This series constitutes an initiative on the part of SSE Riga to contribute to debates around the key ideas of ethics and sustainability in Latvia. Public lectures will be held during the course Business Ethics and Sustainability. Everyone is welcome to attend.


Monday, March 4th, 16:15-17:45
Public lecture The Ukrainian President’s Palace in Soros Auditorium, SSE Riga
Speaker: Vladyslav Lavrov (Kyiv Post, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP))
Six days in Ukraine's corruption headquarters. Why experiencing grand corruption first-hand mattered for reporters and for citizens.

Wednesday, March 6th, 17:30-18:30
Movie discussion Inside Job (Iekšējā lieta) at Kino Bize, Elizabetes iela 37
Organised by SSE Riga students. Free entrance; please note that seats are limited in number.
Pasākums notiek sadarbībā ar ASV vēstniecību Latvijā / Supported by the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia 

Wednesday, March 13th, 17:30-18:30
Movie discussion Racing Extinction (Dzenoties pretī izmiršanai) at Kino Bize, Elizabetes iela 37
Organised by SSE Riga students. Free entrance; please note that seats are limited in number.
Pasākums notiek sadarbībā ar ASV vēstniecību Latvijā / Supported by the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia 

Wednesday, March 20th, 16:15-17:15
Public lecture Sustainable Finance in Soros Auditorium, SSE Riga
Speaker: Evija Tambaka
In this guest lecture you will learn how sustainability is linked to a company’s performance or, in other words, to the finance world. The recent financial crisis has triggered major investors in capital markets to invest according to sustainability criteria. It has also triggered companies to respond to the interest from stakeholders by reporting on various ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues. In this way companies provide information that investors can use for their investment decisions. The guest lecture will show whether companies that are good corporate citizens have exceptional performance or not and what could influence this. 

Monday, March 25th, 12:15-13:45
Public lecture The Legalization of Marijuana in Canada: Policy Challenges in Soros Auditorium, SSE Riga
Speaker: Daniel Weinstock (McGill University)
Canada legalized marijuana in October 2018. It did so not only to lift criminal prohibition on a substance judged to be innocuous, but rather to better regulate what the government considers to be a dangerous substance, especially for the youth of Canada. This talk will address some of the challenges that have been faced in designing an appropriate regulatory apparatus, as well as in (re-)organizing the market in cannabis products. Emphasis will be placed on the efficacy of the means chosen to protect the youth, policy decisions with respect to the licensing of producers, and conflicts of interest that have arisen in the policy-making process.

Tuesday, March 26th, 15:30-17:15
Public lecture The Reality of Climate Change Globally and in Latvia in Soros Auditorium, SSE Riga
Speaker: Ilze Prūse (Director of the Climate Change Department at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development)
The lecture will address the main potential consequences for Latvia of a temperature increase of 0.5 degrees.


Friday, May 10th, 17:30-18:30
Environmental Sustainability Prize Ceremony in Soros Auditorium, SSE Riga
For the first time, SSE Riga, in partnership with the Latvian Fund for Nature (Latvijas Dabas fonds), is presenting three awards in environmental sustainability as a result of the work of Year 1 students in the course Business Ethics and Sustainability.