DrFabiola Schneider

Fabiola is 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 at the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧 (UCD) School of Business. As an 𝐀𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, her research is dedicated to advancing UCD’s strategic theme of creating a sustainable global society. Previously Fabiola was appointed Asst. Prof. of Finance at Dublin City University (DCU). 

Fabiola's current research addresses the climate emergency and sustainable transitions, with papers on 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐄𝐒𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, and Divestment vs Engagement are published in ABS 3- and 4 journals. Her PhD thesis at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School revolved around 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. She is on the edorital board of the Carbon Management journal.

This research is complemented with policy related work. For the last three mandates, she served as Sherpa to the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, working on the 𝐄𝐔 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲. Moreover, Fabiola was appointed as a member of the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐄𝐒𝐌𝐀) Sustainability Standing Committee and the 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥 Scope 3 Technical Working Group. 

Fabiola 𝐜𝐨-𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 which - funded by Enterprise Ireland - applies AI to detect 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 in the market (https://greenwatch.ai/).

She is Co-PI to the EU-Horizon funded Nature-3B project (https://nature-3b.eu/). She leads work on SAVINs, an innovative framework for nature credits leveraging Sustainability-Linked Bonds & Loans (SLBs & SLLs). Other nature related work focuses on Nature Protection Investment Benchmarks, aimimg at replicating the success of Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PABs) in the climate space.

Another passion of Fabiola is 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 and 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. She has international teaching experience at various levels and in different settings. Moreover, she has industry experience in corporate finance and supply chains, as well as solar development.

Media enquiries: Greenwashing, Fossil fuel financing, Nature Finance, Sustainable finance & ESG reporting