Zafin Finance and Sustainability Conference 2022 | Wrocław University of Economics | 29 June 2022 | Building Z and CKU of Wroclaw University of Economics, Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

On the first day, we invite you to an accompanying event organized in cooperation with the Association of Statutory Valuation of Enterprises in Poland. The seminar will be devoted to the issues of valuation, with particular emphasis on estimating external effects (including environmental effects) - this part will be conducted in Polish. Details will be available soon in the "workshop" tab.

Finance and Sustainability plenary sessions and panel sessions will be conducted on the second day. The conference is in English.

The Finance and Sustainability conference covers a variety of issues related to recent financial problems among which: are corporate finance, public finance, monetary and fiscal policy issues, and risk management. In the sustainability field, we wish to cover issues related to sustainable finance, the transition to a green economy, corporate sustainability, and sustainable development.

The conference Finance and Sustainability becomes a part of the public debate about climate and renewable energy issues in Poland and in the world.

The financial system is already in transition driven by economic and finance strategies oriented toward long-term sustainable and climate-resilient development and also by the digital revolution. According to the above transition, new concepts of finance have emerged in a public debate such as green finance, sustainable finance, climate finance, and carbon finance. Finance was always an instrument of economic decisions. The aim of finance in the neoclassic market economy was to maximize profits and shareholders' value. The new approach to finance is purpose-oriented, mission‑oriented, and value‑oriented which is opposite to the traditional role of finance. This approach supports sustainable development, a green economy, a low carbon economy also adaptation and mitigation of climate change.

The fields of scientific interest at the conference are:
• Sustainable corporate strategies and performance,
• Financial challenges of the European Green Deal,
• Sustainable public finance (taxation, sustainable financing of public goods and services, tools and policy levers to meet fiscal sustainability challenges),
• Social justice and inequalities,
• Finance in sustainable healthcare systems—bridging health and finance perspectives, sustainable financing of sin companies and population health,
• Sustainable financial markets (banking, markets, ESG investing),
• Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

2022 Speaker

Primož Pevcin
Associate Professor, Public Sector Economics and Management, Faculty of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana