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Advanced Training Paths in Sustainable Finance

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Target audience: investment and finance professionals, and any finance professional interested in deepening their knowledge of sustainable finance

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November 11, 2025: First class of the CSR and ESG standards applied to finance training path

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2 online training paths: Sustainable Finance (10 hours) and CSR and ESG Standards Applied to Finance (8 hours)

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Finance Montréal's members: 480 $
Non-members: 576 $
Students: 240 $

Please note that the courses are available in French only.

Transform your financial skills

Our advanced training paths in sustainable finance allow you to explore ESG (environmental, social and governance) issues and CSR (corporate social responsibility) factors to integrate them into your investment strategies. Be a leader in shaping the future of financial markets for more responsible management by learning from ESG experts in academia and the financial industry.

NEW! Showcase your success with a digital badge, proof of your acquisition of new skills in sustainable finance.

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Note to Companies and Organizations

Our training paths can be offered as group packages, within a cohort made up exclusively of your employees. Organizations may deploy one or two programs per year for groups of approximately 20 participants.

Info and pricing: contact Gaëtan Bourgoin, Director, Financial Skills and Culture Development

Discover our two training paths

Sustainable finance:

Strategically Integrate ESG Principles Into Your Investment Decisions

Learn to master ESG issues and develop the skills needed to integrate these criteria into your investment decisions. This training is a major asset for professionals seeking to transition toward more responsible management.

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CSR and ESG Standards Applied to Finance:

Structure Your Analyses and Optimize Your Results

Understand and effectively use international disclosure standards and frameworks. This training is for professionals who wish to develop analytical skills to assess climate-related risks, seize investment opportunities and contribute to a more sustainable future.

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Sustainable Finance:
Strategically Integrate ESG Principles into Your Investment Decisions

Registrations for this course are not yet open.

Contact Gaëtan Bourgoin for more information.

 

10 hours of online training, divided into 5 workshops and 8 learning modules  

Theoretical courses, practical cases, case studies

Course 1: February 9, 2026 - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Course 2: February 10, 2026 - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Course 3: February 11, 2026 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Course 4: February 13, 2026 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All courses will be held virtually.

  • Analyze ESG issues in a global economy   

  • Assess the impact of ESG factors on markets and prices of financial instruments

  • Break down ESG issues into materiality issues   

  • Measure ESG risks and opportunities

  • Integrate ESG standards into investment strategies and decisions

  • Understand and be introduced to the role of shareholders' engagement towards more responsible business management

  • Adopt best practices in ESG, from the assessment and management of ESG opportunities and risks to accountability  

 

Our training course is recognized by the Institute of Financial Planning and represents 10 CFU (continuing education units).   

You will receive an official digital badge at the end of the training path.  

The trainers: 

Amr Addas | Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, Farm Credit Canada  

Michel Léveillée | Director, ESG and Public Markets, Bureau de Coopération interuniversitaire

Vincent Beaulieu | Head of Sustainable Investing, Public Markets, Fiera Capital 

Réjean Nguyen, CFA | Senior Director, Impact Investing and ESG Integration, Addenda Capital  

Solène Hanquier | Head of Responsible Investment, National Bank Investments  

Élisabeth Lécuyer | Analyst, ESG Research, Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited

Frank Coggins | Full Professor, Desjardins Chair in Responsible Finance, University of Sherbrooke

  

Put theory into practice: 7 videos to learn more about sustainable finance in action!  

Contributors to the videos:   

Jean-Philippe Renaut | Director, Maison du développement durable

Lilya Mincheva | Senior Manager, Responsible Investment Ecosystems, UN PRI Canada  

Laurent Da Silva | Climate change economist

Claude Cyr | Executive Vice President, Optimum Global Asset Management  

Nancy Goudreau | Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, Desjardins  

Christine Bisson-Roberge, CPA | Director of Finance and Administration, Agence de mobilité durable

Alexandre Hovette | Vice President, Capgemini Invent  

Discover the detailed content of our training path

Module 1:
Introduction to sustainable finance (1 hour)  

Content:  

  • Welcome note
  • Introduction to sustainable finance
Module 2:
ESG impact - from theory to practice (1 hour) 

Content: 

  • Traditional financial theory   
  • Positivist theories – ESG risk factors   
  • Normative theories – risk factors and sustainability 
Module 3 (part 1):
ESG overview (2 hours)

Content: 

  • Environmental factors  
  • Social factors  
  • Governance factors  
  • Case studies  
1 2 3 4

CSR and ESG Standards
Applied to Finance:
Structure Your Analyses and
Optimize Your Results

Registrations for the next cohort are now open.

Register

 

8 hours of online training, divided into 4 workshops and 8 learning modules  

Theoretical courses, practical cases, case studies

Course 1: November 11, 2025 - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Course 2: November 17, 2025 - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Course 3: November 18, 2025 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All classes will be held virtually.

  • Familiarize yourself with international CSR and ESG disclosure standards and frameworks

  • Effectively integrate CSR and ESG into a company’s financial strategies and disclosure processes

  • Develop analytical and practical skills to assess sustainability risks and opportunities  

  • Understand the impact of governance on financial performance and climate risk management

  • Develop the skills to navigate an increasingly demanding ESG market 

 

Our training course is recognized by the Institute of Financial Planning and represents 10 CFU (continuing education units).   

You will receive an official digital badge at the end of the training path.  

Kais Bouslah | Professor of Market Finance, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières 

Élisabeth Lécuyer | Analyst, ESG Research, Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited  

Karine Balé | Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment, National Bank Investments

Chelsea Cavanagh | Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment, National Bank Investments

Jérôme Petigny | Team Leader, Climate Change, Biodiversity and ESG data, Desjardins  

Mariel Langlois | Manager, Millani  

Marie-Josée Privyk | ESG Founder and Consultant, FinComm Services and ESG Strategic Advisor, QG100 Network  

Corinne Gendron | Professor, Strategy, social and environmental responsibility department, ESG, UQAM

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Discover the detailed content of our training path

Module 1:
Introduction to Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (1 hour)  

Content:  

  • Definitions (CSR, sustainable development, sustainable development goals)  
  • History and evolution of CSR  
  • Theoretical foundations of CSR  
  • Stakeholder management models  
  • The CSR standards and norms  
Module 2:
Presentation of the different disclosure standards (1 hour)

Content:  

  • Evolution of the ecosystem and disclosure by companies  
  • Concept of materiality  
  • Most commonly used standards and reference frameworks  
  • Similarities and differences between these standards and frameworks  
Module 3:
Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and Climate Change (1 hour)  

Content:  

  • History of TCFD recommendations on climate change  
  • TCFD Climate Change Recommendations  
  • Case study
1 2 3
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