.2024.2355678 https://doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2024.2355678
- Lai Yee Choy, 'Environmental, Social, and Governance ('ESG') Reporting Regulation in Hong Kong: Reforms, Inadequacies, and Proposals' Capital Markets Law Journal (2024). 10.1093/cmlj/kmae009 https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmae009
- Lai Yee Choy, 'Application of the Global Reporting Initiative Standards and Sustainability Disclosure Performance: An Analysis of the Largest Chinese Companies Listed in Hong Kong' Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium (2023). 10.1515/ael-2022-0082 https://doi.org/10.1515/ael-2022-0082
- 2023 McGill SGI Transformative Business Law Summer Academy (one of the contributors to Chapter II - Sustainable Finance), 'Sustainable Transformation of Business and Finance: A Democratic Challenge in an Age of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence' (8 June 2023) McGill University Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2023-01. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4473822 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4473822
- Lai Yee Choy, 'An Examination of the EU Emissions Trading System: Critiques, Reforms, and Future Challenges' (GreenDeal-Net workshop on The EU Climate & Energy Framework for 2030 and Beyond, Brussels School of Governance, December 2023).
- Lai Yee Choy, 'Can Money Incentivize Corporate Environmental Commitment? A Study of China's Green Loan Policies' (19th Corporate Responsibility Research conference, University of Cambridge, September 2023).
- Lai Yee Choy, 'Recent Reform of Corporate Environmental Information Reporting Regulation in China - A Preliminary Assessment' (29th International Sustainable Development Research Society conference, National University of Malaysia, July 2023).
- Sumit Sonkar and Lai Yee Choy, 'Transforming Legal Education in Hong Kong: Facilitating Students Participation and Engagement in Online Classroom Discussions' (Symposium on Redesigning Student Learning Experience in Higher Education 2021, Hong Kong, June 2021).