Sustainable Finance & Impact Investing 

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:

• Demonstrate understanding of why and how to choose sustainable finance solutions over traditional investments
• Demonstrate understanding of the impact of environmental, social and governance factors on valuation and pricing for investment and lending decisions
• Ability to analyze the characteristics of the main sustainable finance products
• Understand the characteristics of social/environmental impact measurement systems and the main challenges associated with the development of a system measuring the impact of ESG investments

Contents:

• The core concepts of sustainable finance and investing explained through theory and empirical data
• The relevance of sustainability to finance sector decision-makers
• Regulations and framework of sustainable finance and investing
• Presentation of the main sustainable finance products, as green bonds and green loans
• Τools and practices for social/environmental impact measurement