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13th Annual ARCS Research Conference
June 21 – 24, 2021
As we get closer to the conference, we want to keep you informed as best as possible. Please continue to check the conference webpage, as well as our LinkedIn and Twitter pages for information.
13th Annual Ivey/ARCS PhD Sustainability Academy
November 12 – 15, 2020
London, Ontario, Canada • Hosted by the Ivey Business School at Western University
12th Annual ARCS Research Conference (Canceled)
June 10 – 12, 2020
Milan, Italy • Hosted by Bocconi University
Friedman’s Feedback Loop and 25 Years of Corporate Delay on Climate Change
Duncan Austin
September 16th, 2020 may have marked an important milestone in the effort to respond to climate change. In a break from the past, the US Business Roundtable of 200 leading US CEOs announced support for market-based policies, including carbon prices. The CEOs acknowledged that the response to the ‘real’ problem of climate change ‘will require…
Requesting Academic Support for A Sustainability Standards Board
Robert G. Eccles
I am soliciting signatures to endorse a letter from Oxford submitted to the IFRS Foundation Trustees in support of establishing a Sustainability Standards Board (SSB). The IFRS Foundation oversees the work of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) which sets standards for financial accounting for most countries in the world. (The U.S. equivalent is the…