Course Summary
Sustainable Finance is a course that explores the intersection of finance and sustainability, covering topics such as climate risk, green bonds, and impact investing.Key Learning Points
- Understand the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable economy
- Learn about the latest sustainable finance trends and practices
- Develop skills for evaluating and managing sustainability risks in financial decision-making
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the key principles of sustainable finance
- Evaluate sustainability risks and opportunities in investment decisions
- Develop strategies for integrating sustainability into financial decision-making
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of finance
- Interest in sustainability and its role in finance
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online, self-paced
- Video lectures
- Quizzes and assignments
Similar Courses
- Corporate Finance Essentials
- Impact Investing
- Sustainable Development
Notable People in This Field
- Ceres
- UN Principles for Responsible Investment
Related Books
Description
Finance is widely seen as an obstacle to a better world. Principles of Sustainable Finance explains how the financial sector can be mobilized to counter this. Using finance as a means to achieve social goals we can divert the planet and its economy from its current path to a world that is sustainable for all.
Knowledge
- Learn what the principles of sustainable finance are
- Understand what the interplay is between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and finance
- Understand what the importance of a long-term perspective is
- Understand the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable economy
Outline
- The Sustainability Challenge
- Trailer: welcome to the sustainability journey
- The Sustainability Journey in Finance
- Rockstrom's planetary boundaries and social foundations
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Living wage: an example of sustainable finance
- The role of finance
- The three stages of sustainable finance
- Introduction to week 1
- Optional extra material
- The linkage between the UN SDGs
- Dealing with Sustainability Challenges
- Social and environmental factors are treated as externalities
- Perspectives of a skeptical manager
- Government regulation and taxation
- Business true pricing
- Integrated value thinking
- Sustainable scenario analysis
- Introduction to week 2
- Optional extra reading: Investing for Long-Term Value Creation
- Optional extra reading material: summary of the chapter
- Optional extra reading: Stern review the economics of climate change
- The Purpose of Companies
- The ethical responsibility of companies
- Shareholders versus stakeholders...
- Corporate governance
- Partnerships
- The sustainability quotient
- The purpose of companies
- Recommended reading material
- End of chapter quiz
- Sustainable Business Models
- The link between sustainability and strategy
- Materiality: which issues matter most?
- Integrated reporting and thinking
- Long-term value creation by companies
- Recap of week 3
- Strategy and Intangibles
- End of chapter 4 quiz
- Sustainable Asset Management
- Efficient market hypothesis versus adaptive market hypothesis
- Academic evidence on sustainable investing
- Complicated investment chains
- Conditions for long-term investing
- Value driver adjustment example
- The case of Kraft Heinz and Unilever
- Recap of week 4 and introduction to week 5
- Case studies on sustainable valuation
- End of chapter quiz
- Sustainable banking
- Obstacles of sustainable banking
- Opportunities in sustainable banking
- Corporate bonds
- Sustainable lending
- Circular business lending
- Examples of sustainable banking
- Recap week 5 and introduction to week 6
- End of chapter 6 quiz
- Climate risk & insurance
- Trends in weather related catastrophes
- Catastrophe models
- Climate stress testing
- Coping with climate change: mitigation and adaptation
- Risks in countries around the equator
- Recap of week 6 and introduction to week 7
- Climate change finance
- End of chapter quiz
- Steering the transition
- Steering the transition
- Old and new visions for financial systems
- Finance can help. What are you going to do?
- Recap of week 7 and introduction to week 8
- Final quiz
- Take-aways: what can you do?
- The power of one: a hopeful story
- Our sustainability journey
- Thank you!
Summary of User Reviews
The Sustainable Finance course on Coursera is highly rated by users. Many users appreciated the practical approach taken in the course to sustainable finance and investment.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
practical approach to sustainable finance and investmentPros from User Reviews
- Engaging and well-structured course content
- Great insights and examples from industry experts
- Provides a comprehensive overview of sustainable finance
Cons from User Reviews
- May be too basic for those with prior knowledge in sustainable finance
- Some users found the course to be too technical
- Lack of interaction with other students and instructors
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