Sustainable Finance, Carbon Management and Reporting for Sustainability
About This Course
This course is Module 2 of the Executive Certificate in Corporate and Environmental Sustainability Programme offered by Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University.
The aim of the Programme is to provide business leaders and professionals with a strong broad-based understanding of the critical issues, strategies, innovations, reporting requirements, and practical frameworks and toolkits to lead sustainability initiatives in their organisations.
Offered in two modules, the comprehensive programme is designed and delivered in partnership with renowned domain experts, and industry leaders.
Module 1: Strategy, Risk Management and Design for Sustainability
• Introduction to Corporate Sustainability
• Surviving and Thriving Amidst Climate Change
• Climate Risk Assessment and Management
• Digital Technology for Sustainability
• Clean Energy Technologies for Decarbonisation
Module 2: Sustainable Finance, Carbon Management and Reporting for Sustainability
• Carbon Management (carbon emissions and accounting)
• Sustainability Reporting
• Sustainability Metrics and Decision Making
• Sustainable Finance
What You'll Learn
Course Objectives:
• To provide business leaders/managers with a broad-based understanding of carbon management, Greenhouse Gas (GHG) management scopes and reporting frameworks, GHG footprint (including calculation methodologies and target setting) and key steps to the development of decarbonisation roadmaps.
• Gain an overview of key reporting requirements from international sustainability reporting frameworks such as Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Sustainability Reporting Standards Board (SASB) and International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards.
• Analyse and interpret the content of sustainability reports
• Gain a basic understanding of Sustainable Finance including an overview of sustainable debt markets, sustainable equity markets, ESG ratings and greenwashing
• Understand the importance of natural capital for business and how to start integrating it into business decision-making.
Key topics include:
Carbon Management (Carbon accounting)
Sustainability Reporting
Sustainability Metrics & Business Decision-making
Sustainable Finance
Entry Requirements
No fixed qualification but professionals with diploma/degree with 3 or more years of work experience will be able to better appreciate the course content.