Arcticle’s by Delphine Gibassier

This blog has been co-authored with George MARGESSON, MPA programme at Sciences Po Paris   The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are turning the investment world upside down. According to an analyst “For me, the SDGs really correspond to a paradigm shift in responsible finance right now, turning to impact actually”. To understand how this shift is happening, we analysed the products currently offered by leading investment managers, and the published requirements of investment funds. We carried out an initial search of institutions to identify those with the most developed requirements. We also interviewed five key players from the investment industry to…

The blog that follows is a summary of my original blog posted on the CSEAR blog   Teaching Social and Environmental Accounting (SEA) related topics, such as environmental accounting, carbon accounting or integrated reporting was not an easy task to bring to (French) business schools. I was told business companies did not care, or that students could at most get “an introduction” because the topic was not on the chartered accountancy exam. While I was able to teach an optional course in carbon accounting in 2013 thanks to a SEA research-focused colleague, the door remained closed elsewhere.   However, nowadays,…