Gabriel Huppé
Gabriel Huppé is a Senior Research Associate with the Responsible Investing Initiative. He studies the working of the responsible investment and sustainable finance industry through empirical research methods. His most recent pieces have centred on the causes and consequence of shareholder passivity, and the profitability of socially responsible investment strategies. Gabriel obtained a Bachelor of International Business with a Concentration in International Finance, Investment and Banking from Carleton University. He also holds Master’s Degrees from Queen’s University and Maastricht University. Gabriel was an Analyst at Deutsche Asset Management where he helped asset-liability management and portfolio management teams incorporate sustainability criteria into investment processes and products for institutional investors.
Gabriel also serves in a voluntary capacity as the Director of Membership and Strategic Partnerships for the Coalition of Universities for Responsible Investing, and as a Technical Advisor for the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Publications
Policy Reports
Huppé, Gabriel A. (with Mariana Hug Silva) 2013, Overcoming Barriers to Scale: Institutional impact investments in low-income and developing countries, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Canada.
Huppé, Gabriel A. 2013, What are Investor Coalitions Doing on Financial Regulatory Reform?, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Canada.
Academic Articles
Huppé, Gabriel A. (with Priya Bala-Miller) 2011, Shareholder Passivity: A viable explanation for corporate governance failures at NewsCorp?, Journal of Sustainable Investment and Finance, Volume 1, Issue 1, pages 180-194.
Huppé, Gabriel A. (with Tessa Hebb) 2011, The Virtue of CalPERS`Emerging Equity Markets Principles, Journal of Sustainable Investment and Finance, Volume 1, Issue 1, pages 62-76.
Working Papers
Huppé, Gabriel A. 2011, Alpha`s Tale: The Economic Value of CSR, United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network Conference, Sigtuna, Sweden, 26 September 2011.
Conference and Workshop Presentations
Huppé, Gabriel A. (with Heather Hachigian and Priya Bala-Miller). 2011. Universities and Responsible Investment. Presentation at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network Conference, Sigtuna, Sweden, 26 September 2011.
Huppé, Gabriel A. 2011 Alpha’s Tale: The Economic Value of CSR, Presentation at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network Conference, Sigtuna, Sweden, 26 September 2011.
Huppé, Gabriel A. 2010. Responsible Investment at Canadian Universities, Presentation at the CURI Symposium – Canadian Responsible Investment Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 21 June 2011.
Huppé, Gabriel A. 2010. The Virtue of CalPERS’ Emerging Market Principles, Presentation at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment Academic Network Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 May 2010.