The Stockholm School of Economics, together with the Global Challenges Foundation and Sustainable Finance Lab, is proud to invite you to this afternoon session, where you will have the opportunity to listen to policymakers, researchers, and corporate representatives on understanding the linkages and resolving the tradeoffs between the climate and environment, social dimensions and governance challenges in sustainable development.

Find the event program and speakers below. 

Date: Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Time: 16.00 - 18.00 00 followed by refreshments and mingle around the Global Challenges-projects, created by SSE students. 
Venue: Aula at the Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65 

Register here!

Background:

Since the Stockholm Conference in 1972, corporate and financial market actors have increasingly been charged with their role in sustainable development. Though advances have been made in including some climate risks in investment decisions among leading investors, much work remains in integrating knowledge on for instance planetary tipping points and the social dimensions of sustainable development. What has been called “the new frontier” in sustainable finance involves linking environmental and social dimensions in ESG and understanding both the trade-offs and linkages.

Policymakers in multilateral forums such as the UN and European Commission have stepped up their expectations on nations, corporates, and financial market actors to facilitate the transition to a just future on a thriving planet. The recent COP26, the EU’s Green Taxonomy and Social Taxonomy are only some examples of further setting the stage and supporting multi-stakeholders in a collective direction. In this event we will bring together policymakers, researchers, investors and future leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges for transforming towards sustainable development.

This event is a part of “Economy and Finance for a Just Future on a Thriving Planet” which has been commissioned by the Swedish Ministry of Environment as an independent input and contribution to Stockholm+50. It is led by the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Stockholm Resilience Centre, at Stockholm University. The work builds on the Nobel Prize Summit 2021, Our Planet, Our Future, an international scientific initiative on sustainable development hosted by the Nobel Foundation.