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An Introduction to Green Finance and Ethical Investment

An Introduction to Green Finance and Ethical Investment

Created byRoss Maynard
BeginnerUpdated Feb 8, 2024

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleDefine green finance and ethical investment
  • check_circleDiscuss the Principles for Responsible Investment
  • check_circleCreate a plan to expand their organisation’s investment appraisal process to include consideration of environmental, social and governance issues
  • check_circleAccess guidance and case study materials on green finance and ethical investment
  • check_circleUnderstand emerging issues in sustainable finance including IFRS disclosure requirements, and international standards on sustainable finance

About This Course

Finance is a key driver of climate change – perhaps it is the most important driver. Where the people and institutions of the world invest their capital has a significant impact on the environment and climate, as well as on society everywhere. To mitigate climate change, protect vulnerable ecosystems, improve conditions for workers and their families, and improve the environment, we need to change the way we direct and manage investment.Green finance and ethical investment involve applying environmental, social and governance criteria to investment decisions. Green finance is not charity. Ethical investments are expected to make a financial return as well as deliver environmental, social and governance (ESG) benefits. 

This course provides an introduction to green finance and ethical investment, including how to implement sustainability criteria in your investment appraisal process.Knowledge of issues in sustainability and how to deploy them in decision-making will become crucial to the accountant’s core body of knowledge within the next five years. Accountants with ambitions for career development need to priorities development of their skills in these areas.

The course covers the following topics:

• What is green finance and ethical investment?• Institutions involved in green finance and ethical investment• International Standards for Green Finance• Accounting Disclosure Standards • The spectrum of ethical investment strategies• Performance Measures in Green Finance and Ethical Investment• A Route Map for Ethical Investment 

Course Content

2 activities • 9 videos • duration: 1h 40m

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Section 19 videos • 1 quiz • 1.7 hours
  • videocamL1 Why Green Finance and Ethical Investment
    Duration 11:36
  • videocamL2 What is Green Finance and Ethical Investment
    Duration 6:32
  • videocamL3 The Structure of Green Finance and Investment
    Duration 12:03
  • videocamL4 International Standards for Green Finance
    Duration 7:51
  • videocamL5 Accounting Disclosure Standards
    Duration 7:11
  • videocamL6 A Route Map for Ethical Investment Appraisal Part 1
    Duration 16:26
  • videocamL7 A Route Map for Ethical Investment Appraisal Part 2
    Duration 18:03
  • videocamL8 Final Thoughts on Green Finance and Ethical Investment
    Duration 10:50
  • videocamL9 Green Finance and Ethical Investment Exercise
    Duration 9:40
  • quizReview Questions
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Final Assessment1 quiz

Your Instructor

Ross Maynard

Business author and consultant, specialising in performance measurement and improvement

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I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK and work as an author of business courses and a process improvement consultant. I have over 30 years' experience and live near Stirling in Scotland, with my wife, daughter and Cocker Spaniel. I aim to make my courses accessible and understandable. My courses focus on business topics including KPIs, performance measurement, approaches to business improvement, Agile and Lean. I hope you enjoy my courses.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.4 out of 5
Student's Choice
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    good match so far

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    I is very informative and usefull

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    Ghislain C.
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    Interesting topic

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