The State of CSR/Sustainability Reporting Worldwide: Challenges and Opportunities

Researchers from Baruch College's Weissman Center for International Business will present the CSR-Sustainability Monitor®, a project dedicated to analyzing, comparing, and showcasing non-financial disclosure efforts from the largest corporations around the globe, including Wal-Mart, Volkswagen, Citigroup, and many others. The goal of the project is to provide interested stakeholders insight into the largely unregulated and unstandardized world of CSR reporting.

There will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss project findings. Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, June 5
Baruch College
Information and Technology Building (Library Building)
Newman Conference Center, 7th Floor (Room 750)
151 E 25th St, New York, NY 10010
6 - 8 pm

Speakers 

Mert Demir is the Director of Research of the CSR-Sustainability Monitor project at the Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College/CUNY. Demir’s research centers around corporate finance, valuation, reporting, and corporate responsibility and sustainable business. Demir holds a Ph.D. in Finance from The Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College/CUNY and an MBA from the Middle East Technical University, Turkey. His research has been published in top tier academic journals and presented in several national and international conferences. Demir is also an editor of the Monitor’s annual report.

 

Alex Schwarz is the Lead Analyst of the CSR-Sustainability Monitor® project at the Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College/CUNY. After working on iterations of the Monitor for more than eight years, he now manages the team of graduate student analysts collecting data for the project, and assists with research endeavors utilizing that data. He holds a BSBA in Organization and Human Resource Management from Washington University in St. Louis.