Dr Lisa Chengzhu SUN is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at School of Accounting and Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She joined PolyU in 2021 upon the completion of her Ph.D. in Accounting at the LSK Business School, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST). She also received a M.Phil. in Environmental Science, policy and Management from HKUST in 2016. Dr Sun’s research interests lie primarily in ESG, regulations, information economics and social networks. For example, she explores the real effects of various governance mechanisms or regulations on firms’ non-financial outcomes (especially for the environmental practices such as corporate pollution and carbon emissions). Her teaching interests include ESG investing and financial accounting.