Sustainable Finance
- Identifies and explains key ESG factors
- Explores the role of finance in the transition to a sustainable economy
- Affords strategy that promotes long-term financial value
As investor awareness around climate risk has grown, so has the demand for a transition to a low-carbon economy. Sustainable finance is any form of financial service that integrates environmental, social, or governance (ESG) criteria into business or investment decisions. In these courses, you will develop skills to meet this demand by learning how to integrate ESG factors into the financial decision-making process for financial institutions and investment managers, as well as public, private, and not-for-profit institutions and investors.
This Summer, study from anywhere in the world in the safety and comfort of your home through online or remote instruction.
Environment and the Financial Markets
Learn the basic principles that govern socially responsible investing in the context of environmental criteria and financial markets.
Ethics and Governance
The course will offer a broad discussion of corporate boardroom considerations, ethics in the workplace, and the issue of corporate sustainability.
Social Entrepreneurship
Learn what social enterprise is and gain the foundational skills to launch your own.
International Development
Explore the main elements of country development—from economic, political, social, cultural, and environmental perspectives.
Socially Responsible Investing
Learn about socially responsible investing (SRI) strategies, markets, and stakeholders, as well as its practicalities within societies and markets.
Analytics for Energy Professionals
Explore methods for energy analysis and management and processes to collect and analyze data, and then practice interpreting and utilizing it.
Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Assistance
In order to achieve the key UN Sustainable Development goals of "No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Wellbeing, Gender Equality, Clean...
Energy Modeling Foundations
Learn to apply fundamental concepts from economics and finance to the power industry, taking renewables and other industry changes into consideration.
Health in Developing Countries
The world has made immense strides in improving health outcomes and increasing life-expectancy over the past century in large part due to...
Impact Investing and Financial Inclusion
Impact investors seek to generate environmental and social impacts in addition to financial returns. This course introduces you to how markets...
Politics and Development
"Good governance" is an essential condition for growth in low-income countries, and for human development as well. A number of the...
Applied Project: Managing Risk and Scenarios Planning
Working with a dedicated faculty advisor, students will be able to apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired in the previous courses to...
Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
This course will examine the economic challenges poor countries face and the strategies proposed to deal with them, beginning with an analysis...
Managing Risk and Uncertainty
Operating in conditions of uncertainty can be disorienting and bewildering. A risk-informed approach can allow global leaders to make informed...