Finance and reporting for sustainability (2235.YR.015659.1)

General information

Type:	OPT	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	3 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Year 1	Ariadna Dumitrescu	Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad	ENG

Core and compulsory courses in Economics and Financial Economics.

Basic concepts in Economics, Finance and accounting

This course will provide an overview of sustainable finance, including the concepts, principles and practices that underpin it. Students will learn about the various accounting standards and frameworks, financial instruments and strategies that can be used to promote sustainable economic development, and will explore the ways in which sustainable finance can be integrated into financial decision-making.

Upon completing this course students should be familiar with:

- Challenges to sustainable development and finance
- The role of business and finance for sustainability
- Basic terms and concepts in sustainable finance, ESG
- ESG data necessary for assessing ESG performance
- Sustainability accounting and reporting frameworks, principles and standards
- Responsible investment, its drivers and its different strategies
- Sustainable financial products and services and how they benefit companies, investors and society in a sustainable transition
- Tools and techniques to be integrated in financial analysis, investment analysis and portfolio analysis
- Analyze and research current issues and challenges in sustainable finance

1. Overview of Sustainable Finance

2. Sustainability Reporting

3. Sustainability Regulation

4. Sustainable Changes to Corporations

5. Financial Instruments and Strategies for Sustainable Development

6. ESG Integration into Financial Decision-making

7. ESG Investing

8. Climate Change and Finance

The pedagogical approach will be based on active learning, flipped-classroom learning and teamwork. The appropriate teaching method will be chosen depending on the learning objectives of each class session. During class, students will be discussing case studies, listening to lectures, watching and discussing videos, use tutorials, computerized applications, exercises, and personal coaching to lead students towards becoming a confident professional equipped with the experience and the skill set needed in modern business.

All students are expected to prepare ahead of class. They should read the required cases and articles, contribute their ideas to the class and to their teams, and come well prepared for class debate.

Group	Teacher	Department
Year 1	Ariadna Dumitrescu	Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad