Understanding ESG in the Banking Industry

Surface temperature on the Earth have risen at a record pace in recent decades, creating risks to life, ecosystems, and economies. Climate science warns us that further warming is unavoidable over the next decade, and probably after that as well. Climate change poses a real threat and a huge risk to banks as key providers of finance for commerce and industry.

Climate change is putting banks at risk. This risk is being driven by two requirements facing the banking sector:

• Banks need to manage their own financial exposures, and these exposures are at risk because of climate change.  
• Banks are being driven by regulatory pressure to help finance a green agenda, a process that is critical to temper the impact of global warming. 
  

This course examines the outlined problems that banks are facing and provides practical guidance to assist them in complying with ESG requirements.

This online training course carries 2 CPE credits.

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Business: go woke or go broke? - The Economist

Today consumers want to buy more sustainable products, employees want to work for firms that share their values, and in the investment world, ESG funds are all the rage. How are companies responding to these shifting demands and can businesses really do well by doing good? 

 

An Introduction to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Criteria - New Online Course

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (more commonly referred to as ESG) refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and societal impact of an investment in a company or business. Analysis of these criteria can help determine the future financial performance of companies (in other words the return capital and the risks that they face).

ESG criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that today’s socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments.

• Environmental criteria look at how a company performs as a steward of nature in protecting the planet.
  

• Social criteria examine how the company manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates.
  

• Governance deals with a company’s leadership, the pay of its executives, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are an increasingly popular way for investors to evaluate companies in which they might want to invest. Using ESG criteria can also help investors avoid companies that could pose a greater financial risk due to below par environmental or other practices.

This course is an introduction to these criteria and how they may be used.

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