Publications

Peer Reviewed:

Journal Articles

Articles currently under peer review are listed in the working paper section and are available for download or on request.

Book Chapters

West, D. (2026). Sustainable governance. In Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.

West, D. (2023). The climate sprint: An agile process for catalytic collaboration towards a just transition. In Handbook of Multi-Level Climate Actions (Chapter 14). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Conference Papers

West, D. (2019). AI-based evaluation of the SDGs: The case of crop detection with earth observation data [Conference presentation]. ICLR 2019.

Working Papers

Under Peer Review

Earlier versions of the working papers are available here. For the paper under review, please get in touch:

West, D. (2023). A reporting framework for general purpose life cycle assessment to align entity-level GHG accounting with general purpose financial statements [Working paper]. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4395987

West, D. (2024). Back to the future: The impact valuation of net zero transition plans [Working paper]. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4684976

West, D. (2019). Agreeing on accounting: The emergence of carbon accounting as an infrastructure for evidence [Working paper]. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3330960

Research in progress:

West, D. (2023). Agile sustainable development: A primer on corporate impact indicators and valuation factors via agile models [Working paper]. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4545204

West, D. (2024). The constitutionalization of corporate governance in international law [Working paper]. SSRN. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4871109

Reports

Roy et al (2026). Green finance going global: Bridging the trust gap for financing industrial decarbonisation across global supply chains. Alliance for Industry Decarbonization.

Besharov et al (2024). Decisive decade report. University of Oxford. https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/research/research-areas/impact/decisive-decade-organising-climate-action

Euler, D. and West D. (ed.) (2025). Valuing impact materiality. Value Balancing Alliance. https://value-balancing.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Valuing-Impact-Materiality-Report_Final_20250227.pdf

Euler, D. and West D (ed.). (2024). Impact valuation sprint report. https://www.gistimpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Impact_Valuation_Sprint_Report_2024_Final-1.pdf

Other Articles and Other Writings

West, D. and Euler, D. (2024, July 30). Business judgment and valuing impacts. Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2024/07/30/business-judgment-and-valuing-impacts/

West, D., Bilolo, C., & Heller, C. (2025). Five theses against self-indulgence: How new cross-sector partnerships can balance financial, environmental and societal value creation. Global Solutions Journal, 5, 38–48. https://www.global-solutions-initiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GSJ_issue5_NEU.pdf

Greenings (2026). Consultation response to FCA on ESG ratings. Greenings. https://greenings.org/sustainability-insights-events/executive-brief-governing-risks-innovating-for-impact-key-developments-from-rating-esg-and-valuing-impacts

Value Balancing Alliance (2022). Comment letter to Accountancy Europe. https://accountancyeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/200430-VBA-comment-letter.pdf?v1