Integrating Sustainability in Financial Management.

What if we had tools to integrate sustainability in financial management to support business decisions?


I am Patricia Ruffing-Straube and in my research and teaching, I do not stop at why sustainability should be integrated in business decisions, but focus on how sustainability can be measured and valued within financial management.


Related Research


Ruffing-Straube, P., Merbecks, U. & Wulf, I. (2026). From Circular Economy Disclosure to Circular Transformation: A Case Study From Food-Producing Companies. Business Strategy and the Environment, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70993


Ruffing-Straube, P. & Olivito, S. (2025). Value Creation Reporting for Sustainable Development - Is Sustainability Information Integrated with Financial Information? Swiss Journal of Business, 79(4), 418-453. https://doi.org/10.5771/0042-059X-2025-4-418


Olivito, S. & Ruffing-Straube, P. (2025). Does biodiversity at the subsidiary location relate to financial performance? Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5241242

Braun, V. & Ruffing-Straube, P. (2025). Sustainability Through Sustainability-Linked Bonds: Do they Provide Effective Incentives? Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5851922

Hummel, K. & Ruffing-Straube, P. (2025). Editorial: The Future of Accounting. Swiss Journal of Business, 79(1):3-10. https://doi.org/10.5771/2944-3741-2025-1-3


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Teaching

Seminar: Current Topics in ESG Reporting
Lecture: Accounting and Economics
Former seminar: Nonfinancial Reporting
Workshop "Let the data speak" (continuing education)

Contact

I am a senior research and teaching assistant at the University of Zurich.


Dr. Patricia Ruffing-Straube
University of Zurich
Department of Business Administration
Chair of Managerial Accounting
Plattenstrasse 14
8032 Zurich, Switzerland



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