Sustainable Finance (Classroom and Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
This course equips learners with practical knowledge of sustainable finance principles, ESG investing, carbon markets, green finance and climate-related financial risk management. It explores key topics including carbon taxation, emissions trading systems, and policies support the transition to a low-carbon and sustainable economy. Learners will develop competencies in sustainable finance analysis, ESG investment evaluation, carbon market assessment, climate-related financial decision-making and sustainability policy interpretation. Highly relevant to the banking, asset management, insurance, corporate finance, consulting and regulatory sectors, where sustainability considerations are increasingly integrated into investment, financing and risk management decisions, the course prepares learners in sustainable finance, ESG advisory, corporate sustainability, risk management, investment analysis and financial leadership roles supporting the green economy.
As this micro-credential course is only offered in the FlexiMasters in Sustainability Business Ecosystems programme, learners are required to enrol into the programme and complete all required courses within this programme.
What You'll Learn
Upon completion of the course, learners should be able to:
• Interpret the concepts and institutional backgrounds of each topic covered in the sustainable finance class.
• Identify the issues and challenges in policy making regarding sustainable finance.
• Make recommendations of potential solutions to one of the challenges and issues in practice.
Entry Requirements
While no pre-requisites are needed to enroll in the course, participants with relevant professional experience and/or background may stand a higher chance for admission consideration. This course is suitable for:
- Sustainability managers and managers who aspire to act as Change Agents and point of contact for sustainability-related matters, both internally and externally, identifying issues and suggesting solutions from a holistic perspective and acknowledging that the social, legal, and economic aspects of issues are as important as those relating to science and technology.
- Managers and aspiring managers who undertake sustainability reporting and participate in ESG rating exercises and assist in coordinating sustainability effort and projects across business units (BUs).
- Consultants and aspiring consultants who are interested in pursuing a career in sustainability.
- Engineering & Technology Managers, and R&D Managers who want to broaden their understanding of strategies.