Executive Education Sustainable Finance and Investment Online Short Course
New Haven, USA
DURATION
6 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 2,800
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Introduction
Achieve long-term growth when you integrate environmental, social, and governance factors into your investment decision-making.
Gain a competitive advantage when you merge environmental, social, and governance factors into your financial and investment decisions.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues continue to gain momentum. But achieving targets like a net-zero economy and equality will need the support of financial services.1 What’s more, companies have realized that integrating ESG criteria into business decisions goes beyond simply being more sustainable — it’s profitable too.
The Sustainable Finance and Investment online program from the Yale School of Management Executive Education examines the ESG ecosystem: the terminology, activity, drivers, and participants. With this industry road map, you’ll become equipped to understand the core of sustainable finance systems with the skills to accelerate this shift in business. You’ll examine the challenges and opportunities of ESG data within the context of investment decision-making; explore its integration in asset-pricing models, portfolio management, and investment products; and learn how it can be used to determine investment strategies. The program features real-time data, gamified investment role-playing, and interviews with a multitude of industry experts, giving you the practical skills, insights, and metrics to drive sustainable financial performance and investment strategies in your organization or career.
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Ideal Students
Is this program for you?
This program has been designed for business leaders and professionals in strategic roles who are aiming to make more informed, sustainable investment decisions. It will be beneficial to individuals from a wide range of industries, including investment, asset management, and banking. They’ll gain the skills to accelerate the transformation towards sustainable finance in their organizations, and learn to better report on sustainable investment returns. Consultants working in sustainability and project execution, as well as public policy professionals, will similarly gain insight into the ESG data and metrics that help shape sustainable investments.
Program Outcome
You’ll walk away with:
- The skills, tools, and knowledge to make informed sustainable financial and investment decisions.
- A practical understanding of the ESG ecosystem, data and metrics, and how these can be harnessed to develop investment strategies.
- The confidence to drive sustainable finance systems in your organization.
- A global network of business and finance professionals.*
* Upon successful completion of your program, you’ll gain access to the exclusive Yale School of Management Executive Education Community group on LinkedIn.
Curriculum
Over the duration of this online program, you’ll work through the following modules:
- Module 1: Sustainable investing strategies
Explore various sustainable investing strategies, concepts, and trends. - Module 2: Key organizations and tools in sustainable finance
Discover how key organizations interact to affect ESG investing. - Module 3: ESG data, metrics, and analytics
Explore the state of ESG data and learn about the associated analytic tools and applications. - Module 4: Asset pricing and portfolio management
Consider the effect of ESG factors on asset pricing and portfolio-management models. - Module 5: Impact metrics and investing
Learn how to use a wide range of data to assess the impact of an investment. - Module 6: Diversity of ESG investment products
Consider the role of ESG in novel fixed-income products and in non-public equity investment products.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
Manage your time
GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The course work is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, with incremental deadlines, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best.
At the beginning of each module, you'll be presented with the course content and assignments necessary for completion. You also have access to your Success Adviser who will help you manage your time, and support you with any administrative or technical queries you might have.
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By improving your skills and industry knowledge, you'll have an influence on the success of your organization. Why wouldn't you ask your boss to help you fund your studies if it's going to have an impact on the way you do business?
Of our past students, 37 percent have received financial assistance from their employers. You can ask for help, too.
If you are a Learning & Development (L&D) manager, or involved in training and upskilling for an organization, you can request information regarding our corporate offering on our GetSmarter for business page.
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