15:00 pm – 16:00 pm Plenary Panel – The Intersection of Sustainability Accounting and Sustainable Finance (Session 6) Panelists: Carol Adams, Durham University Jan Bennington, University of Lancaster Margaret Childe, Manulife Investment Management Anna Young Ferris, University of Sydney Moderator: Leanne Keddie, Carleton University

The Intersection of Sustainability Accounting and Sustainable Finance

Moderator: Leanne Keddie, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

Panelists:
Carol Adams, Durham University
Jan Bennington, University of Lancaster
Margaret Childe, Manulife Investment Management
Anna Young Ferris, University of Sydney

Description: This panel explores the intersection of sustainability accounting and sustainable finance with a focus on the need for urgent collaboration between these two realms. How can accounting and finance work together to create a more sustainable world? This will require good information about the impacts of sustainability challenges on firms as well as the impacts of firms on the world. Finance can direct the funds; accounting can provide the information to make good decisions. One critical hurdle to the effectiveness of these investments exists in the underlying measurement of these social and environmental criteria. We will discuss the current state of affairs, explore the limitations and (mis)use of sustainability accounting data in sustainable finance as well as where we need to go from here to create a more sustainable world.