Introduction to Sustainable Finance

This course provides you with a framework and a language by which to engage in discussions on sustainable finance with clients, colleagues and industry stakeholders. By the end of the course, you will also be able to map investment products by their sustainable investing approach and understand how these investments fit in a portfolio context.

Price

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Course Duration

60 minutes

Language

English

Effort

3-4 hours
Online, self-paced

Module Breakdown

This course is divided into 3 Topic areas:

Topic 1: Sustainable Investing Definitions and Approaches

Topic 2: Sustainable Investing Approaches Deep Dive

Topic 3: Investment Trends

Course Instructor/s

The design of this online certificate course is led by the Sustainable Finance Initiative who, together with industry experts, will share relevant professional experience and in-depth subject knowledge with you throughout the course.

Dr. Falko Paetzold

Falko Paetzold is an Assistant Professor in Social Finance at EBS University and the Initiator and Director of the first university unit focused on the intersection of sustainability and private wealth, the Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP) at the University of Zurich. The Center is a spin-off from the Impact Investing for the Next Generation program for owners of private wealth that he co-initiated when he was a Fellow at the Initiative for Responsible Investment at Harvard University.

Katy Yung

Katy is the CEO at HK-based Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi), advising and supporting family offices and investors on their sustainable and impact journeys.

Katy has served as Director of Investment at RS Group, a HK-based impact investor since 2010. She led the family office’s transition from a traditional investment portfolio to one that is 100% sustainably invested. In this role, she was actively involved in designing impact and climate change strategies and implementation across asset classes (utilising both investment and philanthropic capital). Katy remains a consultant to RS Group.