Dear colleagues,
On 19 September 2017 we will organize a conference on Non Financial Reporting: http://www.smart.uio.no/events/call-for-papers/non-financial-reporting.html
Non-Financial Reporting for a Sustainable Circular Economy: Towards Greater Policy Coherence?
This conference welcome contributions on how reporting theory can be developed, how to identify relevant best practice models, and how to realise the potential for facilitating the contribution of European business to a global sustainable economy.
We invite contributions on the following and related issues:
How can the regulatory framework act as driver or obstacle to integrating sustainability in the governance of the business, across legal entities and value chains?
How can the potential of non-financial reporting as an agent of change be strengthened?
How can the potential of assurance and auditing as a means to relevant and reliable reporting be strengthened?
How can we engage with standards, verification and assurance of non-financial information in relation to reporting?
How can reporting ensure that due diligence is effectively employed across corporate, contractual, and global value chain structures?
Which reporting models and methodologies are state-of-the-art? Where and how can we identify best practice?
Which concrete models can we identify as best practice in relation to environmental concerns: operationalising the planetary boundaries, social issues: integrating the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and economic sustainability: including avoiding corruption and tax evasion.
Which ESG engagement and disclosure practices have been proven to be effective in practice, and should be disseminated as best practice?
How can the relationship between sustainable reporting and sustainable finance be interpreted and strengthened?
What changes are necessary, if any, to achieve policy coherence for sustainable business and sustainable finance?
The conference will be transdisciplinary and we welcome contributions from all relevant disciplines, including industrial ecology, environmental management and other management studies, finance and accounting, business law, law and economics, and any other disciplines relevant to ESG reporting, including theoretical work, and case studies and other empirical work.
To register follow this link:
http://www.smart.uio.no/events/call-for-papers/non-financial-reporting.html
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