How are corporations reshaping their governance in response to the EU’s sustainability agenda? What happens when responsibility becomes a legal obligation – and not just a value? How do sustainability requirements intersect with global competitiveness in an increasingly regulated market? What are the governance challenges faced by startups as they navigate these new expectations? These and other pressing questions will take center stage at the International Scientific Workshop on Corporate Governance Transformation in Light of Recent Sustainability Legislation, hosted by Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) on September 17, 2025.

This hybrid international workshop will gather early-career and senior researchers from Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, MRU, and the University of Tartu to dissect and discuss how sustainability legislation is redrawing the map of corporate governance.

Workshop Focus Areas:

With a spotlight on the German Supply Chain Act, the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the workshop will explore:

• How legal frameworks are shaping the future of corporate sustainability
• The tension between sustainability ambition and business competitiveness
• What startups need to know – and do – in the face of new obligations
• How directors and shareholders are rethinking their roles
• What due diligence and reporting may really mean in practice

 Featured Speakers:

Early-career and senior researchers will share their research and perspectives, including:
prof. dr. Anne-Christin Mittwoch, assoc. prof. dr. Andres Vutt, Giedrė Čiuladienė, Kateryna Varava, prof. dr. Lina Mikalonienė, prof. dr. Lyra Jakulevičienė, dr. Paweł Mazur, Tomas Stundys, Tonio Friedmann, and prof. dr. Virginijus Bitė.

Format & Registration:

Date: September 17, 2025
Location: Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Format: Hybrid (in-person & online participation available)

Registration here.
You can see the full programme here.

This project of the Baltic-German University Liaison Office is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Organising Committee:
Chair: Prof. Dr. Lina Mikalonienė
Members: Kateryna Varava, Giedrė Čiuladienė

For questions or further information, please contact: Kateryna Varava – kavarava1@stud.mruni.eu

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