The Role of Socially Responsible Investments in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (3ed. 2022)
This course forms part of an Erasmus+ project From Enviromental, Social and Governance (ESG) Integration to Impact Investing dedicated to how to use the beneficial of capital markets in order to finance socially responsible projects.
The course content will focus on the role of sustainable investing in addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The framework for a Sustainable Society and their goals as well as fundamental concepts of Sustainable Investing will be described, and interdependencies will be illustrated.
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The course is structured in 3 sections and composed by 12 units. This open course starts by explaining the implications of climate change commitments and the SDGs on economy, businesses and finance. These bases serve as an introduction to the main principles, strategies and management tools used like exclusions, engagement and voting, ESG integration, norms-based screening, best-in-class, sustainability themed, and impact investing.
Unit 1. Sustainability, implications, and historical development
Unit 2. Transformations for a sustainable economy
Unit 3. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Unit 4: Business contribution to the SDGs
Unit 5. Sustainable finance
Unit 6. Financial markets and sustainability
Unit 7. Main sustainable financial instruments
Unit 8. Defining Socially Responsible Investments (SRI)
Unit 9. SRI strategies and ESG criteria
Unit 10. SRI indexes and ESG rating agencies
Unit 11. Social impact investing
Unit 12. Social impact investing: A case study