Sustainable Finance
Sustainable finance is a hot topic, and it’s making CEOs and directors turn to their accountants. This course looks at ways you can help businesses make financial decisions that prioritise sustainability and develop strategies and practices that tackle sustainability issues.
£150 +VAT
Sustainable Finance
£150 +VAT
365 days’ access
This course will enable you to
- Understand how to take ESG considerations into account when making financial decisions.
- Recognise the governing bodies that can offer help on sustainable finance, and how to capitalise on this help.
- Report on sustainability within your organisation, or your clients’ organisations.
- Plan a sustainable project from start to finish using essential frameworks.
- Make sense of the international sustainability standards and how to use them when reporting.
About the course
Sustainability has been a business-critical topic for a long time now, and it’s not going away. Each organisation is under increasing pressure to implement environmentally friendly practices and it’s making CEOs and directors turn to their accountants. It’s our role to look for cost-effective solutions that boost business sustainability credentials and help make financial decisions that put sustainability at the centre of the decision-making process.
This course explores how you can get involved in sustainable finance and provides a step-by-step guide for planning and implementing a sustainable project. You will be able to thoroughly assess an organisation’s sustainability and provide suggestions to improve its impact.
Contents
What is sustainable finance?
Finance and climate change
Defining sustainable finance
What is sustainable finance?
Sustainable investment
Sustainable finance strategies
Where do I fit in?
The role of the accountant
The structure
Finding information
The United Nations
The European Union
The United Kingdom
Promoting sustainability
Considering the proposal
International standards
Greenwashing
Looking at the standards
The International Organisation for Standardisation
ISO 32210
ISO 32220
Publicly Available Specifications
PAS 7340
PAS 7341
The future
IFRS S1
IFRS S2
A toolkit
A toolkit
Measuring sustainability
Scope and objectives
Selecting ESG elements
Evaluating the impact
Revise plans
Taking it further
Financial appraisal
Impact assessment
Final thoughts
Author
Ross Maynard
Ross has worked as a consultant and trainer for over 20 years, specialising in finance processes, management information and performance measurement. He supports organisations to understand their processes; facilitates improvement teams; and supports staff to work together as a team to deliver tangible and sustainable improvements.
17 reviews for Sustainable Finance
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David Quartey –
The course provided the source of information provided by regulators which act as a reference source.
Clarence Choi –
The course contents are relevant and fundamental concepts are clearly explained.
Gerard Archbold –
An excellent introduction to Sustainable Finance, provide principles and some tips to start
Carmela Pastore –
was a good summary
Wyndham Willems –
The course highlighted how financial people can help measure ESG outcomes to avoid greenwashing and highlight real positive or negative outcomes from individuals’ and companies’ actions.
Rishi Sharma –
A relevant course.
Carl Postians –
The sustainable finance course served as an excellent introductory level, covering key concepts and practices. It delved into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations, crucial for assessing and implementing sustainable projects. The course outlined steps for project planning, including scope and objective definition, ESG factor selection, impact evaluation, and financial appraisal. It also introduced tools for measuring sustainability impacts and stressed the importance of aligning financial strategies with sustainability goals. This foundation equips you with the essential knowledge to approach finance with sustainability in mind, a vital skill in today’s environmentally conscious market.
Mireia Corredor Marcos –
It was a really interesting and needed course. It made me consider whether to go deeper on this important emerging area. Thanks and congratulations!
Venita M.E. Farrell-Cabey –
I now have a better understanding of this topic.
Stewart Batchelor –
good course
Lakshmi Samarakoon –
lots of information to digest on this course and will need reviewing regularly.
David Ellis –
good coverage of subject, good split of vidoe, text and written activities
Ioannis Amoutzas –
Great course, detailed and very helpful with a lot of materials
Leonard Dowling –
Excellent content – give a great insight into the development of SF across the many Governance strands The mix of Video and Content is a nice way of learning I liked the Toolkit and the Project examples that we worked through during the Module – some of the questions were challenging as in some cases there wasn’t a huge difference in the answers offered
Richard Marles –
though provoking – interesting points well presented of an ever developing of the industry
Brian Crowley –
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Peter Alexander –
Very informative and interested in following up further