Business is at the heart of the global carbon ‘supply chain’, so how is it tackling the climate change problem, and can It succeed? And what role can business schools play in supporting these efforts?
Join Professor Chris Higson of the London Business School for an authoritative survey of the already extensive engagement of business with the climate change agenda and the broader issue of sustainability; and hear about what business schools, as the trainers of present and future business leaders, are saying to business.
About the speaker
Chris Higson is a professor in accounting practice at the London Business School, where he was Chair of the Accounting Faculty, Academic Director for finance programmes and director of the School's Global CFO programme. His work centres on financial analysis and company performance and valuation.
Chris has advised and coached over a hundred of the world’s leading industrial, financial and asset management companies. He was a member of the oversight board of a UK investment company, and comments on financial issues for television, radio and in the international press.
Chris has had several non-executive roles for the UK Government, as a member of the UK’s Industrial Development Advisory Board and of the Regional Growth Fund. He was on the first investment committees of the UK Green Investment Bank and of the British Business Bank. He developed a framework for measuring the social effects of government intervention that was the basis for analysing the UK Government’s industrial support.
Chris does economic research in asset management and corporate finance, and has published a number of papers and books on these subjects. His most recent book, Financial Statements: economic analysis and interpretation (Rivington, 2019) is aimed at both executives and business students and explains the logic of financial statements and the relationship between corporate performance measurement and strategy.
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