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Tessa Hebb

 

Dr. Tessa Hebb
Director
Carleton Centre for Community Innovation
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

 

Senior Research Associate
Oxford University Centre for the Environment, UK

Senior Research Fellow
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, US 

 

  Tessa Hebb

 

Dr. Hebb is the Director of the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, Carleton University, Canada.  Her research focuses on the financial and extra-financial impact of pension fund investment in Canada and internationally with particular emphasis on Responsible Investment and Corporate Engagement and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada.  The Carleton Centre for Community Innovation is a leading knowledge producer on social finance tools and instruments.   Dr. Hebb is also a senior research associate with the Oxford University Centre for the Environment and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. In 2008 she completed a multi-year research project revitalization funded by Rockefeller and Ford Foundations on the role of US public sector pension funds and urban revitalization, based at the Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School.

Dr. Hebb has published many articles on pension fund investing policies and is the co-editor of the volume Working Capital the Power of Labor’s Pensions.  Her new book No Small Change: Pension Fund Corporate Engagement is available  from Cornell University Press as of September 2008.

Dr. Hebb is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, a peer-reviewed journal established in 2011 with an interest in the environmental, developmental, social, and governance principles emerging from financial markets, managed investment, banking, microfinance, project finance and philanthropy. She is the Guest Editor of a special edition on Impact Investing in the same journal (forthcoming, 2012). Dr. Hebb was also the Guest Editor of the special edition in the Journal of Business Ethics on the Next Generation of Responsible Investing (2010) and Financing the Third Sector with Dr. Susan Phillips in the journal Policy and Society (2010).


 

Publications

Books

Hebb Tessa., (2008) No Small Change: Pension Funds and Corporate Engagement, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Fung A, Hebb T, Rogers J, Eds, 2001, Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions (ILR Press Cornell University Press, Ithaca)

Book Chapters

Hebb T. (2007) The Economic Inefficiency of Secrecy: Pension Fund Investors’ Corporate Transparency Concerns in Fundamentals of Corporate Governance VOLUME 4 Stakeholders and Sustainability, Thomas Clarke and Marie dela Rama eds., Sage Publishing, London UK.

Hebb T. (2004) Secrets, Lies and Economic Inefficiency, in Financial Services and Public Policy, Christopher Waddell, Ed., Conference Proceedings, Schulich School of Business, April 22-24 2004.

Hebb, T. (2001) Introduction, Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions (ILR Press Cornell University Press, Ithaca.

Hebb T., Beeferman L., (2008) ) “US Pension Funds’ Labour-Friendly Investments”, in The "Social" in Social Security: Market, State and Associations in Retirement Provision, Mark Hyde and John Dixon eds., Edwin Mellen Press, Lampeter, UK. forthcoming.

Hebb T., Mackenzie D., (2001) Canadian Labour Sponsored Investment Funds: a model for US economically targeted investment. Working Capital: The Power of Labor's Pensions (ILR Press Cornell University Press, Ithaca. Role: Primary author.

Clark G.L. and Hebb T. (2007) Pension Fund Corporate Engagement: The Fifth Stage of Capitalism In Fundamentals of Corporate Governance VOLUME 4 Stakeholders and Sustainability, Thomas Clarke and Marie dela Rama eds., Sage Publishing, London UK.

Clark, G.L., T. Hebb and D. Wójcik (2007) Institutional investors and the language of finance: the global metrics of market performance. Chapter 2 in, J. Godfrey and K. Chalmers (eds.) Globalisation of Accounting Standards. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. pp. 15-33.

Hagerman L., Hebb T.  (2009) “Balancing Risk and Return in Urban Investing” in forthcoming co-edited collection Financial Risk Management: From the Global to the Local, Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Manley, K, Hebb T., and Jackson E.T. (2008) Economically Targeted Investing: Financial and Collateral Impacts in Pensions at Work: Socially Responsible Investment of Union-Based Pension Funds, J. Quarter, I. Carmichael and S. Ryan eds., University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Steiger A., Hebb T., and Hagerman L.(2008) The Case for the Community Partner in Economic Development. In, Fabiani, D. and Buss, T. (eds.) Reengineering Community Development for the 21st Century.

Articles

Hebb T., (2006) The Economic Inefficiency of Secrecy.  Journal of Business Ethics 63 385-405.

Hebb T., (2002) Emerging Trends in Corporate Engagement by Public Pension Funds.

Conference proceedings of the International Foundation for Employee Benefits Annual Canadian Conference. Halifax, July 2002, Madison WI. 2002.

Hebb T., Beeferman L., (2009) “US Pension Funds’ Labour-Friendly Investments”, Journal of Comparative Social Welfare Volume 25, Issue 2, 2009 forthcoming.

Hebb, T., Wójcik, D. (2005) Global standards and emerging markets: the institutional investment value chain and CalPERS’ investment strategy.  Environment and Planning A 37 1955-1974

Clark, G. L., Hebb., T; (2005) "Why do they care? The market for corporate global responsibility and the role of institutional investors." Environment and Planning A 37 2015-2031

Clark G L, Hebb T, 2004, "Corporate Engagement: The fifth stage of capitalism.” Relations industrielles / Industrial Relations 59 142-170.

Clark, G.L., Salo, J., Hebb, T. (2008), "Shareholder activism in the public spotlight: social investors' resolutions at US corporate annual general meetings, 2001-2004", Environment and Planning A, vol. 40 pp. 1370-1390

Hagerman L., Clark G. and Hebb T. (2007) Investment Intermediaries in Economic Development: Linking Public Pension Funds to Urban Revitalization. Community Development Investment Review, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 3(1).

Steiger A., Hebb T., and Hagerman L (2007) Linking Investors to Economic Development. Bridges, Community Affairs Department of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Summer 2007.

Working Papers

Hebb T. (2007) CalSTRS Case Study: Diversity as an Investment Framework: CalSTRS Targeted Investment Strategy Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment http://urban.ouce.ox.ac.uk/research.php

Hebb T. (2006) California Case Study A: Private Equity CalPERS’ California Initiative, Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, wpg 05-15 http://urban.ouce.ox.ac.uk/research.php

Pension Funds and Urban Revitalization California Case Study B: Real Estate CalPERS' California Urban Real Estate Initiative. . Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, wpg 06-16 Wpg 05-16 http://urban.ouce.ox.ac.uk/research.php

Hagerman L., Clark G. and Hebb T. (2007) Investment Vehicles Case Study: Investment intermediaries in economic development: Linking public pension funds to urban revitalization Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, wpg 07-09 http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/transformations/wpapers/wpg07-09.html

Hagerman L., Clark G. and Hebb T. (2006) Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board: urban investing through a transparent selection process. Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, wpg 06-16 http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/research/transformations/wpapers/wpg06-16.html

Lisa A. Hagerman, Gordon L. Clark, and Tessa Hebb (2005) Pension Funds and Urban Revitalization New York Case Study: Competitive returns and a revitalized New York.
Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, wpg 05-13 http://urban.ouce.ox.ac.uk/research.php

Straus K., Clark G.L., Hebb T., and Hagerman L. (2004) U.S. Public Sector Pension Funds and Urban Revitalization: An overview of policy and programs. Working Paper, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, wpg 05-02
http://urban.ouce.ox.ac.uk/research.php

Scholarly Conference Paper Presentations

HebbT., Beeferman L.(2008 ) “US Pension Funds’ Labour-Friendly Investments” Conference Presentation, Sloan Industries Studies Conference, Boston, May 1st 2008.

Hebb T. (2007) CalSTRS Case Study: Diversity as an Investment Framework: CalSTRS Targeted Investment Strategy Conference Presentation, New Financing of America’s Cities, Harvard Law School, Dec. 10th 2007.

Hebb T. (2006), Mapping Targeted Pension Fund Investment in Canada, Conference Presentation, Pensions at Work Annual Conference, Toronto, Oct 2006 Canadian Industrial Relations Annual Conference, London Ont., June 4th  2006.

Edward T. Jackson, Hebb T., and Manley K., (2005)  Economically Targeted Investment: Financial and Collateral Impacts, Conference Presentation, OISE Pensions at Work Annual Conference, Toronto Oct 2005.

Hebb T. and Kathryn Manley, Pension Fund Investment in Underserved Capital Markets, Conference Presentation, Canadian Industrial Relations Annual Conference, London Ont., June 11th 2005.

Clark, Gordon L., Hebb, Tessa, & Wójcik, Dariusz. (2005). Institutional Investors and the Language of Finance: the Global Metrics of Market Performance. Conference Presentation, Globalization and Accounting Standards project, Monash Univesity, Prato, Italy, May 23rd 2005.

Hebb T., (2005) The Economic Inefficiency of Secrecy, Conference Presentation, McMaster World Congress, Hamilton, January 19th 2005.

Hebb T. and Jamie Salo (2004) Measuring the Impact of Corporate Engagement, OISE Pensions at Work Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Oct 17th 2004.

Hebb T. and Wojcik D., (2004) Global Standards and Emerging Markets: the institutional investment value chain and CalPERS' investment strategy, Conference Presentation, New School for Social Research,  New York, September 10th , 2004.

Clark G.L. and Hebb T. (2004)  Why do they care? The market for corporate global responsibility and the role of institutional investors, Conference Presentation, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, June 25th 2004.

Clark G.L. and Hebb T., (2004) Why do they care? The market for corporate global responsibility and the role of institutional investors , Conference Presentation, Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Philadelphia, March 2004.

Hebb T. and Wojcik D., (2004) The Global Institutional Investment Value Chain, Conference Presentation, Judge Institute, Cambridge University, UK, February 2004.

Hebb T. and Wojcik D., (2003) The Global Institutional Investment Value Chain, Conference Presentation, Global Standards Conference, School of Geography, Oxford University, UK, November 21st 2003.

Clark G.L. and Hebb T. (2003) Pension Fund Corporate Engagement in  Global Arena, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Annual Meeting, France, June 2003.

Clark G. L. and Hebb T. (2003) Understanding Pension Fund Corporate Engagement in a Global Arena, Conference Presentation, Equity, Efficiency or Ethics? Corporate Codes of Conduct and the Global Firm, Inter-University Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), May 1st 2003.

Clark G.L. and Hebb T. (2002) Understanding Pension Fund Corporate Engagement in an Global Arena, Conference Presentation, Pension Fund Corporate Engagement, School of Geography, Oxford University, November 24th 2002.

Hebb T. (2002) Pension Fund Trustee Education Requirements, Conference Presentation, Canadian Industrial Relations Annual Conference, Toronto, June 2002.

Hebb T. (2002) Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Reporting, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, June 20 2002.

Hebb T. (2001) Leveraging Union Pension Power, Conference Presentation, Canadian Industrial Relations Annual Conference, Quebec City, June 2001.

Courses and Guest Lectures

Co-taught Corporate Environmental Accountability, MSc, Nature, Society and Environmental Policy, Oxford University Centre for the Environment (2003, 2004, and 2005)


 
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