Sustainable Finance - ESG and the Future of Finance University of Oxford

Overview

What you will learn

This sustainable finance online programme is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to accelerate impactful and sustainable change. Throughout, you’ll develop a foundational understanding of how financial institutions, capital, equity and debt markets function, and learn about ESG and the future of finance.

It is grounded in the world-leading, multi-disciplinary research and teaching expertise of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group and Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. You’ll explore how the financial system can become “greener”, the ways in which changes can be implemented via innovative strategies and the financial opportunities and risks that may come from the transition to global environmental sustainability.

By the end of Sustainable Finance - ESG and the Future of Finance at University of Oxford, you will be able to:

• understand the purpose of finance and the structure of the financial system;
• navigate sustainable finance within a broad framework that considers the investment chain, asset classes and different finance professions;
• analyse the role of public policy in motivating investment in sustainability, understand how sustainable finance is shaped by public policy and the motivations of policymakers internationally, and evaluate what has or has not worked to date;
• assess how and why policies, regulations and supervisory expectations related to sustainable finance are evolving in different jurisdictions, and examine the opportunities this creates; and
• analyse the challenges, risks and opportunities associated with seeking positive environmental and social impacts through finance and evaluate what kinds of impacts are likely or possible.