Sustainable Finance - Online Short Course

Gain the tools, frameworks, and strategies to implement sustainable finance in your organisation, underpinned by social and environmental values, creating long-term financial benefits.

This course is for you if:

• You want to gain insight into how sustainable finance strategies such as impact investing and sustainability disclosures can minimise organisational risk, create long-term business value, and improve social and environmental impact
• You are in the private sector and want to integrate sustainability into your financial business model for superior returns
• You work in an asset management, finance, or investment organisation, and want to play a role in rewiring capital flows and returns to accelerate the low-carbon transition towards a better economy
• You are in the public sector and are looking to promote sustainable finance initiatives 

Course curriculum:

Over the duration of this online short course, you’ll work through the following modules:

Module 1 Introduction to sustainable finance Learn about the current financial system.

Module 2 Steering capital for a sustainable future Investigate the flow of capital in the financial system.

Module 3 Strategies that work for sustainable finance Explore sustainable finance approaches.

Module 4 Rewiring risk and return Understand the relationship between risk and return, and the impact on sustainable finance.

Module 5 Sustainable finance solutions Learn about the key attributes for promoting sustainable finance.

Module 6 The role of the public sector in sustainable finance Investigate the role of the public sector in sustainable finance.

Module 7 Trends, disruption, innovation, and sustainable finance Explore megatrends and the innovations required to deal with them.

Module 8 Creating impact Develop an action plan that promotes sustainable finance in your environment.Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with: 

• In-depth insight into the strategic implications of environmental and sustainability challenges for financial systems, including capital management in private sector businesses and public sector policy formation.
• An understanding of how current financial systems are being rewired due to climate change and environmental concerns and the skills to drive capital for a sustainable future.
• Strategies and frameworks for responding to financial risks posed by social and sustainability issues, including impact investing, new sustainability disclosures, and positive screening.
• The skills to create sustainable finance strategies and lead integration into traditional financial management practices.