Green Finance

This course focuses on Sustainable Finance & Climate Risk Management through a quantitative approach. During the classes students will be equipped with the insights, frameworks, and skills to evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and measure and manage impact resulting from investments. We will explore the evolving sustainable investing landscape, understand how to incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions, gain insights into climate risk and how to incorporate those implications into financial models, and develop a new perspective on the interaction of investing and impact. Bellow we have the key concepts that will be covered and the main learning goals:

• Explore the evolving sustainable investing landscape
• Understand how to incorporate ESG factors into investment decisions
• Apply frameworks to measure and monitor sustainable investment opportunities
• Analyze cutting-edge implementation strategies
• Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities
• Discover how to integrate risks into financial models
• Think critically about how and where to add value while avoiding “impact washing”

Prerequisites (recommended): basic level of knowledge in Financial Mathematics, Investment Analysis and Microeconomics

• FGV Undergrad in Economics: Investments course
• FGV Undergrad in Business Administration: Financial Management I cours