Charles H. Cho, PhD, CPA is Professor of Sustainability Accounting and the Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (Accounting Track) from the University of Central Florida, and his research interests include Social and Environmental Accounting and Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); and Accounting for the Public Interest. He has over 20 years of experience in teaching (at all levels and in various universities), researching and engaging with the sustainability, social and environmental accounting and reporting (SSEAR) field in multiple countries. His research is published in leading academic journals such as Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Business & Society, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, European Accounting Review, and the Journal of Business Ethics, among others.
As a globally recognized scholar, he is frequently invited as plenary keynote speaker at international conferences and professional events, and solicited by the media; was appointed as a member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)’s Global Sustainability Standards Board; was selected as one of the “Top 50 Academic and Research Support Project” from the Republic of Korea’s Prime Minister and Minister of Education; received the Honorable Knight Award from the University of Central Florida’s Hall of Fame; and ranks among the top 2% of cited accounting researchers worldwide. He has also worked for KPMG LLP and other public accounting firms for several years in auditing and taxation.
