Sustainable Finance

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Sustainable finance is a hot topic, and it’s making CEOs and directors turn to their accountants. This course looks at ways you can help businesses make financial decisions that prioritise sustainability and develop strategies and practices that tackle sustainability issues.

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours

120 days’ access

Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Sustainable Finance

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours 120 days’ access
Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Sustainable Finance

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This course will enable you to

  • Understand how to take ESG considerations into account when making financial decisions.
  • Recognise the governing bodies that can offer help on sustainable finance, and how to capitalise on this help.
  • Report on sustainability within your organisation, or your clients’ organisations.
  • Plan a sustainable project from start to finish using essential frameworks.
  • Make sense of the international sustainability standards and how to use them when reporting.

About the course

Sustainability has been a business-critical topic for a long time now, and it’s not going away. Each organisation is under increasing pressure to implement environmentally friendly practices and it’s making CEOs and directors turn to their accountants. It’s our role to look for cost-effective solutions that boost business sustainability credentials and help make financial decisions that put sustainability at the centre of the decision-making process.

This course explores how you can get involved in sustainable finance and provides a step-by-step guide for planning and implementing a sustainable project. You will be able to thoroughly assess an organisation’s sustainability and provide suggestions to improve its impact.

Contents

What is sustainable finance?

Finance and climate change
Defining sustainable finance
What is sustainable finance?
Sustainable investment
Sustainable finance strategies
Where do I fit in?
The role of the accountant

The structure

Finding information
The United Nations
The European Union
The United Kingdom
Promoting sustainability
Considering the proposal

International standards

Greenwashing
Looking at the standards
The International Organisation for Standardisation
ISO 32210
ISO 32220
Publicly Available Specifications
PAS 7340
PAS 7341
The future
IFRS S1
IFRS S2

A toolkit

A toolkit
Measuring sustainability
Scope and objectives
Selecting ESG elements
Evaluating the impact
Revise plans
Taking it further
Financial appraisal
Impact assessment
Final thoughts

How it works

Author

Ross Maynard

Ross Maynard

Ross has worked as a consultant and trainer for over 20 years, specialising in finance processes, management information and performance measurement. He supports organisations to understand their processes; facilitates improvement teams; and supports staff to work together as a team to deliver tangible and sustainable improvements.