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On April 29, 2026, the 2nd Northern German Capital Markets Forum took place at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. Under the theme “Northern Germany in Transition – Between Tradition and Global Upheavals,” experts discussed current economic, geopolitical, and financial challenges in the region. One of the speakers was Professor Timo Busch. In his presentation “Academia: 20 Years of ESG Finance: Acad…

On March 16 and 17, 2026, the Smart Impact Investing Excellence Forum  took place in Frankfurt am Main, bringing together experts in impact investing, institutional investors, asset managers, and other decision-makers from the investment industry to discuss solutions to the challenges of an ever-changing world and exchange experiences. The focus was on sustainable investment strategies and respon…

On February 24, 2026, the launch event for the new service center NAFIM (Sustainable Financing for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) took place at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. NAFIM supports small and medium-sized enterprises in making sustainable financing understandable and feasible. Nafim.de is all about sustainable finance – with thematic dossiers, overviews of funding instruments and best pra…

The 9th Annual Sustainable and Impact Investments International Conference (SIIIC 2026) took place in Hamburg on January 22nd and 23rd, bringing together academics, policymakers, and practitioners for two days of in-depth exchange on the latest developments in sustainable finance and impact investing. The conference opened with warm welcomes by  Prof. Dr. Timo Busch  (University of Hamburg),  Dr.…

Linda Schenzle and Timo Busch have recently published a research article titled „Navigating the Net Zero Transition: Towards Improved Effectiveness of Corporate Decarbonization Strategies“ in the journal „Business Strategy and the Environment“. The paper presents the results of a study, in which the authors looked at how companies can better reduce their CO2 emissions to reach net zero and help f…

The second Sustainable Finance Summit Hamburg , which took place on October 6, 2025, at the Patriotische Gesellschaft, was a successful...

For the Journal of Industrial Ecology's recently published special issue consisting of eight papers on different aspects of biodiversity...

Many larger companies are required to produce sustainability reports on their activities. The EU Commission wants to amend the relevant...

While the severe physical impacts of climate change and related natural hazards are increasingly apparent, so far only little is known...

The annual conference of the Academy of Management (AOM) took place in Copenhagen from July 25 to 29, 2029. Besides Prof. Busch, who was...

For the second year in a row, Hamburg is hosting the 2nd Hamburg Sustainable Finance Summit 2025 – Transformation Financing for a...