Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

  • explain the limits to our current economic and business models and why sustainability matters ;
  • define SF, know its three stages and how it can be declined on the different financial sectors (equities, bonds, banking and insurance)
  • evaluate the sustainability of a coporate/investment project by means of approriate accouting/metrics/models
  • read, analyse, criticize research papers on various topics pertaining to SF

 

Goals

The main objectives of the course are the following:

  1. Equip you with strong milestones supported by up-to-date scientific facts about the environmental and social challenges of our times;
  2. Document the limitations of standard finance to explain a series a stylized facts and present alternative theoretical frameworks and models ;
  3. Provide an overview of the main concepts related to sustainable finance (SF hereafter) as well as the attempts to regulate the system

 

Assessment method

Assignment

Sources, references and any support material

  • Giraud et al. (2017) Transition ́ecologique et ́energ ́etique dans les pays du Sud Coursera.
  • Hens et Rieger (2010) Financial Economics, A concise introduction to classic and behavioral finance
    Springer.
  • Krüger and Schlaepfer (2017) Finance and Sustainability Course notes, University of Geneva.
  • Schoenmaker, D. and W. Schramade (2018) Principles of Sustainable Finance Oxford Univ. Press.

 

Language of instruction

Français