Sustainable Finance: A Guide

Money makes the world go round – we all know that. And that means 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.

Sustainable finance involves taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions in order to provide sustainability benefits for organisations, communities, and the world as a whole. But sustainable finance is not charity. Sustainable investments are expected to make a financial return as well as deliver ESG benefits.

This course provides an introduction to sustainable finance, 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 accountants' core body of knowledge within the next five years. Accountants with ambitions for career development need to prioritise development of their skills in these areas.