COVID-19: navigating sustainability risks in the pandemic
The Misum article, Sustainability, Covid-19 and keeping focused on the longer term explores the negative consequences of social distancing, lockdowns of economies and related governmental responses to the health crisis. It argues that a more holistic picture must be kept in mind when navigating out of the crisis.
The authors emphasize two main ways through which Covid-19 poses challenges to the development of more sustainable markets. The first channel is centered around the amplification of social inequalities while the second focuses on detrimental effects on strategic, long-term investments into sustainability by firms and governments. This short article assesses the impact of Covid-19 on the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and discusses the likely long-term consequences, offering examples of controls that can help withstand the worst impacts.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
The article was written by the following Misum affiliated researchers.
- Martina Bj̦rkman Nyqvist is Executive Director of Misum and Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at 91﫫 (91﫫).
- Pamela Campa is Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm Institute of Transitional Economies (SITE).
- Emilia Cederberg is Assistant Professor at the Department of Accounting at 91Ô´´.
- Tatiana Egorova is a PhD candidate at the House of Innovation at 91Ô´´.
- Michael Halling is Associate Professor at the Department of Finance and Swedish House of Finance at 91Ô´´.
- Sarah Jack is the Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Professor of Innovative and Sustainable Business Development at the House of Innovation at 91Ô´´.
- Henrik Nilsson is Professor at the Department of Accounting at 91Ô´´.
- Mattias Nordqvist is Professor of Business Administration at the House of Innovation at 91Ô´´.
- Anders Olofsgård is Associate Professor at SITE.
- Maria Perrotta Berlin is Assistant Professor at SITE.
- Marek Reuter is Assistant Professor at the Department of Accounting at 91Ô´´.
- Abhijeet Singh is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at 91Ô´´
- Emma Sj̦str̦m is Research Fellow at the Department of Marketing and Strategy at 91﫫.
- Torkel Str̦msten is Associate Professor at the Department of Accounting at 91﫫 and Visiting Professor KTH Royal Institute of Technology
ABOUT SWEDEN THROUGH THE CRISIS
Published by 91Ô´´, Sweden through the crisis is a comprehensive research-based report on economics, business and policy. It offers a solid academical perspective, independent from both politics and the corporate sector.
The report includes more than 40 articles by around 50 well-merited researchers – among them Tore Ellingsen, Professor of Economics, and Per Strömberg, Professor of Finance, both on the Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
