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FDEF House for Sustainable Governance and Markets

The FDEF House for Sustainable Governance and Markets (HSGM) is a virtual platform that combines the joint sustainability expertise of our three departments, four disciplines, 200 researchers and 18 nations active in the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance.

The HSGM bundles sustainability research with a special view to sustainable governance and markets – ranging from the institutional, legal and economic ordering over the impact analysis of a changing environment to social effects.

Sustainability, as understood by the researchers supporting the Hub, relates to the United Nation’s seventeen Sustainable Development Goals – the United Nation’s blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future. The UNSDGs address the global challenges, including those related to climate change, poverty, gender, inequality, exclusion, environmental degradation, migration, peace and justice.

Upcoming Events

Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Seminar Series

Sustainability Lunchtime Seminar Series:
Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law

(please click here for details)

17 May 2022

The ecological transition's impact on the legal structure of capitalism
Prof. Aude-Solveig Epstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of legal studies at NYU Abu Dhabi

1 June 2022

Environmental law and just transition under the EU Green Deal
Prof. Alexandra Harrington, University of Lancaster

20 June 2022

Sustainability and competition law
Prof. Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk, Judge, General Court of the European Union

7 July 2022

Product obsolescence
Prof. Maître Denis Philippe, UCLouvain, Philippe&Partners

26 September 2022

Regulating Trade in Forest-Risk Commodities: Two Cheers for the European Union
Prof. Joanne Scott, European University Institute
Prof. Gracia Marín Durán, University College London

6 October 2022

Corporate Sustainability: the Role of the Legal Advisor
Maître Dino Serafini, Sustainability Officer AIJA, ESG corporate Lawyer Arendt

19 October 2022

New EU initiatives requiring companies to address human rights and
environmental standards within their value chains
Maître Karima Hammouche, Bar of Luxembourg, Etude Hammouche, European Environmental
Bureau
Maître Anne Jonlet, Brussels representative for AVOCATS.BE and the Bar of Luxembourg

November 2022 (date to be defined)

Sustainability and Financial Law
Prof. Dirke Zetzsche, University of Luxembourg

Economic risks and climate change
Prof. Marta Torre Schaub, Directeur de recherche, Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne

1 December 2022

5G Regulation (title to be defined)
Dr. David Gee, Former Senior Science Adviser European Environmental Agency, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Pollution Research and Policy, Brunel University, London

Past Events

Sustainability Lunchtime Seminar Series:
Where Environmental Law Meets Economic Law

29 March 2022

Sustainable corporate risk management: risks of unsustainability as a driver for corporate sustainability
Prof. Beate Kristine Sjåfjell, University of Oslo

17 February 2022

International economic law and non-economic values: a critical approach
Prof. Edoardo Stoppioni, Université de Strasbourg

25 January 2022

Can investor-state arbitration challenge the EU’s climate policy?
Prof. Nicolas De Sadeleer, Université de Saint Louis - Bruxelles, Chaire Jean Monnet, Right to a Clean Environment