Embedding Sustainability in Credit Risk Assessment
June 13-14, 2024
Banca d’Italia and the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund are organizing a research conference, to be held in Venice on 13-14 June 2024, on the integration of sustainability profiles in the credit risk assessment of non-financial firms. The conference will be hosted at Banca d’Italia’s branch in Palazzo Dolfin Manin, Calle Larga Mazzini, 4799/a San Marco. Participation will be possible in presence and via a web connection.
The conference will provide a forum for discussion on prominent issues for credit institutions, investment firms, insurance companies, rating agencies, and central banks towards the integration of sustainability factors in the credit risk assessment of firms, in particular SMEs, in response to regulatory developments, the supervisory framework, and sustainable investment practices.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Program committee: Monica Billio, Patrick Bolton, Stefano Giglio, Ekaterina Gratcheva, Valentina Michelangeli.
Paper submission: Interested authors should submit a complete paper in PDF format writing to Sustainability.Conference.Venice@bancaditalia.it by 4 February 2024. Decisions of acceptance by the Program committee will be announced by 8 March 2024. Final versions of accepted papers should be submitted by end of April 2024.
Registration: Participants in presence and via web should register with a message to the above e-mail address by 22 March 2024. Participation in presence will be accepted depending on space availability.
Financial support: Accommodation and travel expenses (economy class) for academic authors of accepted papers and academic discussants will be covered. The CEPR reimbursement limits will apply.