Fundamentals of Environmental, Social and Governance (ON-DEMAND) - ESG
Course Summary
This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG): what it is, how it originated, and how it is used. You’ll learn about the key environmental, social and governance criteria, and how they are used in ESG investing and company reporting. We’ll also cover ESG metrics and benchmarks.
Course Content
You will learn to:
- Define what ESG is.
- Point out when, and how, the concept originally came to prominence.
- Recognize why ESG has become more important in the past few years.
- Identify how a company can benefit from paying attention to ESG issues.
- Recognize the key ESG criteria: environmental, social and governance.
- Point out the link between ESG, climate change, and the energy transition.
- Recognize how ESG is used in corporate risk assessment.
- Identify different types of ESG screening that can be used in investing.
- Identify some possible aims and goals of ESG investing.
- Recognize some common ESG investment products.
- Recognize ESG metrics and benchmarks.
Practice exercises and self-assessment quizzes are included to help reinforce key topics introduced throughout the course.
A comprehensive final test will be given at the end of the course.
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