Professional Certificate in Sustainable Finance

About this course

Lead the operational integration of sustainability across portfolios, products and risk disciplines in a financial institution.

Professional certificate covering portfolio decarbonisation, climate risk in credit/market/liquidity, and product design under SFDR/UK SDR.

What you'll be able to do

• Build portfolio decarbonisation strategies.
• Integrate climate into credit, market and liquidity risk.
• Design credible sustainable products with audit-ready evidence.
• Run a sustainable finance practice end-to-end.

Syllabus — 8 modules

1. 01
   Portfolio decarbonisation strategies

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
2. 02
   Credit, market and liquidity climate risk

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
3. 03
   Product design, labelling and disclosure

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
4. 04
   Capstone — running a sustainable finance practice

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
5. 05
   Advanced PCAF and avoided emissions

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
6. 06
   Climate stress testing and ICAAP/ORSA

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
7. 07
   Impact investing and blended finance

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
8. 08
   Nature, biodiversity and just-transition finance

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz

Standards & references

• Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
• EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities
• PCAF — Global GHG Accounting & Reporting for Financial Industry
• NGFS Climate Scenarios for central banks & supervisors
• UNEP FI Principles for Responsible Banking
• TCFD Recommendations
• Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)