Hanlu Fan
Carbon accounting; corporate environmental disclosure; carbon assurance; corporate carbon management; climate risks and opportunities; environmental regulation; corporate environmental performance
Background & Expertise
Hanlu Fan is an assistant professor of accounting in the Labovitz School of Business and Economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her research sits at the intersection of accounting, business and environmental sustainability. She studies how companies respond to environmental challenges and how accounting and reporting practices shape those responses. Her research spans carbon disclosure and assurance, climate risks and opportunities and corporate approaches to water and other natural resources.
Her work has been published in The British Accounting Review, Accounting & Finance, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Organization & Environment. She earned her PhD from Western Sydney University. Before joining UMN Duluth, she was a Vice Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at RMIT University in Australia.
Beyond her research and teaching, Fan serves as a reviewer for several journals, including Abacus, The British Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, and Accounting & Finance. She also serves on UMN Duluth’s Climate Action Steering Team.