Mapping the Link Between ESG Performance and Longevity

Putzer Petra earned her MSc in Economics in 2009 at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics. Between 2009 and 2013, she was a PhD student at the Faculty’s Doctoral School of Business Administration, already undertaking substantial teaching responsibilities. In 2014, she obtained a certified accountant qualification, and later expanded her professional portfolio with mentor, trainer, and business coach certifications. She defended her doctoral dissertation in 2015, worked as an Assistant Lecturer from 2015 to 2017, and has served as an Assistant Professor since 2018. She plays an active role in institutional development: she has been Secretary of the Faculty’s Scientific Students’ Association since 2012, was Marketing Lead at the Center for Applied Learning till 2024, currently she is leading the Faculty’s Sustainability Center. Her teaching and research focus on CSR and ESG.

Pécs, Hungary. E-mail: putzerp@ktk.pte.hu

Csapi Vivien earned her MSc in Economics and a certified accountant qualification in 2006 at the University of Pécs, Faculty of Business and Economics, and obtained a postgraduate degree in Law and Economics in 2007 at the Faculty of Law. She began her PhD studies in business administration in 2006 and defended her dissertation in 2013. Her research focuses on investment theory, particularly real options, sustainable finance, and ESG aspects of corporate decision-making. Her dissertation analyzed real-option valuation of electricity sector investments at project and portfolio levels. Her current work examines staged investment timing, financing decisions, portfolio-based real options valuation, and ESG integration. She is Associate Professor since 2022, teaches finance and investments, and has served as Director of the Department of Finance and Accounting since 2021 at the faculty.

Pécs, Hungary. E-mail: csapiv@ktk.pte.hu