CERTIFICATE IN ESG INVESTING 2023

Unit Aims

By the end of this unit, learners should be able to demonstrate:

? An understanding of the context for different approaches to responsible investment and specifically, consideration of environmental, social and go-ernance (ESG) factors.

? An understanding of the underlying issues that constitute factors within each of the environmental, social and governance areas.

? An understanding of the broader sustainability context and global initiatives.

? An understanding of the ESG market: relevance, size, scope, key drivers and challenges, and risks and opportunities.

? An understanding of environmental factors, systemic relationships, material impacts, megatrends and approaches to environmental analysis at country, sector and company levels.

? An understanding of social factors, systemic relationships, material impacts and approaches to social analysis at country, sector and company levels.

? An understanding of governance factors, key characteristics, main models and material impacts.

? An understanding of engagement and stewardship.

? An understanding of ESG analysis, valuation and integration.

? An ability to analyse how ESG factors may affect industry and company performance, and security valuation across a range of asset classes.

? An understanding of ESG integrated portfolio construction and management.

? An ability to apply a range of approaches to ESG analysis and integration across a range of asset classes.

? An understanding of investment mandates, portfolio analytics and client reporting.