Course 2022-2023 a.y.

• Investor demand for sustainability and the many facets of sustainable finance
• Principles of sustainable finance—financing and investment
• Environmental, social, and governance outcomes
• Investor engagement and activism
• ESG portfolio construction
• Measuring ESG performance and pricing of risks: Can investors do well by doing good?
• ESG data and its challenges
• Sustainability and asset classes—ESG funds, loans, green bonds, impact investing

Understand and explain core investment and financing techniques concepts; understand and explain the foundations of sustainable finance

Apply the key concepts of sustainable finance and critically assess the incentives and actions of firms, investors, and other stakeholders regarding ESG, as well as their outcomes.

• Face-to-face lectures
• Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
• Exercises (exercises, database, software etc.)
• Case studies /Incidents (traditional, online)
• Individual assignments
• Group assignments
• Interactive class activities (role playing, business game, simulation, online forum, instant polls)

• Data assignments: students work on exercises in class and as take-homes.
• Case studies: case studies are assigned to give students a sense of solving allegedly real problems facing a firm.
• Individual assignments: students work through individual assignments throughout the course, helping students to synthesize the material.
• Group assignments: groups of students work on group projects

Course assessment is identical for attending and non-attending students. Your course grade will reflect your performance, with weights determined as follows:

25% Class participation        

25% Individual assignments                              

25% Team projects

25% Final exam

• Class participation: Active participation in class and within the electronic learning tools used in the course will be required to be a successful participant in the course.
• Individual assignments: There will be case and quiz assignments throughout the course. The cases are designed to give students a sense of solving allegedly real problems facing a manager. The quizzes are individually assigned to students and contain exercises aimed at synthesizing the course material and assessing students' ability to apply analytical tools and their institutional knowledge.  
• Team projects: Team projects will be self-chosen and be presented by all teams in dedicated sessions.
• Final exam: The final exam will cover all course material, the details are covered in class.
• Human factor: I will be the grader, and I may make mistakes. If I screw up, bring it to my attention and I will fix it.

Unused grade components have expiration conditions, the details are covered in class.

• Course note packet (on Blackboard): The online course pack contains video materials, syllabus, class lecture notes, technical documents, journal articles, and data files.
• Cases (on Blackboard): a set of cases we work through in class.
• FAQ (on Blackboard): an up-to-date guide to Frequently Asked Questions about the course.
• Textbook: There is no textbook for the course.
• Pre-readings (on Blackboard): See the course notes for pre-reading to be done before the course formally begins.