V tejto epizóde nášho podcastu Udržateľnosť vo financiách sa venujeme integrácii udržateľnosti v praxi a jej dopadu na spoločnosti na Slovensku. Jana Ružická, riaditeľka pre poradenstvo v oblasti udržateľnosti v spoločnosti Mazars s viac ako dvadsaťročnými skúsenosťami v tejto oblasti, nám poodhalí tajomstvá riadenia environmentálnych a sociálnych rizík a zlepšovania ESG stratégií. Dozvieme sa, ako Mazars definuje udržateľnosť a prečo by mala byť pre firmy kľúčovou prioritou.  Aké sú trendy v tom, ako sa zostavujú výročné správy a aké informácie obsahujú? Jana nám poskytne zákulisné infor ..read more

This month, we are joined by Bart Dujczynski, the founder of Proventus Renewables Ltd. Bart is a seasoned renewables expert and has two decades of experience with the renewable energy value chain. He has a wide knowledge of energy efficiency, wind performance, sustainable investing, accounting and much more. Using his range of expertise, Bart provides insight into the energy sector in the Central and Eastern region of Europe.   He offers an explanation of power purchase agreements and their capacity to promote stability in the renewable energy market. He also provides an optimistic v ..read more

V tomto bonusovém díle podcastu Sustainability in Finance se věnujeme Evropské taxonomii udržitelných aktivit a jejímu zásadnímu dopadu zejména na malé a střední podniky v České republice. Přidejte se k nám a diskutujte s námi o tom, jak Taxonomie EU bojuje proti greenwashingu a prosazuje skutečné postupy udržitelnosti nejen ve finančním sektoru. Ačkoli se legislativa může zdát komplikovaná, chceme zdůraznit výhody, které může firmám přinést.  Rádi bychom upozornili na projekt CONFESS, jehož cílem je zjednodušit aplikaci předpisů pro malé a střední podniky zabývající se čistou energetikou ..read more

In this episode, we had the pleasure of welcoming none other than Eila Kreivi, the Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor at the European Investment Bank. EIB is one of the world’s main financiers of climate action and environmental sustainability. In 2022, the share of EIB investments that went to climate action and environmental sustainability projects rose to €36.5 billion, or 58%.   Eila started her career at the Union Bank of Finland and Société Générale, and later joined the financing arm of the European Union. For more than two decades she headed the Capital Markets Department of the EI ..read more

In this episode, we explore ESG-related questions from the perspective of journalism. We discuss how media can influence the latest thinking on sustainable finance. We spoke Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker, editor at Responsible Investor, one of the oldest and most prominent daily news publications dedicated to sustainable finance and ESG. Responsible Investor is also the main media partner of the CEE Sustainable Finance Summit happening in Prague, 15-19 May 2023.   Lucy walks us through her career in journalism in the Central and Eastern European region, where she spent 12 years covering banking ..read more

“Clear commitments by the market players are necessary, but not enough” - according to Nadia Humphreys. For this episode, we had the pleasure of welcoming a renowned sustainable finance expert, who brings not only a great understanding of ESG regulations in both the EU and the UK, but also practical experience of building sustainable finance solutions and taxonomies globally.  Nadia walked us through her career path and important milestones and achievements across the field of sustainable finance, her work as a former co-rapporteur at the European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on ..read more

"Think of your career as a marathon, not as a sprint”, recommends Peter Sweatman, the CEO of Climate Strategy & Partners (@ClimateSt) and one of our Advisory Board members, in the latest episode of the Sustainability in Finance podcast.   Peter has spent decades working in finance, with an extensive focus on climate and energy efficiency. He started his career at J.P. Morgan in corporate finance, eventually moving to found impact-led NGOs and acting as a successful social entrepreneur. He founded Climate Strategy & Partners in 2009, a strategic consulting group in clean energy, i ..read more

In the newest podcast episode we are welcoming Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative, Professor at SOAS University of London, Global Capital magazine’s “Most Influential Champion” of the sustainable finance market, Advisory Board Member of ISFC, and last but not least, our excellent CEE Sustainable Finance Summit speaker. New podcast episode is coming soon ..read more

“The same way we have a common universal language for financial information, we desperately need a recognised and accepted universal language when it comes to non-financial information” - explain Maud Gaudry, former Lead Project Manager at the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG). This one-on-one discussion with an inspirational leader on sustainability sheds light on the work of EFRAG and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the importance of a common language and framework for sustainability reporting and its application, the differences in approach in the U ..read more

This panel discussion, moderated by Nadia Humphreys from Bloomberg, was recorded during the second CEE Sustainable Finance Summit in May 2022. The participants discuss the EU’s Sustainable Finance Agenda which has pioneered the development of new standards for financial reporting and instruments. At the same time, the politicisation of the EU taxonomy has taken the wind out of the sails of the European leadership when it comes to standard setting for sustainable economic activities.  Speakers Eila Kreivi - Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor, European Investment Bank Ingmar Jürgens - Managing Di ..read more