Sustainable and Impact Investing

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Appreciate the significance of investing in initiatives that not only provide financial returns but also create positive social and environmental impacts;
• Understand the core principles of sustainable and impact investing and how they differ from traditional venture capital / private equity investment approaches;
• Develop proficiency in evaluating investments using ESG criteria and impact measurement tools;
• Solve a real-world investment challenge faced by the sustainable and impact investment space;
• Understand and conduct research on their given industries and develop insights in the regional and global landscape;
• Ideate on actionable solutions that can address key funding, operational or business model challenges;
• Develop a sustainable and/or impact-driven strategy that can improve the financial and impact performance of the company.