Social & Sustainable Finance - Chair MBS

created in october 2020, the social & sustainable finance chair of montpellier business school is the extension of the microfinance in developed countries chair, created in 2018 in partnership with the microfinance institution créa-sol. the chairholders dr. anastasia cozarenco and dr. thi hong van hoang, have the objective to promote social finance, in particular microfinance and social banking, and sustainable finance, which aims to direct the flow of financial capital toward projects focused on the achievement of the 17 sustainable development goals defined by the united nations in 2015. with this objective, the activities of the chair are structured around three axes: teaching, research, and events. teaching: the objective of the chair is to train students and professionals in social and sustainable finance in order to become actors of environmental and social transition. with the existing specialization master of science responsible finance and courses in microfinance, esg and sr