The Role of Socially Responsible Investments in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Are you interested in understanding how finance and socially responsible investment can contribute to sustainable development? Explore the objectives and topics of this MOOC.

This course forms part of an Erasmus+ project From Enviromental, Social and Governance (ESG) Integration to Impact Investing dedicated to how to use the beneficial of capital markets in order to finance socially responsible projects.
The course content will focus on the role of sustainable investing in addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The framework for a Sustainable Society and their goals as well as fundamental concepts of Sustainable Investing will be described, and interdependencies will be illustrated.

Learning outcomes

Understand the main implications of sustainability
Know in which way(s) are the environment and the economy related
Be able to critically analyse what opportunities do the United Nation’s SDGs offer and how businesses can contribute to achieving the SDGs
Be able to reflex about what motivates companies to manage social, ethical and environmental issues
Have and overview of the functions of financial markets and their main instruments
Learn how to implement a strategy and principles for responsible investment and impact investment
Know some examples of socially responsible projects, investments and companies
Examine and best practices of how investors can implement socially responsible and impact investment and methodologies to measure impact
Put in practice what you have learnt in the course through a case study.

Modules

The course is structured in 3 sections and composed by 12 units. This open course starts by explaining the implications of climate change commitments and the SDGs on economy, businesses and finance. These bases serve as an introduction to the main principles, strategies and management tools used like exclusions, engagement and voting, ESG integration, norms-based screening, best-in-class, sustainability themed, and impact investing.
Unit 1. Sustainability, implications, and historical development
Unit 2. Transformations for a sustainable economy
Unit 3. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Unit 4: Business contribution to the SDGs
Unit 5. Sustainable finance
Unit 6. Financial markets and sustainability
Unit 7. Main sustainable financial instruments
Unit 8. Defining Socially Responsible Investments (SRI)
Unit 9. SRI strategies and ESG criteria
Unit 10. SRI indexes and ESG rating agencies
Unit 11. Social impact investing
Unit 12. Social impact investing: A case study

This is the first open course of three courses. The second course is designed for use in tertiary education, especially for students in finance. The third course is intended for potential investors and practitioners interested in impact and ESG investments. https://www.sri-europe.eu/

There is no entry requirement, as the course starts assuming no prior knowledge. All that is required is an interest in the subject matter and a B1 level of English, as the course is in English.

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Provided By	UNED Abierta
Type of provider	HE Institution
Provided at	online
Learning opportunity type	MOOC
Language	en
Home page	https://iedra.uned.es/courses/course-v1:UNED+RoleSocResInv_003+2022/about

Start date	2022-01-09
End date	2022-12-20
Workload in hours	25
Admission procedure	Open to all
Price details	Free registration and access to all materials + free open badge + paid certificate of participation (15€/ 40€)
Assessments	Self-evaluation tests
Type of credential	Certificate of participation

ISCEDF Code	04 - Business, administration and law
Education subject	0412 - Finance, banking and insurance
Learning settings	non formal learning
Learning outcome	The Role of Socially Responsible Investments in achieving Sustainable Development Goals Understand the main implications of sustainability Know in which way(s) are the environment and the economy related Have and overview of the functions of financial markets and their main instruments Know some examples of socially responsible projects, investments and companies
Learning outcome type	Knowledges
Learning outcome	The Role of Socially Responsible Investments in achieving Sustainable Development Goals Be able to critically analyse what opportunities do the United Nation’s SDGs offer and how businesses can contribute to achieving the SDGs Be able to reflex about what motivates companies to manage social, ethical and environmental issues
Learning outcome type	Skills
Learning outcome	The Role of Socially Responsible Investments in achieving Sustainable Development Goals Examine and best practices of how investors can implement socially responsible and impact investment and methodologies to measure impact
Learning outcome type	Skills
Assessor type	Self-evaluation
Assessment format	Test/ Quiz

Contact form

soporte.uabierta@adm.uned.es

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