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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

Organisations are expected to take the lead through sustainable development concerns such as resource depletion, climate change, and inequality in today’s modern economic landscape, rather than merely acknowledging them. The Sustainable Finance online course provides the knowledge and information required to establish financial objectives that add social value and contribute to a sustainable future.

Sustainable Finance Training teaches about the contemporary financial system's stresses, patterns, and possibilities. The course also teaches about the Corporate strategy consequences of environmental and social issues, as well as how to effectively prepare for the future via long-term approaches like impact investment, the convergence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments, and beneficial monitoring.

With direct supervision from CISL educators, The Sustainable Finance syllabus helps candidates in acquiring the skills to ensure effective capital allocation decisions in their own context, as well as provides a better understanding of how these methodologies can positively impact their organisation's value gain in the long term. This training will also provide candidates with new insights into how banks, businesses, and insurers are switching to more sustainable models of business that benefit both their society and stakeholders.

The Highlights

  • University of Cambridge offering
  • Projects and assessments
  • Self-paced learning
  • 8-10 hours per week
  • Split option of payment
  • Course provider Getsmarter
  • 8 weeks duration
  • Online learning
  • Downloadable resources
  • Shareable certificate

Programme Offerings

  • quizzes
  • online learning
  • Self-paced learning
  • Infographics
  • Live polls
  • Case Studies
  • video lectures
  • Offline resources.

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesInstitute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge

Sustainable Finance Fees Structure

Fee type

Fee amount in INR

Sustainable Finance fees

Rs. 127,150 


Installment Plan

1st installmentRequired before:

2025-02-11

Amount Due:

₹63,575.00 INR

2nd installmentRequired before:

2025-03-13

Amount Due:

₹63,575.00 INR


Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

To qualify for the Sustainable Finance certification, students must complete the online training modules and submit the project, case studies, and assignments. Students will have to participate in the course activities such as live polls, quizzes, tests, and more. A sequence of classroom activities along with projects and assignments are used to make the student’s progress report. Students must satisfy all the requirements outlined in the coursebook to qualify for the certification. The coursebook will be provided at the time of enrolment.

What you will learn

Business ManagementFinancial Management

After completing the Sustainable Finance online training, Learners will obtain a grasp of the Business Management, Financial management, and sustainable development problems confronting financial and business systems, as well as how sustainable development is reconfiguring economic markets to promote business and society. Students will learn about frameworks and tools for dealing with financial risks caused by environmental issues, as well as the insights required to produce long-term benefits. Students will also learn how to impact the profitability of their organization by using green finance methods and channeling money for a brighter development. Candidates will be able to establish a unique strategy for implementing finance development in their area of influence.


Who it is for

  • Anyone who is interested in learning more about the application of sustainable economics at both the local and global levels.
  • Company executives, Sustainability officers, insurers, investment bankers, politicians, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the financial industry want to understand how environmental and social challenges may guide investment choices and produce profits.
  • Current and prospective finance professionals, like Financial planners, Financial analysts, Accountant, Financial advisors, financial service providers, pension-fund trustees and consultants who want to learn how to effectively steer resources into financial activities that promote a sustainable economy.

Admission Details

To get admission to the Sustainable Finance course for beginners, follow the steps mentioned below:

Step 1. To open the course page of Sustainable Finance, go through the given link

(https://www.getsmarter.com/products/cambridge-sustainable-finance-online-short-course)

Step 2. Click on the ‘Register Now’ button to further proceed

Step 3. Agree with the terms and conditions to continue

Step 4. Generate a profile on the Getsmarter by providing personal information

Step 5. Provide the billing address and sponsor details if applicable

Step 6. Pay the amount fee and start the online class

The Syllabus

  • Define the role that financial institutions and supporting organisations play in the financial system
  • Describe the relationship between financial institutions and supporting organisations in the current financial system
  • Describe the growing VUCA pressures on the current global economic system
  • Discuss the pressures and trends in the current financial system
  • Identify the areas where the current financial system is not fit for purpose
  • Explain the impact of the current financial system on business, society, and the environment

  • Describe how capital flows are changing and need to change to create a sustainable finance system
  • Determine the impact that megatrends are having on the real economy and the different ways that actors in the financial system should respond
  • Identify possible barriers to change in the financial system
  • Describe winners and losers from the current financial system
  • Identify the initiatives that support a sustainable future and those that do not
  • Indicate how to change the incentives so that capital underpins a sustainable economy

  • Describe how sustainable finance initiatives have emerged
  • Show how early sustainable finance initiatives were slow to be adopted and had challenges being scaled
  • Describe how and why sustainable finance initiatives are increasingly applied across the financial system
  • Articulate the degree to which sustainable finance initiatives are scalable
  • Outline the range of system-wide sustainable finance initiatives that manage risk and identify opportunities
  • Determine the effectiveness of system-wide sustainable finance initiatives

  • Review how the Five Capitals framework broadens perspective on value in the economy
  • Illustrate how value is created, transferred or destroyed over time
  • Determine how current approaches to risk and return promote short-termism
  • Illustrate the elements of risk and return that are not currently included in most financing decisions
  • Describe how systems thinking can lead to better financing decisions
  • Illustrate the steps required to transform current approaches to risk and return at all levels of the financial system

  • Describe the key attributes needed to be effective in sustainable finance
  • Illustrate how the key attributes needed to be effective in sustainable finance can be applied at an individual level
  • Analyse the effectiveness of specific sustainable finance initiatives that operate within organisations
  • Articulate the limitations of specific organisation-level initiatives
  • Articulate the importance of system-wide approaches to promote sustainable finance
  • Compare the effectiveness of different system-wide initiatives

  • Describe the important role that the public sector plays in the financial system
  • Illustrate how the public sector can enhance the private sector's ability to drive sustainable finance
  • Investigate how the public and private sectors can collaborate to deliver sustainable outcomes
  • Assess how you and your organisation can engage with the public sector to revise the necessary incentives
  • Assess how your organisation and industry can collaborate with others to influence the public sector to promote sustainable finance

  • Identify disruptions and innovations happening in the finance system
  • Investigate how disruption and innovation in sustainable finance may transform the financial system over time
  • Articulate the case for incorporating innovation into business strategy to achieve sustainable finance outcomes
  • Analyse the importance of taking a broad view of innovation when moving toward a sustainable finance system
  • Reflect on the importance of incorporating a wide range of stakeholder perspectives into sustainable finance
  • Justify the need to continually innovate in sustainable finance

  • Explain your role in leading change within your organisation or sphere of influence
  • Identify the barriers to adopting operational change and taking action within your organisation
  • Illustrate the importance of gaining internal support for overcoming barriers to organisational culture change
  • Identify colleagues who can assist you in influencing sustainable finance-related change within your organisation
  • Investigate a range of support mechanisms beyond your existing network to help you to be more effective in your current role
  • Construct a personal action plan for overcoming the barriers and seizing opportunities associated with sustainable finance

Instructors

Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Cambridge Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Why is sustainable finance important?

Sustainable Finance helps in assisting incorporate environmental issues into mainstream banking and finance through research, collaborations, and advocacy.

2: What are the two main goals of sustainable finance products?

Sustainable finance product's two major goals are to integrate environmental impacts and to minimize perceived risks.

3: What are the 3 principles of sustainability?

People, Planet, and Profit are the 3 principles of sustainability.

4: What is sustainable personal finance?

Establishing and creating a balance between personal revenue and expenditures in order to meet necessities, interests and goals is sustainable personal finance.

5: What are the 3 pillars of sustainability?

Society, economy and environment are the 3 pillars of sustainability.

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