Target audience: students, immigrants and/or career changers
Available in asynchronous mode, launch of the next cohort on February 20, 2025. Pre-registration here.
Two 60-minute courses
Courses available both in English and in French
Sustainable Finance: Become a Change Leader
Our microprogram in sustainable finance gives you the keys to understanding the challenges of responsible investment and sustainability disclosure standards (SASB). Enhance your knowledge of sustainable finance, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria, and gain a competitive edge in the job market.
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Sustainable Finance and Investment
This course provides a basic understanding of ESG criteria and sustainable risk analysis, and enables you grasp the profound transformations taking place in the financial sector. Discover how to integrate these essential elements into your investment decisions.
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SASB Standards
This course helps you understand SASB standards and apply them concretely to your industry. Learn to identify ESG issues in each sector and integrate this information into your financial analyses. Optimize your investment decisions by relying on reliable and comparable data.
Finance and Sustainable Investments
On the program: sustainability and our economies, the role of the financial institution, ESG and materiality, the evolution of the financial sector, challenges and the way forward, the evolution of sustainable investing, the dusties of the trustee, investment strategies, the performance and a discovery activity of ESG practices in different departments.
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On-demand online learning 5-minute video clips quizzes and interactive activities
You will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the course.
- Understand the evolution of the financial industry and its integration of ESG issues
- Identify risks, opportunities and impacts related to ESG factors in investments
- Analyze changes in financial institutions' products, strategies and approaches to adapt to evolving ESG issues
Matt Orsagh, MBA, CFA | Expert in Sustainable Finance, Ex-Senior Director at CFA Institute
Clarisse Simonek, CFA | ESG Expert, educator, contributor to the CFA ESG investment certificate
Stephen Kibsey, MBA, SIPC | Sustainable development consultant, educator, e.g. Risk Manager
Maria Maisuradze, CFA, FSA | Sustainability professional, educator, impact entrepreneur
Other contributors
Rosalie Vendette | Quinn + Partners
Emmanuel N'dri | Msc
SASB Standards
On the program: introduction to SASB Standards for Sustainability Disclosure, identification of material issues by sector of activity, standardization of ESG data for consistent analysis, integration of ESG data into the investment process and interpration and use of ESG information for decision-making.
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On-demand online learning 5-minute video clips, quizzes and interactive activities
You will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the course.
- Master the SASB standards for sustainability disclosure
- Know how to identify the material issues specific to each industry
- Be able to standardize ESG data and effectively integrate it into the investment process
Maria Maisuradze, CFA, FSA | Sustainability professional, educator, impact entrepreneur
