ONLINE COURSE
ESG Investing
Unlock ESG’s potential. Learn how to use Environmental, Social and Governance factors to improve your investment returns, positively impact society and reflect your values.
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Programme Impact
Modern investing means looking beyond the balance sheet
Understand how to leverage ESG to improve your investment returns, positively impact society and reflect your values.
- Good for you
- Build fundamental knowledge of ESG principles to improve your investment returns, positively impact society and reflect your values.
- Understand how to practice ESG investing: what data to gather, how to scrutinise it, and how to incorporate it into investment decisions.
- Gain insight from rigorous real-world evidence on ESG investing: what works, what doesn’t, and why widely-held beliefs about ESG are incorrect.
- Explore the different strategies available to an ESG investor – divestment, tilting, integration, and engagement – and when they are most effective.
- Grasp the complex trade-offs associated with ESG investing – why societal impact may sometimes be at the expense of financial returns, and why ESG factors may conflict with each other – and how to navigate them.
- Discover the concept of stewardship, or ‘active ownership’, and which forms are likely to be most impactful.
- Learn about recent developments in ESG investing, including new issues (e.g. biodiversity), new data (e.g. artificial intelligence), and new regulations to stay at the cutting edge of this rapidly evolving field.
- Build credibility with a London Business School certificate of completion.
- Learn from renowned practitioners in the ESG investment space, gaining insight from their extensive knowledge and experience.
3
years of finance experience
required
Attendees can include but not limited to:
- Mainstream investors who want to integrate environmental, social, and governance factors into their portfolios
- ESG investors who want to sharpen their skills and learn the latest developments
- Company executives who interact with investors, such as finance professionals and investor relations
Programme content
Invest in change
ESG is fundamentally reshaping investment portfolios, but is frequently misunderstood and ever-changing.
- What you learn
- How you learn
- FAQs
- Understand of the power of ESG investing and how it has the potential to achieve financial returns, societal impact and values alignment.
- Recognise the challenges of ESG investing, including how its goals can conflict with each other and why it has recently become controversial.
- Dive into the evidence for each of three pillars of ESG investing and why the case for ESG is far less open and shut than commonly portrayed.
- Learn how to effectively execute different strategies for ESG investing and learn ESG frameworks that guide which factors and data sources to rely on.
- Understand how responsible investors use voting and engagement to unleash value in the companies they own
- Learn about recent developments in ESG investing, including new issues (e.g. biodiversity), new data (e.g. artificial intelligence), and new regulations to stay at the cutting edge of this rapidly-evolving field.
Self-paced flexible learning
Challenge your thinking with our range of online courses for individuals and teams. During this unique digital learning experience, you’ll embark on a self-paced journey with a dedicated Learning Manager over the course of several weeks. We have a variety of programmes to suit your individual needs, all of which offer access to the expertise of our world-class faculty, no matter where you are in the world, and an e-certificate on completion.
Up to 15 hours of pre-recorded faculty-led lectures
Learn from industry experts through videos, curated content, assignments and - on select courses - live faculty sessions.
6 weeks, 4-5 hours per week
Experience a journey to suit your schedule with self-paced learning over the course of 6 weeks.
Dedicated learning manager support
Benefit from the support of a learning manager to boost your development.
Global online peer network
Connect and reinforce your learnings with an exceptional group of peers from around the world.
E-certificate on completion
Build credibility with a London Business School e-certificate on completion.
Certificate in Management
This programme can also be taken as part of the Certificate in Management. Enhance your leadership and business skills with a comprehensive learning journey tailored to you and create a personalised curriculum to shift your career to the next level.
How to apply
Submit your application through our online application form.
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The fee for the programme is £1,995.*
We offer a 25% discount for London Business School Alumni and for those who complete four eligible Certificate in Management or Finance programmes.
For more information on what the programme fee covers, please speak to our Client Relationship Manager.
*Fees are subject to change.
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