Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference

The 2023 Accountability in a Sustainable World conference will delve into regulation, sustainability reporting, capital allocation, and performance metrics. The conversation will answer the immediate need for dialogue among academics and non-academics about sustainability, data and measurement, related assurance, high-quality information to inform responsible investment decisions, and accountability in setting personal, corporate, and public sector goals.

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This conference will focus on key concerns regarding the assurance of a sustainable future: the changing sustainability reporting landscape, the politicization of ESG, accounting for sustainability with a particular emphasis on carbon accounting, measurement, and assurance, performance metrics, the new corporate focus on sustainability, the effects of carbon footprint information on consumer choice and thoughts from a younger generation. A main feature of the conference is to generate discourse between academics and non-academics, featuring high-profile, well-informed, often provocative speakers. The conference was recorded on September 20, 2023.

Shareholders Change the World

• Mark van Baal, Follow This
• Jan Bouwens, University of Amsterdam
• Peter Easton, CARE/ASWQ, University of Notre Dame

The Politicization of ESG

• Robert Eccles, University of Oxford;
• Allison Lee, New York University;
• Dan Crowley, K&L Gates LLP; and
• Tim Doyle, Bipartisan Policy Center

Greenwashing

• Robert Eccles, University of Oxford
• Desiree Fixler, VentureESG

Capital Allocation in the Oil and Gas Industry

• Shiva Rajgopal, Columbia Business School
• Ilmi Granoff, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School
• Luisa Palacios, Columbia Center of Global Energy Policy

Comparing and Contrasting Financial Reporting to Sustainability Reporting

• Patricia Dechow, University of Southern California

ESG Investing, Jobs, and National Security

• Sanjay Bhagat, University of Colorado

Non-Financial Violations

• Jonas Heese, Harvard Business School

Enabling Finance and Accounting Teams to Deliver a Sustainable Future: The Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Altorium

• Brad Sparks, A4S
• Susan Whyte, A4S

The Importance of Data Quality and Reliable Sustainability Reporting

• Mark Zenner, Persefoni

Establishing the Foundation for Carbon Trading Market

• Karthik Ramanna, University of Oxford
• Robert Kaplan, Harvard Business School
• Marc Roston, Stanford UniversityCorporate

Carbon Emission Statements: A Double Entry System

• Stefan Reichelstein, Stanford University

Accounting for Corporate Carbon Emissions

• Peter Easton, CARE/ASWQ, University of Notre Dame
• Stefan Reichelstein, Stanford University
• Gunther Glenk, Harvard Business School Climate Fellow
• Teresa Landaverde Lorenzo, Heidelberg Materials
• Jochen Kurtz, BASF

The Carbon Adjustment Tax

• Shiva Rajgopal, Columbia Business School
• Aniket Shah, Jefferies
• Gernot Wagner, Columbia Business School

Are Carbon Taxes Effective in Mitigating Emissions

• Cynthia Jeffrey, Iowa State University

ESG Disclosure: Advancing Corporate Sustainability Transparency with the Open for Good Data Platform

• Magali Delmas, University of California, Los Angeles

ESG and Accounting: My Thoughts

• DJ Nanda, University of Miami

Update on E-liability Accounting: In Practice

• Robert Kaplan, Harvard Business School
• Karthik Ramanna, University of Oxford
• Piyush Jha, Tata Steel Limited

Who Will Provide Assurance for ESG Reports

• Roger Simnett, University of New South Wales
• Mark Babington, FRC
• Thomas Mytton, AccountAbility
• Maura Hodge, KPMG
• Warren Maroun, IAASB

ESG and Performance Metrics

• Marc Vaessen, KPMG
• Simon Braaksma, Philips
• Isabelle Grauer-Gaynor, European Securities and Markets Authority
• Jeffrey Hales, University of Texas
• Kerstin Lopatta, Universität Hamburg

Measuring the Unmeasurable

• Arianna Pisciella, University of Lausanne

Assessing Materiality in Sustainability Reporting

• Richard Sloan, University of Southern California

Building Better Boards

• Sunny Misser, AccountAbility
• Marco Antonio Achon, Santander US
• Robert Herz, Robert H Herz LLC
• Gabriela Figueiredo Dias, International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants

Achieving Effective Internal Control Over Sustainability Reporting

• Jeffrey Thomson, Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)

Managing the Duality of Variance Among ESG Assessments

• Sung Eun (Summer) Kim, University of California Irvine School of Law

Managerial Myopia and Corporate Social Responsibility

• Zabihollah Rezaee, University of Memphis

The Importance of Country Level ESG Scores

• Süreyya Burcu Avci, Sabanci University

The New Corn

• Scott W Gibson, Quercus Agroforestry, Inc.

The Irrelevance of ESG Disclosure to Retail Investors

• Clare Wang, University of Colorado

How Does Carbon Footprint Information Affect Consumer Choice?

• Peter Easton, CARE/ASWQ, University of Notre Dame
• Joachim Gassen, Humboldt University, Berlin
• Bianca Beyer, Aalto University

Youth Engagement: Developing Thoughts

• Peter Easton, CARE/ASWQ, University of Notre Dame; and Students from the University of Notre Dame

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