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Robert Eccles

Visiting Professor of Management Practice
Saïd Business School, Oxford University
Robert G Eccles, Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, Oxford University Robert is the world’s foremost expert on integrated reporting and a leader on how companies and investors can create sustainable strategies. He was previously a tenured Professor and Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He is the Founding Chairman of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and one of the founders of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). He has recently joined the board of Mistra Centre for Sustainable Markets (MISUM) in Sweden. Bob is also on the Advisory Board of the JANA Impact Capital Fund. In 2011, Bob was selected as one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior, for his extensive, positive contribution to building trust in business, and in 2014 and 2015 he was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Bob is the award-winning author of a dozen books, including seminal works on integrated reporting, sustainability, and the role of business in society. A prolific writer for both academic and practitioner audiences, he has his own column on Forbes.com.

SESSIONS

Breakout # 6: ESG and Your Family Business–A Lasting Legacy Speaker

ESG and Your Family Business–A Lasting Legacy. A long-term mindset, sense of purpose and the importance of creating and sustaining a legacy are central to how family businesses define success. Given this purpose-driven mindset, how can family-owned and family-controlled businesses lead the way in accelerating the evolution of the sustainability and ESG agenda? How does this agenda impact the family legacy?

In this session we will explore these topics in a dialogue with Professor Robert Eccles and examine ESG through the family lens of an owner, operator, and investor.