Embracing Innovation, Mobilizing Capital, and Shaping a Sustainable Future
Selected Writings
Dr. Jean Rogers believes in the transformative power of innovative ideas and effective communication. As a thought leader in the field of sustainable finance, she has authored a variety of publications, academic articles, op-eds, and other writings. She is also an accomplished lecturer and public speaker.
Publications & Articles
A Horse Named Materiality - Responsible Investor (February 12, 2019)
Investors Will Get the Corporate Sustainability Disclosure They Want - The Hill (December 19, 2016)
Climate Risk Is Poorly Represented in Company Financial Filings - Scientific American, article on incomplete disclosure of climate-related risks in SEC filings (August 11, 2016)
The SEC and Capital Markets in the 21st Century: Evolving Accounting Infrastructure for Today’s World - Governance Studies at Brookings, co-authored with Robert G. Eccles, Brookings Institution (September 2014)
Taking Impact Investing and Accounting Full Tilt - Stanford Social Innovation Review, co-authored with Clara Miller (July 18, 2014)
Metrics for Responsible Property Investing: Developing and Maintaining a High-Performance Portfolio - Urban Land Institute’s Responsible Property Investing Council, co-authored with Lisa Galley & David Wood (November, 2009)
Speeches
On the Shoulders of Giants - Speech delivered at INSEAD – Society for Progress Fontainebleau, France (June 16, 2018)
Sustainability Accounting: From Earth Day to Every Day - Meonske Professional Development Conference keynote address delivered at Kent State University, Kent, OH (April 27, 2017) (November, 2009)
Sustainability Accounting, Corporate Governance, and Public Policy - University of Tennessee - C. Warren Neel Corporate Governance Center, Knoxville, TN (January 27, 2017)
Beginner’s Mind: The Essential Point of View for Innovation - CAQ Tenth Anniversary Event, Washington, DC (January 30, 2017)
Sustainable Development: From Changing the Environment, to Changing Behavior - The annual Stephan Weiss Visiting Lectureship at Parsons The New School for Design, New York City (Febraury 27, 2007)
Columns & Op-Eds
Sustainability Accounting Standards Represent Market – Not Regulatory – Forces at Work - Investor’s Business Daily (April 25, 2017) (April 25, 2017)
Millennials and Women Redefine What It Means to Be a Reasonable Investor - Institutional Investor (October, 2016)
To Price Sustainability Risk, You Need an Industry View - Institutional Investor (August 23, 2016)
Give Stockholders Better Tools to be Socially Responsible Investors - MarketWatch, co-authored with Lisa Woll (March 8, 2016)
Why Investors Can’t Avoid Climate Risk by Divesting - Wall Street Journal (September 14, 2015)
To Serve Investors, Accounting Must Evolve - Accounting Today (May 5, 2015)
A Good Corporate Accounting of Social Costs is Needed - New York Times (April 16, 2015)
Focusing Corporate Sustainability Ratings on What Matters - The Huffington Post, co-authored with Allen White (April 15, 2015)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
- Abraham Lincoln