The British Academy for Training and Development offers a comprehensive Sustainable finance training course. The Sustainable Finance Training Course for Finance Managers aims to build competence in finance professionals to integrate sustainability considerations into their financial decisions. The curriculum discusses ESG criteria, green investments, climate-related financial risks assessments, and sustainable reporting practices. Attendees will apply case studies and real-life applications to align financial strategies with sustainable development goals and regulatory expectations. This training course on Sustainable Finance will examine the practice, trends, and opportunities in current financial systems and analyse the impact on business strategy of the major social and environmental challenges facing organisations of all types. Attendees will be empowered to unlock and apply an innovative new approach to developing more sustainable business models for their organisations.

Objective:

By successfully finishing this Sustainable Finance training course, attendees will be able to:

Understand the aims and principles of sustainable financeIdentify the key environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issuesRecognise the impact on business and financial strategyEstablish meaningful tools for sustainable finance reportingCreate financial models to assess sustainable finance and other risksWho Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

Financial Reporting Team MembersStrategy Team MembersRisk Management ProfessionalsFinance ManagersBudget ManagersCommercial ManagersCapital Investment and Project Team MembersHow will attendees benefit?

After completing the course attendees will gain many benefits:

Enhance Expertise: Acquire effective understanding in sustainable finance principles along with contemporary global perspectives on this key issue.Strategic Infusion: Learn how to infuse the ESG factors into budgetary and forecasting exercises and risk management.Regulatory Message: Keep in touch with the current evolution of sustainability regulations and reporting standards.Better Decisions: Make sound financial decisions that result in long-term value and environmental duties.Credible Advantage: Position your organisation away ahead of any other organisation on the responsible finance scene, attracting the climate-conscience and sustainability valuing investors and stakeholders.

Fundamentals of Sustainable Finance

• Principles and foundation of sustainable finance

• Environmental issues and concerns

• Social issues and concerns

• Governance issues and concerns

• Ethical issues and concerns

• Defining organisational scope for sustainable finance

Sustainable Strategic Management

• Concepts of stakeholder value

• The purpose of competitive companies

• Principles and practice in corporate governance

• Redefining competitive business strategy

• Understanding business models and their disruption

• Identifying key success factors

• Using strategy maps to identify key performance indicators

Accounting and Reporting Sustainable Finance

• The traditional financial analysis toolkit

• Conventional measures of stakeholder value

• Selecting the right key performance measures

• Designing internal reports on sustainable finance

• Principles of Integrated Reporting (IR)

Business Investment and Sustainable Finance

• The challenges of sustainable investment

• Scenarios for business model reinvention

• Key decision factors for sustainable financial investment

• Traditional tools of investment appraisal

• Factoring in the environmental and social dimension

• Limitations of conventional investment appraisal methods 

Risk and Scope of Sustainable Finance

• Traditional approaches to understanding business risk

• Risk aspects from a sustainable finance perspective

• Sustainable finance developments in banking

• Sustainable finance developments in financial investments

• Financial modelling of risk under sustainable finance conditions

• The way forward in sustainable finance