Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course for Managers
5 DaysCertificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course for Managers
The British Academy for Training and Development offers Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course. The Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course, is absolutely for the use of professionals enlightening him or her, on the all-important principles, tools, and insights to take the initiative of bringing sustainability into financial strategies. This gives these persons the ability to guide their organisations toward the adoption of a finance that looks at global challenges while providing an organisation with long-term value for itself, its stakeholders, and society at large. What this course allows attendees is to learn financial practice based trends and opportunity in the field of sustainable finance. Through this course, they will also talk about how sustainable business strategies are impacted through some major environmental and social challenges. The course helps attendees gain skills and knowledge that could help them explore new and innovative approaches for more sustainable business models while enhancing their understanding of the essential roles of financial sectors in advancing the transformation toward a low-carbon, sustainable world. Therefore, this course gives attendees a voice on the change in their organisation toward more sustainable issues, while at the same time encouraging global efforts toward a more sustainable future.
Overview
Course Objectives
Objective:
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By the end of this course, attendees will be able:
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Gain in-depth knowledge and understanding the aims and principles of sustainable finance.
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Study the top ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) concerns.
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Evaluate their impact on sustainability concerning business and financial strategies.
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Build out the reporting tools for sustainable finance.
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Construct financial models that estimate the sustainable finance opportunities and related risks.
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Determine the suitable green goods and services to finance a sustainable project.
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Receive guidelines on developing green projects eligible for green finance.
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Describe how financial technology contributes to green and sustainable finance.
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Target Audience
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This course is ideal for:
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Financial reporting team members
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Banking professionals
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Strategy team members
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Risk management professionals
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Finance managers
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Budget managers
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Commercial managers
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Capital investment and project team members
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Course Outline
Module 1: Sustainable FinanceFundamentals of Sustainable Finance
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Principles and foundation of sustainable finance
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Environmental issues and concerns
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Social issues and concerns
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Governance issues and concerns
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Ethical issues and concerns
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Defining organisational scope for sustainable finance
Sustainable Strategic Management
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Concepts of stakeholder value
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The purpose of competitive companies
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Principles and practice in corporate governance
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Redefining competitive business strategy
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Understanding business models and their disruption
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Identifying key success factors
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Using strategy maps to identify key performance indicators
Accounting and Reporting Sustainable Finance
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The traditional financial analysis toolkit
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Conventional measures of stakeholder value
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Selecting the right key performance measures
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Designing internal reports on sustainable finance
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Principles of Integrated Reporting (IR)
Business Investment and Sustainable Finance
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The challenges of sustainable investment
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Scenarios for business model reinvention
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Key decision factors for sustainable financial investment
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Traditional tools of investment appraisal
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Factoring in the environmental and social dimension
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Limitations of conventional investment appraisal methods
Risk and Scope of Sustainable Finance
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Traditional approaches to understanding business risk
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Risk aspects from a sustainable finance perspective
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Sustainable finance developments in banking
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Sustainable finance developments in financial investments
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Financial modelling of risk under sustainable finance conditions
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The way forward in sustainable finance
Module 2: Green FinanceSustainable Finance and Green Finance
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Climate change and our changing world
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Building a sustainable financial system
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Greening finance, financing green, and transition finance
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Responsible retail, commercial, and corporate banking products and services
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Measuring and reporting impacts, alignment, and flows of green and sustainable finance
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Risk management
Green Loans Financing Sustainability
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What makes a loan a green loan
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Types of green loans
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Green loan principles
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How does a green loan report its impact
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The connection between green loans and green bonds
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Green project for a green loan
Green and Sustainable Bonds
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Debt capital markets, and the development of the green and sustainable bond market
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Green, social, sustainability-linked, and other forms of sustainable bonds (e.g. blue bonds, transition bonds)
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Green bond principles, social bond principles, sustainability-linked bond principles
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Green bond listings, indices, and funds
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Securitisation
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Green project for green bonds
Responsible and Sustainable Investment
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Foundations of investment and the role of equity markets in the financial system
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Sustainable investment, ESG and similar terms – definitions and comparisons
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Principles for responsible investment
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Sustainable investment strategies and themes
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Growth of sustainable investment, factors driving this (risk, regulation, returns) and challenges to further growth (especially greenwashing)
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Sustainable investment products, including funds (mutual, index, ETF, etc), indices, private equity, venture capital, angel investing
Insurance – Impact Underwriting
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The insurance sector and the physical impacts of climate change
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Sustainable finance product issuance trends
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Principles for sustainable insurance
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Impact underwriting: personal insurance, including green home insurance and green motor insurance
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Impact underwriting: commercial and corporate insurance, including commercial property, renewable energy
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Climate risk insurance, including sovereign catastrophe risk pooling and index insurance
Schedule & Fees
No upcoming sessions at the moment. Contact us for custom scheduling.