Nominees for the POLSIF Research Award

The analytical team has completed the evaluation of submissions in the scientific category. The POLSIF Research Award is the only award in Poland granted exclusively for research on sustainable finance—not for a project or a transaction, but for academic work that translates into real-world market practice. No other organization in our market offers such an accolade.

We evaluated scientific articles, working papers, and research reports based on seven criteria: relevance to the competition's theme, originality, methodology, scope of research, independence and innovation of conclusions, quality of bibliographic sources, and practical applicability. This last criterion is our hallmark—we ask directly whether a bank, investment fund, or issuer can actually use the findings.

Nominated works (in alphabetical order):

• Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič, Desislava Dikova, Piotr Wójcik — Kozminski University
  The Impact of Proactive Environmental Strategies on Business Model Innovation and SME Performance
• Małgorzata Magdalena Hybka, Waldemar Rydzak, Jacek Trębecki, Małgorzata Tadeusz-Ciesielczyk, Agnieszka Marzęda — Poznań University of Economics and Business
  Municipal Social Media Governance: Organizational Anchoring, Competency Profiles, and Artificial Intelligence Capability
• Małgorzata Janicka, Artur Sajnóg (equal contributors) — University of Lodz
  Environmental Efficiency and Market Value: Using the Data Envelopment Analysis Method to Evaluate Public Companies From the European Union
• Filip Kliber — Poznań University of Economics and Business
  Is it 'green' domination or just a 'green' narrative? The case of the ECB
• Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka — University of Lodz
  Relationship between corporate sustainability performance and corporate financial performance: The case of companies from the WIG-ESG Index
• Magdalena Mosionek-Schweda, Marta Chylińska (University of Gdańsk) — University of Lodz
  Volatility and co-movement between ESG and non-ESG futures and uncertainty indices: Evidence from wavelet coherence and GARCH models
• Mateusz Muszyński — University of Economics in Katowice
  A series of five publications on the sustainable debt market in Poland, the Visegrád Group, and the CEE region
• Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz, Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka — University of Lodz
  Sustainability performance and dividend policies: Insights from the Fortune Global 500 companies
• Kinga Tchórzewska, Pablo del Rio, Jose Garcia-Quevedo, Ester Martinez-Ros — Kozminski University / Barcelona Institute of Economics
  Carrot first, stick second. Environmental policy-mix sequencing and green technologies
• Ewelina Zarzycka, Dorota Dobija, Joanna Krasodomska, Łukasz Kozłowski, Grygorii Kravchenko — University of Lodz
  Reporting Under the EU Taxonomy Regulation: The Role of Sustainability Committee and Sustainability-Related Executive Compensation

A total of 24 researchers from six institutions, including international teams. The recommendations are now being submitted to the Jury, which also includes representatives from the academic community. We will announce the winner on September 17 at the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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