Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Overview

This Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing Certificate from  Frankfurt School of Finance and Management  gives you a comprehensive foundation in ESG and Impact Investing and empowers you to become a changemaker in sustainable finance:

• Explore ESG and Impact Investing fundamentals, understanding their links to mainstream finance.
• Become familiar with key strategies for ESG quality assurance and learn how to embed them across the investment process.
• Gain hands-on insight into sustainable financial instruments, legal constructs, disclosure standards, and reporting practices.
• Learn to apply regulatory knowledge and navigate issues such as greenwashing to drive meaningful, trusted impact.

• Gain an accredited certification (6 ECTS credits)

Key facts:

In this Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing programme from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, you’ll progress through carefully structured units designed to equip you with both theory and real-world application. You’ll begin by understanding ESG criteria and Impact Investing within traditional finance. 

Then explore the historical and theoretical context, before mastering quality assurance approaches across the investment cycle. The course also takes you through integrating ESG and Impact into financial instruments and finishing with practical insights into disclosure and reporting standards, including emerging regulations.