Hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability Research Conference Series highlights cutting-edge research on environmental sustainability. The series is designed to promote dialogue among researchers—and between scholars and practitioners working to put insights into action.
2025-2026 Sustainability Research Conference Series
This year’s conference series will spotlight research on ocean science, political economy, and other vital topics shaping our environmental future.
Explore the Sustainability Research Conference Series
Today’s environmental challenges are growing more complex—and more urgent to address. Researchers from across disciplines are working to deepen understanding and inform the innovations, policies, and actions that can help drive a more sustainable future.
Noteworthy Speakers
Sir Partha Dasgupta
Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics
University of Cambridge
Johannes Stroebel
David S. Loeb Professor of Finance & Director of Climate Finance Initiative
New York University
Elke Weber
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Princeton University
Rob Bonta
California Attorney General
California Department of Justice
Stanford Initiative on Business & Environmental Sustainability
Relevant Research
Working Paper | Sustainability and Strategic Differentiation in Unregulated Consumer Goods Markets
Kristina Brecko, Yewon Kim
March 2025
Journal Article | Textual Dimensions of Sustainability Information, Stock Price Informativeness, and Proprietary Costs: Evidence from Integrated Reports
Mary E. Barth, Steven F. Cahan, Li Chen, Elmar R. Venter, Ruili Wang
The British Accounting Review. October 2024, Vol. 57, Issue 3
Journal Article | Climate Impacts of Digital Use Supply Chains
Lin Shi, Adam Brandt, Dan A. Iancu, Katharine J. Mach, Chris Field, Mu-Jung Cho, Michelle Ng, Kyung Jin (Sarah) Chey, Nilam Ram, Thomas Robinson, Byron Reeves
Environmental Research: Climate. March 2024, Vol. 3, Issue 1
