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The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (Abridged)

By: Julie Battilana and Michael Norris
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:20
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Abstract

In 2014, as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has just brought former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on as chairman of the board, Jean Rogers, founder and CEO, struggles with how best to ensure the nonprofit’s financial sustainability while pushing for broad acceptance of its nonfinancial accounting metrics.

Keywords

Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting; Reporting; Environmental Sustainability; Accounting; Accounting Industry; United States

Citation

Battilana, Julie, and Michael Norris. "The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 419-058, March 2019.
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Julie Battilana

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