The 4th Edition of Ethical Finance and Sustainability (EFS) Conference (EFS-2022), jointly organized by the EDC Paris Business School and CY Paris Cergy University, will take place on 12-13 May 2022 at the EDC Paris Business School, Paris, (France).

The achievement of the seventh sustainable development goal SDG#7 (i.e., affordable, and clean energy) aims at providing access to affordable and clean energy- promoting renewable energy production and use as an alternative to the extensive use of conventional pollutant energy resources. In the efforts to reduce risks and adverse impacts of climate change and to actively contribute to mitigating global warming under the Paris Climate Accord, policymakers are trying to diversify their mix of energy by fostering renewable energy development. In 2019, the SDGs report argued that more than 2.6 billion people representing one-third of the world’s population are using the dangerous and infectious cooking system. In addition, lack of electricity remains a major issue of SDGs because more than 700 million people lack access to electricity and most of them are living in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Accelerated action to achieve energy transition is insistently needed especially in the heating and transport sectors. The United Nation’s report shows that the share of renewable and modern energy on total energy consumption is so much lower than the expected result before 2030. Indeed, the share of modern and renewable energy on total final energy consumption is 25% in the electricity sector, 9.2% in the heat sector, and 3,4% in the transport sector. 

Consequently, active academic research on SDGs achievement could be very useful to put forward effective policy recommendations and practical actions. The conference is contributing to the world forum in this field by giving the opportunity to researchers from different backgrounds to present and discuss their SDGs achievement contributions with business leaders, policymakers, activists, and academics.

• Pr. Perry Sadorsky  

 Perry Sadorsky is Professor of Sustainability and Economics in the Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto, Canada. He studies business issues related to energy, the natural environment, and financial markets. He has published widely in these areas. He also has an interest in technology, innovation, digital currency and machine learning. He is a 2019, 2020 and 2021 Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Economics and Business. According to the Web of Science this award recognizes “the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.” He is a Co-Editor for Energy Economics. 

• Pr. Ugur Soytas

Uğur SOYTAŞ is the Head of the Climate Economics and Risk Management Section at Technical University of Denmark. He is the editor of Energy Economics and Sustainable Production and Consumption journals. He is the lead editor of the Handbook of Energy Economics. He holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Economics from Texas Tech University. He is an applied researcher in two multidisciplinary areas: energy-economy-environment-society nexus and commodity-financial market links. He published several papers in high impact peer reviewed journals such as Applied Energy, Annals of Operations Research, Economic Modelling, Energy Economics, Energy, Energy Policy, Ecological Economics, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Commodity Markets, Journal of Policy Modeling, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Resources Policy among others. Citations to his works amount to over 10000 and he has an h-index of 33 and i10 index of 56 (according to Google Scholar as of 02.12.2021). Several of his papers are recognized as highly influential in the energy economics, and environmental and ecological economics fields. 

Journals Sponsors based on Special issues and special sections: 

VSI (ABS 3*)                                                     VSC (ABS 3*)

 VSC (ABS 3*)  

 VSI (ABS 2*)                                                   VSI

• Energy Economics (ABS3*)

VSI: Energy, Just Transition & Sustainability: What's New?

Guest Editors: Prof. Anna Creti & Prof. Zied Ftiti 

• Energy Journal (ABS 3*; CNRS 1)

In consultation with the conference organizers and the Editor-in-chief of Energy Journal (IF:2.414) authors of the best conference papers will be invited to submit their papers to a regular issue of the journal.

•  IEEE Transactions on ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT (ABS 3*)

Special section: VSC: 4^th EFS 2022

Special section” Fourth Edition of Ethical Finance and Sustainable Development Conference: Sustainability and Energy Transition” under the Guest editorship of Prof. Younes Ben Zaied & Prof. Zied Ftiti (OCRE Lab, EDC Paris Business School)

• International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics (ABS2*)

VSI: Sustainable Finance, Governance and business ethics

Call for paper

Guest Editors: Prof. Younes Ben Zaied (OCRE Lab, EDC Paris Business School) & Prof. Nazim Hussain (The universoty of Groningen, Netherlands

• Sustainability 

"Sustainable Finance: New Trends, Environment and Social Changes"

Guest Editors: Prof. Younes Ben Zaied & Prof. Zied Ftiti

Submission deadline:  Extended to April 15, 2022

ORGANIZERS

Annie BELLIER, CY Cergy Paris University, THEMA Laboratory, Paris (France)

Younes Ben Zaied, EDC Paris Business School, OCRE Laboratory, Paris (France)

Zied FTITI, EDC Paris Business School, OCRE Laboratory, Paris (France)