Part of owning, leading or managing a business is being aware of the impact that all areas of the organization have on the environment – including financial practices. What are ESG concepts and how do you use them to improve your business’ finance and investing practices? In 13 sessions, gain a broad and well-rounded insight into the expanding world of sustainability.
Overview
The Sustainable Corporate Professional Certification is designed to teach the basics about, and encourage the advancement of, sustainable finance. Throughout the course, the underlying environment, social and governance (ESG) principles will be explored in a financial context. You will understand how Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contribute to challenges for corporations, the transition risks and opportunities for businesses, and the transformation of finance into a vehicle for the betterment of society and the environment. You will have the opportunity to apply academic material to practical, real-life situations in sessions taught by real industry experts with years of knowledge and experience to share.
Objectives
Broaden and deepen your understanding of sustainability concepts as they apply to finances
Learn what it means to be an agile and adaptive leader, and why that is a key concept in financial sustainability
Understand how to successfully apply core concepts into real-life situations
Learn how to implement sustainability into your processes, and make it a top priority
Who will benefit?
Business owners
Executives, managers and leaders
Program structure
The lecturer will offer professional experience and incite the students to process the academic material into practical situations. Case studies, scenario analysis, and simulations will be part of the learning experience along with a basic textbook.
Required textbook (students must purchase the book):
Principles of Sustainable Finance, Schoenmaker & Schramade- 2019, Oxford University Press, chapters 1-12 inclusive
Supplemental reading:
Foundations of Sustainable Businesses- Sanders & Wood-2020, 2ed,Wiley
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