Events

Final academic Conference "Embedding Sustainable Finance: Constellations, Crossroads, Consequences" 15-16 May 2025, Haus am Dom, Frankfurt am Main/Germany

with a Public Roundtable "Is Europe's sustainable finance strategy failing?"

The international workshop "Embedding Sustainable Finance: Constellations, Crossroads, Consequences" brought together a wide range of perspectives on sustainable finance and climate finance in Frankfurt am Main on 15 and 16 May.

Building on the work of the Climate Finance Society research network, over 30 researchers explored the social and institutional foundations of sustainable finance. The first day focussed on the one hand on individual actors such as savings banks, development banks and central banks. On the other hand, approaches such as performativity and bankability as well as negotiation processes for the regulation of sustainable finance were discussed.

Photos: Tim Lutterbüse

 In the evening, the workshop was opened up to the general public with a roundtable. The question "Is Europe`s sustainable finance strategy failing" was debated by the high-ranking speakers Kenneth Amaeshi, Sabine Dörry, Wojtek Kalinowski and Wiebke Merbeth. Prof Klüh and financial journalist Jan Schulte hosted the evening.

On the second day of the workshop, the plural perspectives on sustainable finance were rounded off by actors from SMEs, trade unions and NGOs as well as tech elites and far-right ideologies. Furthermore, approaches to the planning debate and public finances in times of crisis were used to build bridges and critically review the field of sustainable finance.
A closing keynote by Ève Chiapello reflected on the workshop and presented analyses and reform proposals for sustainable finance based on the financial circuits approach.

We would like to thank all participants and look forward to working on a special issue of the yearbook "Ökonomie und Gesellschaft", which will be published by Metropolis-Verlag.

2024

Sustainable Finance und nachhaltige Transformation – Fokus Mittelstand
(english: Sustainable finance and sustainable transformation - focus on SMEs)

Sustainability conference of the University of Paderborn and owl Maschinenbau, 04 July 2024 in Paderborn, Organisers of ClimFiSoc: PD Dr Lisa Knoll and Felix Rossmann

The Climate Finance Society project's approach is to bring together various stakeholders in the sustainability transformation. For this reason, this conference not only brought together the various sub-projects, but above all participants from the financial sector, company representatives and sustainability experts. In joint workshops and presentations, the role of sustainability regulation, green products and transformative sustainability strategies were explored.

More information can be found here.

2023

Dialogforum: Die regionale Klimawende finanzieren - Die Rolle von Netzwerken aus KMU, Finanzwirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

(english: Dialogue forum: Financing the regional climate transition - The role of networks of SMEs, the financial sector and civil society)

In einem vierstündigen Workshop wollen wir Akteur*innen unterschiedlicher Sektoren ins Gespräch bringen und dabei auch Stimmen einen Raum geben, die beim Thema Climate Finance oft unterrepräsentiert sind.
Ausgangspunkt sind drei Fragen: In welcher Weise stehen Finanzierungsprobleme der Transformation zu einer klimaneutralen Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im Wege? Wo behindern unterschiedliche Auffassungen zwischen den Akteur*innen eine rasche und wirkungsvolle Lösung von Finanzierungsproblemen? Wo gibt es Ansatzpunkte für gemeinsame Lösungen und Ideen für eine intensivierte Zusammenarbeit?

Die Veranstaltung richtete sich an Vertreter*innen von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen, Unternehmensverbänden und der Finanzwirtschaft.
Die Veranstaltung fand im Rahmen der Darmstädter Tage der Transformation 2023 statt.

Weitere Informationen sowie das Programm finden Sie hier.