Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) & Sustainable Financing Masterclass
ESG as a financial discipline rather than a marketing exercise — data, credit risk, regulation and the decisions banks and investors must defend to their own boards.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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ESG has moved from the annual report’s back pages to the centre of how regulators, investors, customers and employees judge a bank — yet the data behind it remains patchy and the risk discipline immature. This masterclass treats ESG as finance: how sustainability links to financial decision-making, how ESG-related issues translate into credit risk, and how to work around the quality problems in ESG, SDG and CO2 datasets. Drawing on case studies of what banks and asset managers did to protect clients through recent systemic crises — live rehearsals for ESG shocks — the cohort works through ESG risk analysis, company performance assessment from public information, and supervisory climate stress tests.
What you will do
Who attends
- Portfolio, asset and fund managers
- Credit analysts, ratings advisors and credit risk professionals
- Financial regulators and banking supervisors
- Compliance, governance and front-office teams
- Investment and commercial bankers
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.ESG and the finance link
- What ESG is and its relevance to financial decision-making
- Key environmental, social and governance issues
- How stakeholders influence corporate ESG performance
II.ESG data and its limits
- ESG datasets, reporting gaps and the future of sustainable finance
- Quality issues in ESG, SDG and CO2 data — and how to overcome them
- Assessing ESG performance from publicly available information
III.ESG risk management
- Managing ESG-related risks, especially credit risk
- Analysing ESG risks and opportunities in the portfolio
- Lessons from recent crises for coping with ESG shocks
IV.Climate scenarios and supervision
- Potential climate impacts and the risk management tools that address them
- Simplified transition risk scenario analysis
- Supervisory climate risk stress tests
- Key considerations for companies and investors
Frequently asked
How does the masterclass deal with the weaknesses of ESG data?
Head-on. The programme covers the quality problems in ESG, SDG and CO2 datasets and how to work past them, the reporting gaps behind them, and how to assess a company’s ESG performance from publicly available information and translate it into business intelligence — treating ESG as a financial discipline rather than a marketing exercise.
Is the course relevant for investors as well as banks?
Yes. The audience spans portfolio, asset and fund managers, credit analysts and ratings advisors, financial regulators and banking supervisors, compliance and front-office teams, and investment and commercial bankers. Case studies of how banks and asset managers protected clients through recent systemic crises anchor the discussion for both perspectives.
In which languages is the masterclass available, and what about fees and dates?
The masterclass is delivered in English and French. It runs on a rolling calendar with dates confirmed on request, and fees and quotations are provided on enquiry. An in-house edition tailored to your institution is available, letting the ESG risk analysis and scenario work be grounded in your own portfolio and reporting obligations.
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