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Overview
This Sustainable Finance course at Robert Gordon University builds your understanding of key sustainability issues and develops practical skills to integrate social and climate considerations into valuation, financing, and investment decisions.
The course is designed in consultation with industry professionals, opening doors to careers in sustainable finance. It covers the fundamentals, key instruments, methodologies, and frameworks for integrating sustainability into financial decisions, alongside global initiatives and regulations.
Career outcomes
Participants gain practical skills to create long-term value and explore advanced sustainable finance approaches, making it ideal for professionals from government, academia, finance, business, and civil society.
Programme Structure
What you will learn:
- In this course, you will explore sustainable finance, including capital markets, key participants, and motivations for sustainable investments.
- You will learn methods and financial tools to create long-term value and implement sustainable finance strategies.
- You will examine approaches such as ESG integration, exclusion, best-in-class, thematic, and impact investing.
- You will understand environmental, climate, social, and governance risks, transition finance, greenwashing, and rating divergences.
- You will also study green and social bonds, regulations, and frameworks, review academic research on sustainable investing, and develop skills to evaluate portfolio performance and integrate sustainability into financial decisions.
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Finance Sustainable Development View 83 other Short Courses in Sustainable Development in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Tuition Fees
Living costs
Aberdeen
United Kingdom
729 - 1069 GBP / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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