Sustainable Finance: Principles and Practices (Classroom and Asynchronous e-learning)
About This Course
Sustainable finance integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into business and investment decisions for long-term sustainable outcomes. This course covers three pillars of sustainable finance: companies adopting more sustainable business practices, investors providing financing with ESG considerations, and governments setting regulations to incentivise good--and discourage bad--behaviors. The knowledge acquired from this course is applicable to investors, corporate decision-makers, and regulators. This course is suitable for anyone interested in sustainable finance but possess minimal exposure to this field at a tertiary academic level.
As this micro-credential course is only offered in the FlexiMasters in Business Finance programme, learners are required to enrol into the programme and complete all required courses within this programme.
What You'll Learn
1. Apply the necessary theoretical and conceptual tools for sustainable financial analysis.
2. Evaluate the sustainability of a corporate/investment project by means of appropriate accounting/metrics/models.
3. Analyse research papers on various topics pertaining to sustainable finance.
4. Explain how markets react to the new standards of sustainable finance and investment.
Entry Requirements
While no pre-requisites are needed to enroll in the course, learning finance can be challenging. The coverage is comprehensive, and learners are expected to do a lot of readings before and after every class.