{"id":347217,"date":"2025-05-06T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=347217"},"modified":"2025-05-06T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:27:08","slug":"hnlu-alsa-international-conference-on-trade-business-sustainability-pathways-to-inclusive-resilient-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/05\/06\/hnlu-alsa-international-conference-on-trade-business-sustainability-pathways-to-inclusive-resilient-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"HNLU-ALSA International Conference on Trade, Business & Sustainability: Pathways to Inclusive & Resilient Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About the International Conference<\/h3>\n

The nexus between trade and environmental goals such as sustainability and climate change was rightly summed up by the World Bank (2021) in stating, “Trade, in short, is a critical node to mobilize if the world is to achieve green, resilient, and inclusive development in the coming years<\/span>.” Regulations addressing issues like local air and water pollution or greenhouse gas emissions require private actors to change their production or consumption decisions, aligning their private costs with the costs to society. Against the backdrop of greening regulations, a growing market for environmental goods and services (EGS) has developed. As Jevan Sauvage in the 2014 OECD Report puts it, “Environmental regulations thus create a need among regulated actors for new solutions.”<\/span> As highlighted in the World Trade Report 2024, low- and middle-income economies can address this challenge by leveraging new opportunities in renewable energy and critical minerals for climate technologies. This can be achieved through diversifying global value chains and expanding trade in related services. Measures such as participation in sustainable initiatives across jurisdictions and implementing nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to achieve climate goals to exploit new trade opportunities in other countries would balance the goal of a greening economy. There is a need to foster innovation in green technologies and enhance access to financing mechanisms for developing economies via programmes such as carbon credit markets, green bonds, and sustainable trade finance initiatives, and regulatory measures such as Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that have been successful in regulating state behavior, is to be realized to meet the risks of growing trade.<\/p>\n

However, the extent of the regulatory effort to propel behavioral change of firms and households at both national and international levels is debatable and varies depending on a country’s economic and geographic circumstances (for instance, climate change is already hindering economic growth in vulnerable economies like LDCs, small-island developing states, and landlocked developing economies).<\/p>\n

In this background, to commemorate World Nature Conservation Day, HNLU is hosting an online international conference on “Trade, Business, and Sustainability: Pathways to Inclusive and Resilient Growth<\/span>” in order to explore the intricate relationship between Trade, Business, and Sustainability and suggest a path forward.<\/p>\n

Sub-Themes:<\/h3>\n
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  1. \n

    Eco-Labeling and Market Access<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Carbon Border Tax Adjustments (CBTAs) and Low-income Countries<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Metrics<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Greening Trade: GVCs and Emissions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Trade and Inclusiveness: Green Financing and Climate Investments<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Digital Solutions for Sustainability<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \n

    Consumer Behavior and Sustainable Demand<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. \n

    Decarbonizing Global Transportation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  9. \n

    Post-pandemic Economic Reconstruction and Sustainability<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  10. \n

    Economic Inclusiveness and the Environment<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note:<\/span> The themes are suggestive and not exhaustive. Papers not covered in the above themes but relevant to the thrust area may also be considered.<\/p>\n

    Structure of the Conference:<\/h3>\n

    The inaugural and valedictory sessions will be followed by two modules as follows:<\/p>\n