Do not forget to submit your paper to the Sustainable Finance Research Forum Paris 2025 (4th edition) that will take place on December 12th on the Parisian campus of emlyon business school (Gare de Lyon).

After the success of its first three editions, we are pleased to announce the fourth Sustainable Finance Research Forum – Paris 2025. Sustainable finance has significantly reshaped how financial professionals address key challenges. The conference, organized by the French Finance Association and hosted by EM LYON Business School, welcomes applied research from corporate, intermediary, and investor perspectives. Submissions should combine scientific rigor with practical relevance. Selected papers may be considered for a special issue of Bankers, Markets & Investors. The Forum promotes dialogue between academics and practitioners. Three roundtable discussions will explore carbon pricing, impact finance, and the board of directors’ role in CSR.

Keynote Speaker: Abraham Lioui, professor of finance at EDHEC Business School

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We welcome notably short papers with illustrative material that could build on a more theoretical paper.

The scientific committee will thus select papers relevant to sustainable finance with the two following criteria, first scientific soundness and innovation, second understandability to professional experts and practical implications. Topics may include notably:

• Corporate responsibility
• Corporate governance
• Corporate culture and values
• Social matters and education in firms
• Green banking
• Green and Social Bonds
• Impact banking and financial products
• Climate finance
• Greenwashing
• Ratings
• Responsible investments
• Long term performance and risks
• Financial education and literacy
• Impact finance

In addition to the classic academic presentations the “Entretiens de la Finance Durable” will be a conference where professionals and academics shall express their views during panels dedicated to corporates, intermediaries and investors