An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
Green Finance
A Real Impact on Sustainable Development
Course Overview
Green growth is the pursuit of economic expansion while simultaneously reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. It emphasizes minimizing waste, optimizing resource efficiency, and fostering sustainable development. Achieving this requires long-term investment and financial commitment, ultimately benefiting businesses, nations, and the global economy.
This Green Finance training course equips participants with the key principles, tools, and strategies to effectively manage environmental and social risks while identifying investment opportunities that yield both financial returns and environmental benefits. The GLOMACS training course also promotes greater accountability in sustainable finance.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of green and sustainable financial products and services within banking, investment, and insurance. Additionally, the course will explore the finance sector’s critical role in driving the transition to a low-carbon and sustainable global economy
Training Objectives
By the End of This Green Finance Training Course, Participants Will Be Able To:
- Understand the key drivers of climate change science and the finance sector’s role in supporting the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy.
- Identify the contributions of banking, investment, and insurance in promoting sustainable development.
- Select appropriate green financial products and services to support sustainable projects.
- Recognize the necessary requirements for preparing projects that qualify for green finance.
- Analyze the impact of financial technology in advancing green and sustainable finance initiatives.
Who should Attend?
This Green Finance training course is ideal for professionals across various fields, especially:
- Finance Managers
- Banking Professionals
- Strategy Team Members
- Risk Management Professionals
- 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
DAY 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 5: 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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