Overview

This course consists of five modules on sustainability and ESG.

Module 1 provides an overview of stranded assets and their potential impact on the financial sector, focusing on how the transition to a low-carbon economy can significantly reduce asset values.

Module 2 provides an overview of the circular economy, a sustainable alternative to the linear model, highlighting its focus on waste reduction, pollution prevention, and sustainable resource management.

Module 3 explores the blue economy, focusing on its benefits in ocean-based value creation, ecosystem restoration, and climate action, as well as the financial sector's contribution to its development.

Module 4 explores the causes and consequences of deforestation, its role in climate change, and measures to address and mitigate it.

Module 5 provides an overview of common clean energy sources and explores how the financial sector can support the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Objective

On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe what stranded assets are
- List the reasons why assets become stranded
- Explain how stranded assets represent a significant risk for the financial sector
- Explain why the linear model of production and consumption is unsustainable
- Describe how the circular economy provides an alternative to this linear model
- Recognize the key principles that underpin the circular economy
- Outline the factors that are damaging our oceans
- Identify the benefits of a sustainable blue economy
- Describe how the financial sector can support the blue economy
- Explain the effects of mass deforestation
- List the reasons for deforestation
- Describe how current levels of deforestation may be halted
- List the most common types of clean energy
- Explain the difference between clean energy and renewable energy
- Outline the benefits of clean energy
- Describe how the financial sector can support the transition to a low-carbon economy

Content

Module 1: Stranded Assets
Module 2: Circular Economy
Module 3: Blue Economy
Module 4: Deforestation
Module 5: Clean Energy