An Interactive 10-Day Training Course
Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance
Harnessing Financial Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Course Overview
In today’s evolving business landscape, merely recognizing global sustainability challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, and inequality is no longer enough. Investors, stakeholders, and the public expect organizations to take concrete action in addressing these issues.
The Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course is designed to equip professionals with the key principles, tools, and strategies needed to integrate sustainability into financial decision-making. Participants will gain the expertise to guide their organizations in adopting finance approaches that align with sustainability goals while driving long-term value for the organization, stakeholders, and society.
Through this GLOMACS training course, attendees will explore current financial practices, emerging trends, and new opportunities in sustainable finance. The program delves into the ways environmental and social challenges influence business strategies and reshape financial systems. By developing innovative and sustainable financial models, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the finance sector’s pivotal role in transitioning to a low-carbon, sustainable future. This course empowers professionals to lead sustainability initiatives within their organizations and contribute to global efforts for a more sustainable economy.
Key Highlights of This Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance Training Course:
- The growing expectations for businesses to address sustainability challenges such as climate change and inequality.
- Essential principles, tools, and insights for integrating sustainability into financial strategies.
- How organizations can adopt finance approaches that create value for both business and society.
- Current trends and opportunities in sustainable finance and investment.
- The impact of environmental and social issues on corporate financial strategies.
- The finance sector’s role in facilitating a low-carbon, sustainable economy.
- Practical approaches for developing sustainable business models and financial frameworks.
- Strategies to drive change and contribute to global sustainability efforts.
Modules
This training course is split into two modules:
Module I - Sustainable Finance
Module II - Green Finance
Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.
Training Objectives
By the End of This Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance Training Course, Participants Will Be Able To:
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the objectives and core principles of sustainable finance.
- Analyze key environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges and their implications for finance.
- Evaluate the impact of sustainability on business operations and financial strategies.
- Utilize effective tools for reporting on sustainable finance initiatives.
- Design financial models to assess sustainable finance opportunities and associated risks.
- Identify and select appropriate green financial products and services to support sustainable projects.
- Understand the guidelines and requirements for preparing projects eligible for green finance funding.
- Explore the role of financial technology (FinTech) in advancing green and sustainable finance solutions.
Who should Attend?
This Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Financial reporting team members
- Banking professionals
- Strategy team members
- Risk management professionals
- Finance managers
- Budget managers
- Commercial managers
- Capital investment and project team members
About Saudi Glomacs
At Saudi GLOMACS, we specialize in delivering world-class training courses in Saudi Arabia and across various international locations. Our training courses are tailored to meet the unique demands of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Human Capability Development Program, focusing on empowering Saudi citizens and enhancing workforce skills. We offer diverse courses spanning leadership, management, engineering, and technical disciplines to cultivate expertise and drive professional growth. Our flexible learning options—whether in-person, online, or in-house—ensure accessibility and convenience for individuals and organizations alike.
With over 30+ years of experience through the GLOMACS global network, we are committed to delivering innovative, results-driven training solutions. Our expert instructors combine industry knowledge with dynamic teaching methods, fostering practical skill development and long-term career success. By choosing Saudi GLOMACS, you're investing in personal excellence and contributing to the Kingdom’s sustainable economic growth and vision-driven transformation.
Training Outline
Module 1: Sustainable Finance
DAY 1: Fundamentals of Sustainable Finance
- Principles and foundation of sustainable finance
- Environmental issues and concerns
- Social issues and concerns
- Governance issues and concerns
- Ethical issues and concerns
- Defining organisational scope for sustainable finance
DAY 2: Sustainable Strategic Management
- Concepts of stakeholder value
- The purpose of competitive companies
- Principles and practice in corporate governance
- Redefining competitive business strategy
- Understanding business models and their disruption
- Identifying key success factors
- Using strategy maps to identify key performance indicators
DAY 3: Accounting and Reporting Sustainable Finance
- The traditional financial analysis toolkit
- Conventional measures of stakeholder value
- Selecting the right key performance measures
- Designing internal reports on sustainable finance
- Principles of Integrated Reporting (IR)
DAY 4: Business Investment and Sustainable Finance
- The challenges of sustainable investment
- Scenarios for business model reinvention
- Key decision factors for sustainable financial investment
- Traditional tools of investment appraisal
- Factoring in the environmental and social dimension
- Limitations of conventional investment appraisal methods
DAY 5: Risk and Scope of Sustainable Finance
- Traditional approaches to understanding business risk
- Risk aspects from a sustainable finance perspective
- Sustainable finance developments in banking
- Sustainable finance developments in financial investments
- Financial modelling of risk under sustainable finance conditions
- The way forward in sustainable finance
Module 2: Green Finance
DAY 6: Sustainable Finance and Green Finance
- Climate change and our changing world
- Building a sustainable financial system
- Greening finance, financing green, and transition finance
- Responsible retail, commercial, and corporate banking products and services
- Measuring and reporting impacts, alignment, and flows of green and sustainable finance
- Risk management
DAY 7: Green Loans Financing Sustainability
- What makes a loan a green loan
- Types of green loans
- Green loan principles
- How does a green loan report its impact
- The connection between green loans and green bonds
- Green project for a green loan
DAY 8: Green and Sustainable Bonds
- Debt capital markets, and the development of the green and sustainable bond market
- Green, social, sustainability-linked, and other forms of sustainable bonds (e.g. blue bonds, transition bonds)
- Green bond principles, social bond principles, sustainability-linked bond principles
- Green bond listings, indices, and funds
- Securitisation
- Green project for green bonds
DAY 9: Responsible and Sustainable Investment
- Foundations of investment and the role of equity markets in the financial system
- Sustainable investment, ESG and similar terms – definitions and comparisons
- Principles for responsible investment
- Sustainable investment strategies and themes
- Growth of sustainable investment, factors driving this (risk, regulation, returns) and challenges to further growth (especially greenwashing)
- Sustainable investment products, including funds (mutual, index, ETF, etc), indices, private equity, venture capital, angel investing
DAY 10: Insurance – Impact Underwriting
- The insurance sector and the physical impacts of climate change
- Sustainable finance product issuance trends
- Principles for sustainable insurance
- Impact underwriting: personal insurance, including green home insurance and green motor insurance
- Impact underwriting: commercial and corporate insurance, including commercial property, renewable energy
- Climate risk insurance, including sovereign catastrophe risk pooling and index insurance
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