Nikolaus Hastreiter

In his PhD research, Nikolaus aims to explore the impact of sustainable finance on corporate carbon emissions. In particular, he wants to further the theory on mechanisms through which investors can create impact and provide new quantitative evidence. His research is funded by the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre) Scholarship and the FIR-PIR Finance and Sustainability Awards PhD research grant.

He is also a part-time researcher at the TPI Centre where he was previously the sector lead for banking, oil and gas, cement, autos and shipping. Prior to joining the TPI Centre, he worked as a sustainability consultant at Deloitte and as an ESG analyst at Vigeo Eiris.

Nikolaus graduated with a Distinction and the Best Overall Performance Prize in the MSc in Development Studies from LSE. He also holds a Franco-German Double Degree with Distinction in Political and Social Sciences from Sciences Po Bordeaux and the University of Stuttgart.

Provisional thesis title
The green elephant in the room: Does sustainable investing reduce greenhouse gas emissions?

Scholarships and funding
TPI Global Climate Transition Centre Scholarship 2022- 2026
FIR-PIR Finance and Sustainability Awards PhD research grant 2022-2025

Affiliations
Researcher at the TPI Centre

Supervisors
Prof Simon Dietz
Dr Richard Perkins

Expertise

Sustainable finance, Climate risk, Carbon accounting, Net zero pathways, R, Provalis

Research Interests

• Investor impact
• Carbon Accounting
• Climate risk
• Institutionalist theory

Media and videos

• In this webinar titled Navigating the coal transition, Nikolaus reviewed the new coal mining sector methodology by the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre) at LSE. (20 May 2025)
• 74% of airline companies not aligned to 1.5°C, says TPI (Environmental Finance, 3 March 2022)
• Companies struggle for clarity on net zero targets (FT, 1 November 2021)