Past Events by Stanford Leadership Institute

We featured research on organizations, and their role in bringing about a more sustainable future.

We highlighted the role of marketing in encouraging behavioral change to better align with sustainability goals.

We focused on the emerging practice of global corporations to disclose their current and/or intended future greenhouse gas emissions. This conference focused on the emerging practice of global corporations to disclose their current and/or intended future greenhouse gas emissions.

The first Stanford Oceans conference discussed technologies that can transform management by governments and communities, engage business, and help catalyze sustainability and accountability at scale.

We explored the roles that corporations, financial markets, and innovations in finance might play in meeting sustainability challenges. Meeting the major sustainability goals that have been put forward will require substantial levels of new investment and significant changes in how capital is allocated in economies across the globe.

This conference showcased research at the intersection of politics and the environment because progress on environmental sustainability requires understanding politics. Passing laws that lower emissions, creating incentives for technological innovation, and striking alliances and treaties across countries all require political agreements. Through empirical and theoretical research, we sought to understand political institutions and political actors, and how issues of sustainability evolve within political systems.