David Wood
David Wood is Director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment (IRI) at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. He is currently engaged in several projects: the production of a Handbook on Climate Change Investments across Asset Classes; the development of a Responsible Property Investing Center; field definition in sustainable emerging market SME investment; and research into the investor use of corporate reporting on non-financial information. In addition to his current projects, he has overseen work at the IRI on issues such as a responsible investment approach to mergers and acquisitions, the relative merits of mandatory vs. voluntary corporate disclosure of environmental, social, and governance information, communication between responsible investors and boards of directors. Before he came to the IRI, he taught the history of ethics, including the history of economic thought at Boston University. He received his Ph.D. in History from the Johns Hopkins University.