Equity and Sustainability

Shahla is an engineer by background and worked for over 20 years in the National Standards Institute of Iran. There she was responsible for assessing products, developing national standards and international affairs as well as sitting on the National Steering Committee developing ISO 26000. She has developed more than 200 national standards related to topics such as energy efficiency and labelling, acoustics, renewable energy etc. In 2013 she relocated to the UK where she obtained her PhD and is now based. She is both a British and an Iranian citizen, and continues to publish within her area of sustainability. She currently researches, writes and runs the Social Responsibility Research Network while also acting as consultant, editor, guest lecturer and keynote speaker. In 2021 she founded and is currently editor of the journal Technological Sustainabilty (TechS), published by Emerald.

Shahla has taught extensively - both to students and to managers - and translated much material into Farsi. As a qualified physical fitness trainer she led courses in Tehran for a number of years. She is a member of the editorial boards of several journals and book series around the world, and consults and speaks in various locations. She has published more than 25 books in English; she has published over 60 articles in English as well as numerous articles in Farsi. Recent work includes during 2023 the publication of 6 edited books, the publication of various papers, speaking engagements around the world, the continued development of TechS and numerous ongoing projects.

David Crowther is an expert in various fields; he is a specialist in business administration, a games theoretician and a psychologist while also a qualified accountant who had worked as an accountant, systems specialist and general manager in local government, industry and commerce for over 20 years. After a number of years in the financial services sector, including a spell as divisional managing director of a multinational during which he set up and ran a credit card scheme, he decided to leave the business world and become an academic. In 1994 he joined Aston University and there obtained a PhD in 1999 for research into corporate social performance. In 2001 he became the first Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility in the world. He now holds various positions as Professor as well as being visiting professor in various institutions. He gives advice as Chief Research Fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics and has consulted extensively around the world. At Ansted University he is also a member of the Board and President of the Sustainability Research Institute. He has consulted widely including to US Presidential candidates, UN, EU & governments.

David has published more than 500 articles in academic, business and professional journals and edited book collections and over 60 books. He has also spoken widely at conferences and seminars worldwide and acted as a consultant to a wide range of government, professional and commercial organisations, including to US presidential candidates. In 2002 he founded Social Responsibility Journal and established the Social Responsibility Research Network, an international body which now has several thousand members, together with associated international conference series, journals and books series. In 2010 he established the Organisation Governance Network and conference series. He is listed in Who's Who in the World and various other directories. His research is into sustainability, governance and corporate social responsibility with a particular emphasis on the relationship between sustainability and social, environmental and financial performance.

Shahla 是一位工程師，擁有超過 20 年在伊朗國家標準研究所工作的經驗。在那裡，她負責評估產品、制定國家標準和國際事務，並參與制定 ISO 26000 的國家指導委員會。她已經開發了超過 200 項與能源效率、標籤、聲學、可再生能源等主題相關的國家標準。2013 年，她移居英國並獲得博士學位，目前定居於此。她同時是英國和伊朗的公民，並持續在可持續性領域發表研究。她目前研究、撰寫並運營社會責任研究網絡，同時擔任顧問、編輯、客座講師和主題演講者。2021 年，她創立並目前擔任由 Emerald 出版的期刊《Technological Sustainability (TechS)》的編輯。

Shahla 曾廣泛授課，對象包括學生和管理者，並將大量資料翻譯成波斯語。作為一名合格的體能訓練師，她在德黑蘭主導了多年的課程。她是多個國際期刊和書籍系列的編輯委員會成員，並在各地進行諮詢和演講。她已經用英語出版了超過 25 本書，並發表了超過 60 篇英語文章以及多篇波斯語文章。最近的工作包括在 2023 年出版 6 本編輯書籍、發表各種論文、在全球各地的演講、持續發展 TechS 以及多個正在進行的項目。

David Crowther 是多個領域的專家；他是商業管理專家、博弈論學者和心理學家，同時也是一名合格的會計師，曾在地方政府、工業和商業領域擔任會計師、系統專家和總經理超過 20 年。在金融服務行業工作多年後，包括擔任一家跨國公司的部門總經理，期間他設立並運營了一個信用卡計劃，他決定離開商業世界，成為一名學者。1994 年，他加入阿斯頓大學，並於 1999 年獲得企業社會表現研究的博士學位。2001 年，他成為全球首位企業社會責任教授。現在，他擔任多個教授職位，並在各機構擔任客座教授。他作為立陶宛農業經濟研究所的首席研究員提供建議，並在全球範圍內進行廣泛的諮詢。在安斯特德大學，他也是董事會成員及可持續性研究所的所長。他的諮詢範圍廣泛，包括美國總統候選人、聯合國、歐盟及各國政府。

David 已在學術、商業和專業期刊及編輯書籍中發表了超過 500 篇文章和 60 本書。他還在全球各地的會議和研討會上廣泛演講，並擔任各種政府、專業和商業組織的顧問，包括美國總統候選人。2002 年，他創立了《Social Responsibility Journal》，並建立了社會責任研究網絡，這是一個擁有數千名成員的國際機構，並與相關的國際會議系列、期刊和書籍系列相結合。2010 年，他建立了組織治理網絡和會議系列。他被列入《世界名人錄》和其他各種名錄。他的研究專注於可持續性、治理和企業社會責任，特別強調可持續性與社會、環境和財務表現之間的關係。