Louis Coppola

Executive Vice President, Governance and Accountability Institute

Louis D. Coppola is executive vice president and a co-founder of Governance & Accountability Institute and serves on the board of directors for the Global Sourcing Council.  Louis provides advice to corporate and investor clients on sustainability strategy, disclosure (reporting), investment and performance.  Lou directs the Institute's relationship with GRI including the activities around the Data Partner relationship.  He leads the G&A analysts team on several important research publications covering sustainability reporting and related trends.  Lou is also an adjunct professor at the Bard M.B.A. in Sustainability NYC campus and leads certification courses in ESG for investment professionals at Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, and CSR certification courses at Rutgers University Institute for Ethical Leadership.