Past events
Explore our latest presentations, interviews, and events on E-liability in practice.
Bill Birkett Memorial Lecture 2024
Our co-founder, Professor Kaplan, gave the keynote address at the UNSW Bill Birkett Memorial Lecture 2024 in Sydney on November 12, 2024. He was joined by David Fallon (Chevron) and the discussion was moderated by Elysse Morgan (Stafford Capital Partners).
IEMA Connect 2024: Closing the gap between ambition and action
Our co-founder, Professor Karthik Ramanna, discussed how we can improve the robustness of supply chain data for decarbonization as part of the annual IEMA Connect conference online on October 15, 2024. He explored recent case studies to demonstrate steps companies are taking in practice, as well as the important role of carbon accountants in both product-level supply chain decarbonization and effective implementation of environmental policy and regulatory tools, like CBAM.
Evolving E-ledgers: Conceptual Advances and Real-World Applications
The E-liability Institute successfully hosted its third conference on October 10, 2024. The virtual event brought together over 250 industry practitioners and Institute staff to advance the field of rigorous carbon accounting, exploring important topics like downstream emissions reporting, the accounting basis of CBAM, applications in the healthcare, fossil fuel, and service industries, and the development of a public-use E-liability standard.
Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference 2024
Our co-founders, Professors Bob Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, discussed their paper on principles and content for downstream emissions disclosures at the Accountability in a Sustainable World Conference 2024 online during NYC Climate Week on September 26, 2024.
NYC Climate Week – Atlantic Council
The E-liability Institute co-hosted a number of roundtables with the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center as part of NYC Climate Week on September 24, 2024, where our co-founder, Professor Karthik Ramanna, discussed the pressing need for new carbon accounting mechanisms.
2024 Concordia Annual Summit
Our co-founder, Professor Karthik Ramanna, presented at a private roundtable discussion on September 23, 2024, at the 14th Concordia Annual Summit: Navigating a New Era in New York. The E-liability Institute was a Core Programming Partner during the Summit.
E-liability and the Future of Standards and Technology Workshop
Our co-founder, Professor Karthik Ramanna, and Chief of Staff, Lauren Holloway, presented at a workshop hosted by the IEEE Standards Association on August 1, 2024. They gave an overview of E-liability and discussed the links to climate-related policy and regulation, and the role of technology and standards bodies.
2024 Health Summit at Sundance
Our co-founder, Professor Bob Kaplan, presented on June 3, 2024, on the application of E-liability to the healthcare value chain at the 2024 Health Summit at Sundance, Utah. He set out E-liability as a framework for double materiality that considered carbon and value in value chains. He also participated in a discussion applying E-liability to a medical device value chain, demonstrating how companies can undertake work internally and with their suppliers to ascertain embedded carbon in its products and find lower-carbon alternatives.
2024 Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Policy Challenges Conference
Our co-founder, Professor Bob Kaplan, presented on the current pitfalls of carbon accounting standards and how scope 3 indirect emissions reporting could be replaced with E-liability as part of the 2024 Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Policy Challenges Conference on May 3, 2024, hosted by the University of Chicago’s Macro Finance Research Program and the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis. He was joined by Stefan Reichelstein (Stanford/Mannheim) and the session was chaired by Michel Madelain (former COO at Moody’s).
2024 Silverado Annual Summit
Our CEO, Mike Mahoney, spoke at the 2024 Silverado Annual Summit – World on the Brink: Accelerating a Path Towards Peace, Prosperity, and Global Competitiveness, hosted by Silverado on May 2-4, 2024, in California.
EY Global Blockchain Summit
Our co-founder, Professor Bob Kaplan, presented on the role blockchain can play in operations, ESG and asset management as part of EY’s virtual Global Blockchain Summit on April 17, 2024.
Economist Impact, 9th annual Sustainability Week London
Our co-founder, Professor Karthik Ramanna, joined Thomas Becker (VP Sustainability and Mobility at BMW) on a panel at the Economist’s 9th annual Sustainability Week in London on March 6, 2024, on rigorous environmental accounting for net-zero accountability. The panel was moderated by Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global energy and climate innovation editor at the Economist.
Carbon content measurement for products, organizations and aggregates: creating a sound basis for decision making
On February 21-23, 2024, we supported an international workshop on measurement, reporting, and dissemination of carbon content information at the Deutsche Bundesbank Regional Office in Hamburg, Germany.
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The Digital CFO: The Future of Finance
Our co-founder, Professor Karthik Ramanna, presented as part of a panel at the Digital CFO: The Future of Finance forum for strategy and finance transformation executives, hosted by SAP, Blackline, and EY, on February 6, 2024, at the Institute of Directors & The Reform Club in London.
E-ledger Carbon Accounting and Disclosures for Supply Chains, Carbon Offsets, and Downstream Emissions
Our co-founder, Bob Kaplan, joined Mohamed Elsalkh, an entrepreneurial Egyptian academic on February 5, 2024, to give an update on E-Ledger carbon accounting for an international audience of accounting academics.
China International Supply Chain Expo: Connecting the World for a Shared Future
Our co-founder, Bob Kaplan, introduced the E-liability approach virtually to an audience of 1,500 people at the inaugural China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), held by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Beijing on December 2, 2023.
A4S Summit 2023: Innovating to solve the scope three challenge
Our co-founders, Bob Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, spoke alongside Andrew Bonfield (CFO at Caterpillar) at the A4S Summit 2023 on November 27, 2023, examining innovations to make accounting for scope three easy and explore steps companies are taking in practice.
SAP Sustainable Procurement Webinar
Our Chief of Staff, Lauren Holloway, presented at a SAP Sustainable Procurement webinar on November 22, 2023, on how sustainable procurement can be a driving force for organizational decarbonization and carbon emissions management. Lauren was joined by François Petiot, Director of Corporate Quality Assurance at Giti Tire, who shared his experiences piloting E-liability.
CPAO Centre for Sustainability Reporting and Performance Management: Sustainability Webinar
Our co-founder, Karthik Ramanna, spoke at the CPAO Centre for Sustainability Reporting and Performance Management at the School of Accounting & Finance of University of Waterloo’s inaugural sustainability webinar on November 13, 2023.
TheNTWKTalks: Green Talks
Our CEO, Mike Mahoney gave a talk as part of the TheNTWKTalks series on November 2, 2023, about the E-liability method.
SAP Spend Connect conference
Our co-founder, Karthik Ramanna, spoke at the SAP Spend Connect conference on October 9, 2023 in Vienna, Austria on decarbonizing the supply chain.
Accounting in a Sustainable World Conference 2023
Our co-founders, Bob Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, and Marc Roston discussed accounting for carbon offsets at the Accounting in a Sustainable World Conference 2023 that took place online during Climate Week NYC, September 20-21, 2023. They laid out the principles of carbon offset accounting, provided illustrative examples of the E-ledger, and discussed the approach’s critical implications on forming effective carbon markets.
Our co-founders Bob Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, together with Piyush Jha, Tata Steel’s Head of Climate and Sustainable Finance, shared key learnings and insights from piloting the E-liability approach with leading industry organizations in sectors such as steel, cement, and automotive.
Inaugural E-liability Conference
We hosted the inaugural conference of the E-liability Institute, as part of London Climate Action Week on June 27-28, 2023. This was an event dedicated to fostering partnerships to drive global decarbonization through a rigorous system of carbon accounting.
Economist Impact, 3rd annual Sustainability Week US
Our co-founder, Bob Kaplan, spoke at the 3rd annual Sustainability Week US on May 30, 2023, in Washington DC and virtually, hosted by Economist Impact.
Harvard Business School Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions
Our co-founder, Bob Kaplan, led a breakout session on measuring and reducing carbon emissions and taught a new HBS case written about Harvard University’s potential use of E-liability to quantify the benefits from sourcing low-carbon concrete mix for new building projects on May 10, 2023.
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023
Our Chair, Chris Liddell, represented the E-liability Institute at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 16-20, 2023.
Global Peter Drucker Forum
Our co-founder, Bob Kaplan, was interviewed on the Global Peter Drucker Forum on November 17, 2022. He discussed E-liability as an approach to better track ESG performance and carbon emissions.
Accounting in a Sustainable World Conference 2022
Our co-founders, Bob Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna, presented the E-liability approach to carbon accounting at the Accounting in a Sustainable World Conference 2022 that took place online during Climate Week NYC, September 21 and 23, 2022.
G20 Summit, Indonesia 2022
In November 2021, our co-founder, Karthik Ramanna, launched the E-liability Institute at the G20 Summit in Indonesia. Giti Tire, one of our first pilots, was featured as a frontier company implementing E-liability to proactively improve its carbon accounting practices and decarbonize its tire manufacturing processes.
