Annual Conference on Sustainable Finance and Corporate Sustainability in the EU
Date: 01 October 2026
Time: 09:00
Duration: 1.5 days
Location: Trier, Germany & Online
Cost: 950.00 € // 855.00 € (Registration by 1 September 2026)
Organiser: ERA - Academy of European Law
Web Link: https://www.era.int/event/annual-conference-on-sustainable-finance-and-corporate-sustainability-in-the-eu/
Description:
Objective:
The conference will provide an update on the latest developments in sustainable finance law and comprehensively address relevant issues for corporate sustainability in practice including corporate sustainability reporting and litigation, sustainability governance and due diligence and sustainability oversight at board level. In addition, sustainable financing and transition will be on agenda in particular SFDR revision, climate-related and environmental risk management and the hot topic of sustainability in defence spending and armament times.
Key topics:
- Update and developments in EU Sustainable Finance and Corporate Sustainability (De)Regulation;
- Sustainable financing and transition: SFDR revision, climate-related risk management in banking sector, sustainability as a prerequisite for debt financing and sustainability in defence spending and armament times;
- Corporate sustainability in practice: corporate sustainability reporting and litigation, sustainability governance and due diligence and corporate sustainability compliance oversight at board level.
Who should attend?
EU and national regulators/supervisors, legal officers in financial services sectors (credit institutions, investment firms, CSDs), lawyers in private practice, compliance officers.
Online participation option:
The event will be streamed live online. You have the option to follow the conference on Zoom, enabling you to ask questions and take part in the discussion with participants in Trier via live chat.
