ESG session in Russia's first Technohub

15:48, July 18, 2023

Students from 9 CIS countries and Latin America learned about Sber ESG transformation

The faculty of the programme “International Economics and Business”  together with corporate partners, prepared a very rich track for international students participating in the UrFU Summer University. The day before, a trip to the Sber Hub, which occupies 20 floors of the NEBOPLAZA business center, took place. As part of the visit, Elena Moskvina, Manager of the Headquarters of the Chairman of the TB of PJSC Sberbank, held a thematic session for the participants on the ESG transformation of Sber, which clearly helped the participants understand how the company implements social and environmental projects, what strategic decisions are made in the management unit and how business impacts are assessed. During the session, international teams of students were keenly interested in achieving carbon neutrality, the taxonomy of green projects and concessional lending to responsible projects, opportunities to participate in Sber accelerators, and also played an exciting ESG quiz, learned a lot of new facts and received memorable gifts. Sber experts gave students a tour of TechnoHub. Panoramic views, innovative engineering solutions, co-working spaces, recreation areas - everything delights! Most of all, the participants will remember the following locations: bootcamp, where young professionals are adapted and immersed in the first projects, acoustic booths, as well as a terrace with a bright vintage bus. Many international students were eager to become ESG ambassadors in their countries, and someone became interested in IT development for business development, while absolutely everyone received a lot of positive impressions, useful information and ideas for developing their own projects within the framework of the Summer University.