School of Geography and the Environment

Dr Kim Schumacher is an Honorary Research Associate of the SoGE Economy and Society and Environmental Interactions research clusters.

He is a Lecturer in Sustainable Finance and ESG at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research focuses on ESG data and impact metrics, sustainable finance frameworks, green bonds, natural capital valuation, ecosystem services, renewable energy project development, and TCFD disclosure.

In addition, Kim is a consultant for the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development in the areas of ESG project integration, green bonds, climate-related risk disclosure (TCFD), and sustainable finance. Prior to this, he conducted post-doctoral sustainable finance research as part of the Economics of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance programmes at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

He is a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and sits on the ISO Technical Committees on Sustainable Finance (TC 322) and Environmental Management (TC 207). Kim is also a member of the Technical Working Groups of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), and the Green Finance Network Japan (GFNJ).

He was a visiting research fellow at Harvard University and a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge. He holds a PhD degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Tokyo (2017) and Masters degree in Environmental Law and Policy from UC Berkeley (2012).

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Journal Articles

• Schumacher, K. (2020) Green investments need global standards and independent scientific review. Nature, 584(7822): 524.
• Schumacher, K. (2020) The shape of green fixed income investing to come. The Journal of Environmental Investing, 10(1): 5-29.
• Schumacher, K., Chenet, H. and Volz, U. (2020) Sustainable finance in Japan. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 10(2): 213-246. Issue 2: Special Issue: Scaling Up Green Finance in Asia.
• Schumacher, K. (2019) Approval procedures for large-scale renewable energy installations: comparison of national legal frameworks in Japan, New Zealand, the EU and the US. Energy Policy, 129: 139-152.
• Schumacher, K. and Yang, Z. (2018) The determinants of wind energy growth in the United States: Drivers and barriers to state-level development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 97: 1-13.
• Schumacher, K. (2017) Large-scale Renewable Energy Project Barriers: Environmental Impact Assessment Streamlining Efforts in Japan and the EU. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 65: 100-110.
• Schumacher, K. (2015) Comparative Analysis of the Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures of Japan and New Zealand. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, 11(2).

Reports

• Zhou, X.Y., Caldecott, B.L., Harnett, E. and Schumacher, K. (2020) The Effect of Firm-level ESG Practices on Macroeconomic Performance. Working Paper, May 2020, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.
• Caldecott, B., Dericks, G., Bouveret, G., Schumacher, K., Pfeiffer, A., Tulloch, D.J., Kruitwagen, L. and McCarten, M. (2018) Asset - level data and the Energy Transition: Findings from ET Risk Work Package 2. Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.