Introduction

Financial decision-making is undergoing a fundamental shift as organisations face increasing expectations to address climate change, social inequality, and governance accountability. Investors, regulators, and stakeholders now demand transparency, responsibility, and long-term value creation that extends beyond short-term financial performance. Sustainable finance provides a structured approach to aligning financial strategy with environmental, social, and governance priorities while maintaining competitiveness and resilience. This Sustainable Finance training course explores how organisations can embed sustainability into financial frameworks, capital allocation, and performance evaluation.

The course examines how sustainable finance influences business strategy, investment decisions, and risk management across sectors. Participants gain insight into evolving ESG expectations, integrated reporting practices, and the financial implications of sustainability-related risks and opportunities. By adopting sustainable finance principles, organisations can enhance strategic foresight, strengthen stakeholder trust, and support responsible growth in an increasingly complex global environment.

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This training course adopts a participative, practice-oriented learning approach that combines guided instruction with applied discussion and analytical exercises. Participants explore sustainable finance scenarios and decision frameworks, strengthening their ability to translate sustainability concepts into practical financial strategies.

Sustainable Finance

Who Should Attend?

This training course is ideal for professionals seeking to…

  • Finance and accounting professionals
  • Strategy and planning managers
  • Risk, governance, and compliance professionals
  • Investment and treasury professionals
  • Sustainability and ESG leaders
  • Senior managers involved in financial decision-making

 

Course Outline

Day 1

Fundamentals of Sustainable Finance

  • Principles and foundation of sustainable finance
  • Environmental issues and concerns
  • Social issues and concerns
  • Governance issues and concerns
  • Ethical issues and concerns
  • Defining organisational scope for sustainable finance
Day 2

Sustainable Strategic Management

  • Concepts of stakeholder value
  • The purpose of competitive companies
  • Principles and practice in corporate governance
  • Redefining competitive business strategy
  • Understanding business models and their disruption
  • Identifying key success factors
  • Using strategy maps to identify key performance indicators
Day 3

Accounting and Reporting Sustainable Finance

  • The traditional financial analysis toolkit
  • Conventional measures of stakeholder value
  • Selecting the right key performance measures
  • Designing internal reports on sustainable finance
  • Principles of Integrated Reporting (IR)
Day 4

Business Investment and Sustainable Finance

  • The challenges of sustainable investment
  • Scenarios for business model reinvention
  • Key decision factors for sustainable financial investment
  • Traditional tools of investment appraisal
  • Factoring in the environmental and social dimension
  • Limitations of conventional investment appraisal methods 
Day 5

Risk and Scope of Sustainable Finance

  • Traditional approaches to understanding business risk
  • Risk aspects from a sustainable finance perspective
  • Sustainable finance developments in banking
  • Sustainable finance developments in financial investments
  • Financial modelling of risk under sustainable finance conditions
  • The way forward in sustainable finance

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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FAQs

Sustainable finance integrates ESG considerations into financial decision-making to support long-term value creation. This training course addresses how sustainability influences financial strategy, risk, and performance.  

The course explains ESG principles and their application in finance, helping participants understand reporting expectations, strategic implications, and stakeholder demands.  

Yes, participants explore financial modelling, reporting tools, and investment appraisal approaches that incorporate sustainability-related risks and opportunities.  

The training course applies to public and private sector organisations across industries where sustainability, finance, and governance considerations intersect.  

Organisations benefit from improved financial decision-making, stronger ESG alignment, enhanced risk awareness, and a more forward-looking financial culture.  

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