ESG Investing: Setting Standards & Conducting Analysis

ESG Investing - Setting Standards and Conducting Analysis provides students with a basic understanding of traditional financial products as well as some key concepts that will help them better understand ESG. This includes the reasons behind its creation and how it evolved. This course consists of video, webinar and reading modules. You will learn how to identify the fundamental principles that underpin ESG's "E", "S", and "G" as well as a brief history of ESG's evolution and origins. You should also acquire insights into certain global and domestic goals and frameworks that drive and support issuers' ESG agendas for economic, financial, and ethical purposes, as well as learn how to examine and construct different investment strategies aligned with investment returns, such as negative/exclusionary screening and integration. It is important to gain an understanding of how companies create their ESG strategies and what risks they face.