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4th Sustainability, Natural Capital and Value Creation Conference
Goodman School of Business, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Oct 10–11, 2026
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Keynotes
Shiva RajgopalRoy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing; Chair of the Accounting Division, Columbia Business School
Sat Oct 10 · 8:30 am
Charles H. ChoProfessor of Sustainability Accounting; Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability, Schulich School of Business, York University
Sun Oct 11 · 11:30 am
Agenda
Sat, Oct 10 7 items
Rankin Family Pavilion 214/215
7:15–8:15 am
Breakfast & registration
8:15–8:30 am
Opening remarks
Tim Kenyon (VP Research, Brock) · Barry Wright (Dean, Goodman School of Business) · C.S. Agnes Cheng (Oklahoma) · Justin Jin (CPA Ontario Centre for Accounting Research in Regulatory Reporting) · Sasan Saiy (Waterloo)
8:30–9:15 am
KeynoteShiva Rajgopal, Columbia Business School
Moderator: Samir Trabelsi (Brock)
9:15–10:00 am
PanelCanada as a Force of Nature — From Natural Capital to Economic Value
Bailey Church (KPMG) · Neila Ben Zina (Wimbee Tech) · Jonathan Parenteau (University of Ottawa) · Jean-Philippe Levasseur (Carbone Québec) · Shahryar Rahman (Brock University)
10:00–10:15 am
Coffee break
10:15–11:45 am
Session 1Presentation Session 1
Moderator: Agnes Cheng (Oklahoma)
#1Emissions Restatements after the SEC’s Request for Public Input
Presenter Daniel Aobdia (Penn State) · Discussant Kareen Brown (Brock) — tbc
#2Water Compliance and Cost of Capital: Evidence from EPA Enforcements
Presenter Hien Nguyen (Wilfrid Laurier) · Discussant Justin Jin (McMaster)
11:45 am–12:45 pm
Lunch — Goodman School of Business Atrium
12:45–2:15 pm
Session 2Presentation Session 2
Moderator: Simon Suwanyangyuan (Brock)
#3Anti-Greenwashing Legislation and Environmental Reporting: Evidence from Canada
Presenter Jingjing Wang (Calgary) · Discussant Lanxin Jiang (Stony Brook)
#4Rendering Indigenous Rights Legible to Markets: A Critical Evaluation of Global Sustainability Disclosure Frameworks
Presenter Raylene J. Whitford (Alberta) · Discussant Russell Evans (Guelph)
2:15–2:30 pm
Coffee break
2:30–4:05 pm
FeaturedFeatured Research Presentations
Moderator: Sasan Saiy (Waterloo) · two blocks, each followed by a 10-min Q&A panel
Decolonizing Natural Capital Accounting: Centering Indigenous Perspectives in Canada’s Sustainability Discourse
Presenter Russell Evans (Guelph)
Government Procurement Sensitivity to Corporate Contractors’ Negative Reputation Incidents
Presenter Muhammad Azim (Waterloo)
The Externality of Machine-based Information Processing for Local Power System Reliability: Evidence from Concurrent Earnings Announcements
Presenter Bohan Song (Alberta)
Advancing Greenhouse Gas Reporting with Blockchain and Life Cycle Assessment
Presenter Lanxin Jiang (Stony Brook)
When Earth Whispers: Biodiversity Risk and Corporate Internal Carbon Pricing
Presenter Lanxin Jiang (UNSW Business School)
Are Natural Assets Integrated in Insurance and Banking in Canada? An Explorative Study
Presenter Olaf Weber (York)
Democratizing Measurement of Unstructured Corporate Giving Using an AI-based Framework
Presenter Dina El Mahdy (Morgan State)
6:00–8:00 pm
Conference dinner — Trius Winery & Restaurant, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Sun, Oct 11 6 items
Rankin Family Pavilion 214/215
7:30–8:15 am
Breakfast & registration
8:15–9:40 am
Session 3Presentation Session 3
Moderator: Linda Myers (Tennessee, Knoxville)
#5The Effect of Mandatory Carbon Disclosure on Cross-Border Innovation Collaboration
Presenter Xi Chen (Bristol) · Discussant Muhammad Azim (Waterloo)
#6Employee Whistleblowing and Corporate Environmental Performance
Presenter Madhu Kalimipalli (Wilfrid Laurier) · Discussant Harshit Rajaiya (Ottawa)
9:45–10:00 am
Coffee break
10:00–11:25 am
Session 4Presentation Session 4
Moderator: Sasan Saiy (Waterloo)
#7Corporate Climate Lobbying and Audit Risk
Presenter Ole-Kristian Hope (Toronto) · Discussant Simon Suwanyangyuan (Brock)
#8How Do ESG Incidents at Private Firms Affect Their Eventual Success in Product and Financial Markets?
Presenter Yudong Liu (Houston) · Discussant Olaf Weber (York)
11:30 am–12:15 pm
KeynoteCharles H. Cho, Schulich School of Business, York University
12:15–1:15 pm
Lunch — Goodman School of Business Atrium
1:15–2:00 pm
PanelEditors panel: From Good Research to Great Impact
Moderator C.S. Agnes Cheng (Oklahoma) · Elizabeth Demers (Waterloo) · Linda Myers (Tennessee, Knoxville) · Shiva Rajgopal (Columbia) · James Ohlson (NYU) · Anup Srivastava (Calgary)
2:00–3:25 pm
Session 5Presentation Session 5
Moderator: Fayez Elayan (Brock)
#9Disclosure Regulation and Social Insurance Compliance
Presenter Ole-Kristian Hope (Toronto – Rotman) · Discussant Fayez Elayan (Brock)
#10Ethical Fading, CEO Career Prospects, and Greentech Orientation
Presenter Alan Douglas (Waterloo) · Discussant Agnes Cheng (Oklahoma)
3:25–3:45 pm
Closing remarks
Justin Jin (McMaster) · Jennifer Li (Associate Dean of Research, Brock) · Samir Trabelsi (Brock)
Awards
Best Doctoral Student Paper Award (joint winner)Raylene J. Whitford, University of Alberta
Best Doctoral Student Paper Award (joint winner)Lanxin Jiang, UNSW Business School
Best Doctoral Student Discussant AwardIsmat Jahan, McMaster University
Best Paper AwardDr. Harshit Rajaiya, University of Ottawa
Best Discussant AwardDr. Muhammad Azim, University of Waterloo
Sponsors
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Key facts
Submission deadline
Sep 4, 2026
Closed
Conference dates
Oct 10–11, 2026
Location
Goodman School of Business, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Region
North America
Tier ?
Tier 3
Disciplines
Accounting · Finance
About & call for papers
The Sustainability, Natural Capital and Value Creation Conference is run by the Global Initiative for Governance and Sustainability with accounting and finance faculty from Brock, McMaster and Waterloo, and Brock's NatCap Valuation Hub. It is deliberately small: a handful of curated papers, each with an assigned discussant and time for in-depth feedback, alongside keynotes and panels with practitioners and journal editors. Topics include natural capital and ecosystem valuation in financial reporting, ESG and corporate outcomes, climate risk disclosure, green bonds, and greenwashing.
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