The day before, Sberbank and Toraighyrov University signed a memorandum, within the framework of which cooperation in the academic and scientific sphere is planned.

The signing ceremony was attended by the director of the Pavlodar branch Alexander Kalinin and vice-rector for academic affairs Petr Bykov.
The main content of the memorandum is the issues of conducting scientific and technical expertise of potential borrowers' projects, in accordance with global trends - care for the environment, social responsibility, and a high level of corporate governance.
Alexander Kalinin gave a lecture to students and teachers on the ESG ecosystem. ESG is an acronym for environmental, social, governance. In the 21st century, global business has realized that it is impossible to develop without concern over the environment and the interests of people.
The parties agreed that the issue of training a generation of managers and, at the same time, developing expertise in the field of sustainable development is one of the key recent priorities, which will give a new round in solving problems and challenges associated with the implementation of ESG.