Kick off presentation
- Contextualization – What is ESG and why is it coming
- The big picture – Looking at the data
- History and ESG development – International differences
Module 1: The Financial System and the Financial approach
- Institutions, instruments and markets
- Risk-return paradigm
- Green Monetary Policy
- The goals of financial regulators and role of European Central Bank
Module 2: ESG in investment portfolios
- ESG criteria integration in portfolio formation
- Alternative approaches to form portfolios
- ESG as an alpha generator
Module 3: Non-financial information: ESG data in corporate reporting
- Present and future of sustainability information in corporate reporting
- Best practice of ESG information
Module 4: The issue of financing – Firm’s possibilities
- Green Bonds
- Social Bonds
- Transition Bonds
Module 5: Ethical Banking
- Driving forces for the emergency of Ethical Finances sector
- Ethical Finances: Conceptualization and Networks
- The European efforts towards defining sustainable banks: an ethical perspective