Guest Lecture Erkki Liikanen: Sustainability and Reporting

How can investors, companies and policymakers gain a reliable and comparable picture of both financial performance and sustainability? In his lecture, Sustainability and Reporting, Erkki Liikanen will discuss the growing role of international accounting and sustainability standards and examine how the global and European approaches to corporate reporting are developing. 

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Register for the event by 25 September: https://crm.uwasa.fi/Events/219/Apply
 

Please note: Coffee will be served at the lobby before the lecture. 
 

About the speaker

 Erkki Liikanen is the Chair of the IFRS Foundation Trustees. His distinguished career includes serving as Governor of the Bank of Finland, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, Finland’s Governor at the International Monetary Fund, a European Commissioner and Finland’s Minister of Finance.

Liikanen has chaired the IFRS Foundation Trustees since 2018. In this role, he oversees the Foundation’s governance and strategy and the work of its accounting and sustainability standard-setting boards.
 

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Guest lecture series at the University of Vaasa brings leading voices from business, public administration and society to campus, including the university’s honorary doctors and alumni. The lectures offer perspectives on real-world decision-making and invite audiences to explore sustainable business, energy and society from new angles.