Learn, adapt and succeed with your Professional Certificate in Sustainability for Finance
Climate change. Global pandemics. Economic instability. It’s an uncertain world – and as a financial professional you and your organisation need to be prepared. Certificate in Sustainability for Finance gives you the tools you need to adapt and succeed and be future ready. By completing all five courses and a one-off assessment, you’ll learn how to create value for your organisation and drive sustainable business techniques. And you’ll gain the knowledge and skills you need to adapt, build, and succeed whatever the future holds.
To get the Certificate, you’ll need to complete all five courses of this online, interactive qualification. Study at your own pace.
Get to grips with sustainability and what it means for you.
Learn how to assess risk and build organisational resilience.
Understand how SDGs can add value to your organisation.
Apply your accounting skills as you learn to measure performance related
to ESGs.
Unlock invaluable insight into
sustainability and financial reporting.
About the course
Sustainability is one of the burning issues of our times and is an issue that is relevant to us all, regardless of where we live or how we earn our living. As organisations are rebuilding from the pandemic, there is a growing desire for a transformative and sustainable global recovery, which is providing a fresh focus for organisations to drive forward their position in relation to sustainability. Accountants and finance professionals have an important part to play helping organisations adapt as they adopt the sustainable practices required to prevent resource depletion, facilitate long term success, and build a more stainable future. The Certificate in Sustainability for Finance will allow finance teams to gain the skills and knowledge to enable them to confidently lead on sustainability issues in their organisations.
Key learning outcomes
- Explain why sustainability is important to society, to organisations, and to finance professionals
- Evaluate business value chains, business models and business practices for sustainability and related issues
- Evaluate business value chains, business models and business practices for sustainability and related issues
- Evaluate business value chains, business models and business practices for sustainability and related issues
- Define climate change risks and the financial implications associated with these risks and understand the reporting frameworks for climate risk disclosures
- Define climate change risks and the financial implications associated with these risks and understand the reporting frameworks for climate risk disclosures
- Explain the UN SDGs, their significance for organisations in terms of risks and opportunities and the definitions of impact
- Explain why ESG issues are important for your organisation and evaluate processes and systems for collecting, analysing and reporting ESG information
- Explain why sustainability analytics is important for your organisation and evaluate the approach for compiling, analysing and interpreting ESG data.
Who needs the Professional Certificate in Sustainability for Finance Course?
Investment managers: They need to evaluate the sustainability of investments and assess the potential risks and opportunities associated with sustainability issues.
Sustainability managers: They need to understand the financial implications of sustainability initiatives and communicate these to financial stakeholders.
Risk managers: They need to assess the risks associated with sustainability issues and incorporate them into risk management frameworks.
Corporate social responsibility managers: They need to develop and implement sustainability strategies that align with the company’s financial objectives.
In general, the course is beneficial for any finance professional who wants to integrate sustainability considerations into their work, as it covers topics such as sustainable finance principles, sustainable investing, climate change risks and opportunities, and sustainable reporting frameworks
Exam Prep Classes:
The objective of providing the Professional Certificate in Sustainability for Finance Course in Dubai is to equip finance professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate sustainability considerations into financial decision-making processes.
- Comprehensive classes
- Off the class discussion facility
- One-to-one counseling sessions
- 24/7 support availability
- Revision of Key topics & Question-based revision
- Guaranteed mock exams with the discussion
- Memory techniques & Exam techniques
