CfP Deadline:
August 1, 2026
Conference Event:
September 27-28, 2026
Event Location:
Montrèal, Canada
Organizer(s):
Yijing Jiang (Concordia University)
Yuyan Wei (Concordia University)
Juliane Proelss (Concordia University)
Denis Schweizer (Concordia University)
Matthäus Tekathen (Concordia University)
Keynote Speaker(s):
Zacharias Sautner – University of Zurich (UZH)
Description:
The inaugural Climate Finance & Sustainability Conference, organized by the Climate Business Institute at the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University (Montréal, Canada), invites submissions from across business disciplines addressing sustainability as a central challenge for firms, markets, and economic systems.
The conference aims to bring together academics, policymakers, and industry researchers to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and advance research at the intersection of sustainability and business. Contributions from areas including strategy, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, marketing, and operations are particularly welcome.
The program will feature presentations and discussions on sustainability in business across a range of disciplines, including strategy and management, accounting and finance, entrepreneurship and innovation, marketing and responsible consumption, and operations and supply chain management.
The Climate Finance & Sustainability Conference invites submissions presenting conceptual, empirical, or methodological research at the intersection of sustainability and business. The conference aims to provide a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and welcomes contributions from all business disciplines as well as related fields, including economics, data science, public policy, and environmental studies.
We particularly encourage research that advances the understanding of how sustainability challenges affect firms, markets, and economic systems, and how organizations respond through strategy, innovation, governance, and policy. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Strategy and management:
- Multi-stakeholder governance of sustainability initiatives
- Managing business impacts on planetary boundaries
- Inter- and intra-connectivity of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors
Accounting and finance:
- From disclosure to decision-usefulness in sustainability reporting
- Regulatory competition in sustainability reporting and standard setting
- ESG, sustainability, and climate finance
Entrepreneurship and innovation:
- The role of artificial intelligence in advancing business sustainability
- Design, scaling, and diffusion of sustainable business models
- Social entrepreneurship and impact-driven ventures
Marketing and responsible consumption:
- Multi-dimensional sustainability claims and brand perceptions / performance
- Stakeholder (including consumer) responses to corporate sustainability communication
- Responsible consumption and consumer engagement in the circular economy
Supply chain and operations management:
- Operational resilience in the context of natural disasters and climate change
- Technology adoption and implementation in sustainable supply chain management
- Scope 3 emissions : measurement and management across the supply chain
Submission:
The conference welcomes two types of submissions:
Full Papers: Authors may submit complete research papers for presentation and discussion in the mainconference sessions.
Extended Abstracts (Research Ideas Track): To encourage discussion of emerging research ideas, the conference offers short research presentations without a formal discussant. These sessions focus on
early-stage work and include interactive Q&A discussions with the audience. Authors submitting extended abstracts or early-stage work may update their submission with a revised or full paper prior to the conference. If sufficiently developed, the paper may be included in the full paper sessions.Deadline: August 1, 2026. Please apply by sending an email to ClimateFinance@concordia.ca.
Link(s):
Climate Finance & Sustainability Conference | Montréal, Canada