Panel: Accounting for Corporate Carbon Emissions
Peter Easton, Editor-in-Chief, Accountability in a Sustainable World Quarterly, Academic Director, CARE, University of Notre Dame
Professor Easton’s expertise in accounting and valuation is widely recognized by the academic research community and by the legal community. Professor Easton has been qualified as an expert witness in the Delaware Chancery Court and he has consulted on valuation issues for investment firms and accounting firms in Australia, the UK, and the USA.
Professor Easton holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia. He holds a graduate degree from the University of New England and a PhD in Business Administration (majoring in accounting and finance) from the University of California, Berkeley.
Professor Easton’s research on corporate valuation has been published in the top academic journals, has served as an Associate Editor for 11 leading accounting journals, and is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, and the Review of Accounting Studies. He is the Editor in Chief of Accountability in a Sustainable World Quarterly.
Stefan Reichelstein, Endowed Chair in Business Administration, University of Mannheim and Stanford University
Stefan is known internationally for his research at the intersection of economics and management accounting. At the University of Mannheim, his research team has examined the economics of decarbonization in the context of multiple emerging climate technologies. His most recent research has focused on corporate net zero pledges and corporate carbon reporting. Stefan’s findings have been published consistently in leading management and science journals.
Gunther Glenk, Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim and Climate Fellow, Harvard University
Gunther Glenk is an Assistant Professor for Business at the University of Mannheim and a Climate Fellow at Harvard University. His research examines questions related to corporate transitions toward zero net emissions. Specific topics include the economics and management of corporate carbon emissions, decarbonization and sustainable energy technologies, and incentives for climate action. His work has been published in leading academic journals in the field of sustainability management and has been awarded honors and grants. He obtained a Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate degree in Management and Technology from the Technical University of Munich.
Teresa Landaverde Lorenzo, Manager CO2 Strategy, Heidelberg Materials
Teresa is the Manager CO2 Strategy at Heidelberg. She is responsible for the Green House gas emissions accounting across Scopes at the group level, CO2 decarbonization Roadmap, target setting, and assessment, among others.
She holds a double Master’s degree in the field of International Business and Comparative Law from the University of Mannheim and Adelaide. She started her career as a commercial lawyer and then brought her knowledge to Heidelberg Materials in 2015. Since then, she built her expertise in decarbonization, focusing on low-carbon components of cement, development of the CO2 reduction strategy, CO2 accounting, etc. She is an active member of the Global Cement and Concrete Association.
Jochen Kurtz, Vice President Group Performance Management & Analytics, BASF
Jochen Kurtz studied business administration at the University of Mannheim, followed by PhD studies in economics at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. His thesis dealt with a Circular Economics topic. In his 28 years with BASF, he owned several leadership positions in Finance, Controlling, and Digitalization in the headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and in Antwerp, Belgium.
Currently, he is Vice President of Group Performance Management and Analytics, which includes Corporate Controller and Sustainability Reporting and Performance Management.