Heroth Timo HSLU W

Dr. Timo Heroth Timo Heroth

Lecturer

Heroth Timo HSLU W

Lucerne School of Business

Room Raum 6.75
Campus Zug-Rotkreuz
Suurstoffi 1
6343 Rotkreuz


Institute of Financial Services Zug (IFZ)

CC Controlling (IFZ CO)

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Biography

Education

  • 2020 – 2024 PhD, University of St. Gallen, ILE-HSG (Corporate Sustainability Disclosure und Double Materiality)

  • 2018             Certified European Financial Analyst (CEFA)

  • 2012 – 2015 Master of Arts in Chinese Studies, FU Berlin (Circular Economy Pilot Projects in China)

  • 2005 – 2006 Studies at University of Nanjing and University of Qingdao

  • 2004 – 2008 Diplom, Business Administration and Chinese Language, University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Self-governance of Sports Organizations - a Comparative Study Between Germany and China)

Work Experience

  • 2025 – dato  Head of Specialist Course "Sustainability Fundamentals for IR Practitioners"

  • 2019 – 2024 Senior Researcher, IFZ

  • 2019 –  dato Co-Founder, Equintel GmbH, Data-Driven ESG Intelligence

  • 2016 – 2019 Project Manager, Head of International/China Business, Portus Corporate Finance GmbH

  • 2014 – 2016 Relationship Manager, Corporate Banking, Bank of China

  • 2011 – 2012 Project Manager, TAO China Zentrum Schweiz

  • 2009 – 2011 Program Manager, Sino-Swiss Management Training Program, University of St. Gallen

Professional competencies
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Double-Materiality Assessments
  • Stewardship und ESG Engagement
  • Sustainability Strategy and Management
  • Governance
  • Good Governance in Sports
  • Sustainability/ ESG Reporting
  • Company Valuation
  • Corporate Finance
Teaching and research focus
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Sustainability in the Sporting Goods and Outdoor Industry
  • Good Governance in Sports
  • Stakeholder Orientation
  • Corporate Reporting
  • ESG Engagement, Stewardship, and Active Ownership
  • Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Sustainability
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Corporate Finance
  • Behavioral Finance
  • Company Valuation

Fachkurs Sustainability Fundamentals for IR Practitioners in cooperation with SIX

https://www.hslu.ch/en/lucerne-school-of-business/continuing-education/continuing-and-executive-education-courses/ifz/sustainability-fundamentals/

Projects

Research projects

  • Entwicklung einer ESG Reporting Plattform mit Instrumenten der Künstlichen Intelligenz
  • IDN - Technische und wirtschaftliche Analyse von innovativer “Carbon Capture & Industrial Utilization”-Technologie
  • KPT Return on Compliance
  • ESG Toolbox
  • ESG Engagement Research
  • ESG Monitor
  • ESG Unstructured Data Analysis
  • Datengetriebene ESG Analyse
  • Datengetriebene ESG Analyse
  • Digitalisierung in der Rohstoffbranche
  • Data-Driven Employee Value Proposition Framework
  • eNotes in der Schweiz
  • Financial Analysis Pharma Industry

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Book/catalogue

  • Behringer, Stefan; Blättler, Stephanie; Heroth, Timo & Gesslein, Manuel (2025). Chancenreport Schweiz 2026. Navigieren in unsicheren Zeiten. Luzern: Hochschule Luzern (HSLU).
  • Behringer, Stefan; Blättler, Stephanie; Heroth, Timo; Laun, Ute & Gesslein, Manuel (2024). Chancenreport Schweiz 2025, Stabilität schafft Dynamik. Luzern: Hochschule Luzern - Wirtschaft / Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug IFZ.
  • Birrer, Thomas Kurt; Disch, Roger; Goeggel, Sven; Heroth, Timo; Schreiber, Florian & Visuvalingam, Vidursika (2022). Digitalisierung des Corporate Treasury Managements. Analyse anhand eines innovativen Reifegradmodells. Rotkreuz: Verlag IFZ - Hochschule Luzern.
  • Heroth, Timo (2015). Corporate Sustainability Disclosure Matters - Evidence from the Field. Wiesbaden: SpringerGabler.

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Lu, Guang; Heroth, Timo; Lüthi, Cédric & Mollet, Patrick (2023). Natural Language Processing for Corporate Culture Assessment: Lessons Learned for Building a Strong Employee Value Proposition with GPTW Switzerland AG. ICICT 2023: 8th International Congress on Information and Communication Technology, 1.
  • Lu, Guang; Dollfus, Christian; Wozniak, Thomas; Fleck, Matthes & Heroth, Timo (2022). Agenda-Setting for COVID-19: A Study of Large-Scale Economic News Coverage Using Natural Language Processing. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, 1-22.

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Heroth, Timo & Behringer, Stefan (28.02.2025). KI-gestützte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung für KMU. Der Organisator, (1-2), 62-65.
  • Behringer, Stefan & Heroth, Timo (27.02.2025). KI und die Analyse von Nachhaltigkeitsthemen. Organisator: das Magazin für KMU, 2025(1-2/2025), 62-65.

Publications and presentations - Chapter/legal commentary/lexicon article

  • Heroth, Timo; Follert, Florian; Berchtold, Nadine & Behringer, Stefan (2024). ESG-Engagement durch aktive Eigentümerschaft – Case Study zu Daten und Erfolgsfaktoren. In Weber, S.T., Hastenteufel, J. (Hrsg.), Nachhaltigkeit im Controlling - Aktuelle Entwicklungen, praxisorientierte Ansätze und Lösungen mit Unternehmensbeispielen. (S. 49-64). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
  • Heroth, Timo & Lipenkova, Janna (2023). Heroth, Timo, Lipenkova, Janna (2023). Using Unstructured Data to Develop a Dynamic ESG Topic Classification - An Exploration of Human Capital. In Vanessa Campos Climent; Joan Ramon Sanchis Palacio; Ana Teresa Ejarque Catal (Hrsg.), Campos Climent, V., Sanchis Palacio, J. R., & Ejarque Catalá, A. T. (2023). Connecting sustainability organizational models with SDGs. (S. 217-231). Valencia: Universitat de Valencia.