Conference dates
07 Jun 2026 - 10 Jun 2026

Location
Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

Description
Paper Submission Deadline: 26 January 2026
Conference Early-bird Registration Deadline: 1 April 2026
Conference Registration Deadline: 1 June 2026

The Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) is a consortium of universities and individuals established in 2009 that serves as a professional society of scholars studying the interface between business and sustainability. We are excited to celebrate the first annual research conference in Asia, hosted by Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Our annual research conference brings together researchers from diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives who seek to advance the state of the field.

The conference welcomes unpublished working papers focused on business and sustainability (both social and environmental) from all disciplines and research areas. Papers drawn from economics, finance, law, accounting, operations, organizational theory, political science, psychology, decision-making, sociology, strategy, and related fields are within the realm of the conference. We are receptive to a wide range of research methods, including empirical research (quantitative and qualitative), theory development, formal theoretical modelling, and experiments.

We especially encourage submissions from junior scholars and scholars from the Global South as well as corporate sustainability research on the Global South.

Suitable Topics:
Climate change/risk management, decarbonization challenges and opportunities, technology/AI-driven sustainability solutions, corporate impacts on biodiversity and nature-based business solutions, sustainability reporting and disclosure, sustainable/responsible supply chains, sustainable finance, green marketing, green entrepreneurship, renewable energy investments, cleantech innovation, sustainable natural resource management, business/NGO partnerships, sustainable mobility, social dimensions of sustainability such as inequality, fair wages and working conditions, social and environmental justice, cross-border impacts of geopolitical and regulatory dynamics, and “base of the pyramid” (BoP) development strategies.

Conference Program:
➤ Part I – PhD Development Workshop (7 June 2026):
• The one-day PhD Development Workshop is a highlight of the ARCS Conference and provides PhD students with a unique opportunity to receive constructive feedback on their work from faculty and peers. Junior scholars also benefit from career advice and networking opportunities with members of the ARCS Board and Steering Committee.
➤ Part II – Main Conference (8-10 June 2026):
• Presentation Slots (15-20 minutes): These provide presenters with the opportunity to share their research in depth and receive feedback from a highly engaged audience. Selected papers will receive feedback from invited discussants.
• Research Sketches (5 minutes): These lightning-round presentations allow participants to summarize their research questions/approaches/findings and receive valuable feedback, using either no slides or at most three slides.

All authors of accepted submissions will be listed in the program. Submitting a paper implies a commitment to review other submissions, if asked by the conference committee.

Submission Guidelines:
The paper submission deadline is Monday, 26 January 2026; the program will be announced in March 2026. Please submit using the portal: https://www.conftool.com/arcs2026/.
Full Call for Papers and additional information are available on the conference website: https://bit.ly/ARCSC26.

Submissions must be working papers that have not yet been accepted for publication. Papers should be journal-article length and include an abstract. Supplements can be included. Each author can submit up to two papers. Please submit papers without names of authors or other identifying information, as reviews will be double-blind.

Registration Guidelines:
Please register for the conference via Eventbrite: https://bit.ly/ARCS26REG

Conference Awards
Two types of awards will be presented at the Conference:
• ARCS Best Paper Award: This award will be based on the research paper’s potential impact on management practice and rigor of analysis. All submissions will automatically be considered for this award.
• ARCS Emerging Sustainability Scholar Award: This award recognizes a scholar in the area of corporate sustainability, who is likely to make significant contributions to the advancement of corporate sustainability scholarship. The award is granted in recognition of a scholar’s existing body of research and in anticipation of future work. Recipients provide rigorous and salient contributions that cross disciplinary and national boundaries.

ARCS Conference Program Committee:
• Yuxia Zou, Nanyang Technological University (Conference Chair)
• Caroline Flammer, Columbia University (ARCS President)
• Witold Henisz, University of Pennsylvania (PhD Development Workshop Chair)
• Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris
• Magali Delmas, UCLA

For all questions regarding the conference and/or the conference program, please e-mail arcs2026@ntu.edu.sg.