– The European Union should attempt to create a document that comprehensively indicates the benefits for all social groups, not only the climatic and environmental ones, but above all the economic ones. Smaller entrepreneurs must also feel that it is not only about requirements and costs, but that they can build their competitive advantage on this great change – appeals prof. Małgorzata Zaleska, Director of the Institute of Banking of the Warsaw School of Economics, in the studio of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna and the Warsaw School of Economics at the Economic Forum in Karpacz.
The conversation includes, among others:
- What is the greening of the financial sector and what consequences will it have for financing the activities of large, medium and small companies?
- How does the introduction of ESG principles affect the competitiveness of the economy and the functioning of financial markets?
- Why is it that smaller entrepreneurs have become convinced that ESG requirements only mean costs to be incurred (financial, organizational, time-related…), and few people see the opportunities associated with this revolution, including the possibility of gaining significant, if not groundbreaking competitive advantages resulting from, for example, changing technology to more efficient ones?
- What strategy should the EU apply towards certain sectors of the economy, especially energy-intensive ones, to prevent them from being liquidated and ultimately increase their competitiveness?
- Why should smaller entrepreneurs, not yet subject to formal ESG reporting requirements, introduce appropriate mechanisms today?
- How to eliminate myths and dark narratives about ESG and the effects of greening the economy from public circulation? How to speak to Europeans in the language of economic benefits?
We cordially encourage you to listen and watch the interview.
