Now in its 4th year, the 2024 Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference, the flagship event of ASWQ, continues to ask the hard questions and delve deeper into regulation, sustainability reporting, capital allocation, and performance metrics. The ongoing 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.
This conference will focus on key concerns regarding assurance of a sustainable future: the changing sustainability reporting landscape, the politization 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 the discourse between academics and non-academics, featuring high-profile, well-informed, often provocative speakers.
Meet our speakers:
~Sunil Misser, CEO, AccountAbility
~Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, Former Chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell Group
~Allison Herren Lee, Former SEC Commissioner
~Mark Vaessen, President, Accountancy Europe and Senior Partner, KPMG the Netherlands
~Andrew Karolyi, Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
~Laura Starks, George Kometsky Centennial University Distinguished Chair, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas Austin
~Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School
~Robert Eccles, Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Said Business School, University of Oxford
~Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School
~The full list of speakers is available here
Who attends?
~Accountability in a Sustainable World brings together accountants, finance professionals, law professionals, law-makers, standard-setters, economists, investors, scientists, and academics from the sciences, accounting, finance, law, and economics.
~The conference sets a research agenda for many emerging scholars, addressing key issues related to accounting for sustainability and responsible investing. We look forward to your participation in the discussion of the critical issues of accounting for sustainability and responsible investing.
Visit the conference website to view the preliminary agenda and a list of confirmed speakers.
As always, contact asw@nd.edu if you have any questions.
We look forward to seeing you in September,
Peter Easton
