Today’s businesses, lenders, and investors are increasingly dealing with the risks and opportunities related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, due to the scarcity of resources, conflicts in community and labor relations, and climate change. Companies are increasingly reporting and assessed on the ESG performance of their business model, and financial institutions are developing products responding to the need for sustainability-related financial services.
New economic actors are developing investment products that aim to monetise the positive impact of capital deployment on nature-based objectives. More and more investment managers have stepped in to offer impact products in their portfolios as investors begin to evaluate how they can invest in ways that can meet financial goals and support social and environmental change.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the theories and practices in terms of: assessing ESG information in corporate and fund operations (including evaluating sustainability opportunities and risks), ESG financing and investment; innovative ssustainability-linked financial products and strategies
- Frame managerial and investment objectives in a way that is meaningful to financial decision-makers: how financial engagement fits with an organisation's broader strategy; and where opportunities for environmental leadership can be expanded.
- Describe how sustainable investing is defined and implemented by companies and investors across regions and asset classes, including key frameworks and strategies
- Describe how sustainability-based financial products and services (at transactional, financing and investment level) along the value chain provide support as well as an incentive for private capital allocation to ESG strategies.
Students proposed ideas to develop creative marketing strategies across different digital platforms.
Students researched on the industries that have the biggest potential for avoided/saved emissions.
Students identified capabilities venture capitalists are developing to create value for their portfolio.