Environmental Social Governance Certificate

Course Outline

Bloomberg Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Certificate — a self-paced, interactive e-learning course teaching how to implement environmental social governance, apply ESG factors in investment decisions, and prepare sustainability reports for regulators.

What You Learn

• How asset managers balance ESG initiatives and ESG factors when making investment decisions and offering mutual funds.
• The influence of stakeholder expectations, executive pay, and business ethics on ESG performance.
• Preparing ESG reports and sustainability reporting according to ESG standards along with annual reports.

Course Structure & Duration

Consists of 7 modules:

1. Introduction to ESG investing & sustainable finance
2. Researching & adopting ESG criteria
3. Negative & positive screening
4. ESG integration — Fixed Income
5. ESG integration — Equities
6. Corporate governance & shareholder rights/activism
7. Reporting sustainability activities