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• Beyond „Green finance” – Sustainability aspects of capital markets

  123-137

  Mihály Dombi

  Andrea Karcagi-Kováts

  Piroska Harazin

  Views:

  50

  
  The accumulation of capital constitutes an enormous obstacle to the sustainability transition.
  The role of the capital throughout the whole evolutionary process of civilization is undoubtedly impressive, as it has continuously delivered innovations in our everyday lives. Nevertheless, as
  we argue in our study, a dominant part of capital accumulation has not fulfilled this function
  in monetary and material terms as well recently; or performs at a low efficiency concerning the
  ecological damage generated. Sustainability calls thus for an investment environment in the
  near future that allows for the social benefits of capital accumulation through the expansion
  of the material services delivered, limiting the accumulation of material stocks, resulting in
  significant adverse environmental impacts remarkably in the same time. We will introduce
  and compare the gains of savings and capital accumulation considering the monetary and the
  material dimensions of our socio-economic system, unveiling the relevance of the capital market
  in sustainability transition in this way, beyond green finance.

• Start-up studio, the business model innovation (The example of INNONIC Zrt.)

  66-83

  Éva Farkas

  Csaba Makó

  Miklós Illéssy

  Balázs Heidrich

  Views:

  77

  Public discourse mostly uses the term start-up as a simplified collective category to describe companies founded to sell technological innovations. At the same time, in addition to bringing a new or novel idea to market, most business functions (marketing, sales, product/service development, HR etc.) are performed in an innovative and proactive way. In spite of the uncertainty of the market and limited resources, one of the key characteristics of such organisations is the high potential of the rapid economic development. In order to be able to take the advantage of the business opportunity, a supportive socio-economic and institutional environment is essential to obtain intensive growth and sustainability. In our case study, we are aiming to illustrate the importance of so-called start-up studios in catalysing innovation by the example of a company operating in international markets in the Debrecen region. Illustrating our findings by an analogy, we examine how the studio as a “mother ship” uses organizationalmanagement methods, cultural patterns, and through what mechanisms it contributes to the success of start-ups.

• Interconnections between social work and the natural environment

  96-112

  Julia Kosztka

  Views:

  46

  The aim of my study is to examine the appearance of ecology and natural environment in the
  theory and practice of social work. By reviewing international literature, my aim is to review and
  systematize basic theories and professional directions. I also consider it important to look at the
  Hungarian aspects. Global environmental changes and social changes interact, and the social
  work profession evolves, and incudes new trends and approaches while reflecting ever-changing
  challenges. The relationship between the person and his/her environment has always been one
  of the central themes of social work, but the pursuit of sustainability and the focus on the natural
  environment may bring a new dimension to the interpretation of the person-in-environment
  approach. In my paper, I attempt to understand the values and motivations of ‘green social work’,‘environmental social work’ and ‘eco-social work’ and I attempt to understand the relationship
  between social work and the natural environment, and examine the roles social workers may
  carry on related to the global environmental changes.

• Environmentalism of university students in relation to their materialism, life satisfaction, views on politics and pandemic

  70-97

  Ferenc Mónus

  Tamás Béres

  Flórián Sipos

  Views:

  87

  Recently, an increasing focus has been made on studying environmental problems and the
  related social phenomena. Understanding the environmentalism and its influencing factors
  in the case of higher education students can greatly help the preparation and identification
  of sustainability policies and educational practices in higher education institutions. In this study, we investigated environmental attitudes and pro-environmental behavior of
  students at 17 Hungarian universities as a function of a number of hypothesized influencing
  factors. These included materialistic values, life satisfaction, political views, and views on the
  Covid-19 pandemic. According to our results, these were all related to environmentalism. More
  environmentally conscious students were less materialistic, less right-wing in their political
  views, more satisfied with their lives, and also differed in their views on pandemic issues. Beside
  a weaker impact of environmentalism and political views, life satisfaction was largely influenced
  by the relative financial situation perceived by respondents.