Risk Management - ESG and Sustainability Risk for Funds

Financial service professionals who want to acquire a comprehensive understanding of sustainability risk and its applications within investment fund risk management.

Evolving investment and regulatory practices driven by the transition to a low carbon economy have driven the integration of new concepts and specialized approaches within fund risk management frameworks.
This training provides the knowledge on the fundamental principles around ESG investing, risks, regulations, and the tools for managing sustainability risk within investment funds.

• Understand the economic and regulatory context underneath the sustainable finance landscape
• Learn the main principles of ESG, sustainability risks, and their relevance for investment fund
• Identify the sources and impacts of sustainability risk for investments, funds and organizations
• Learn and apply the main approaches for the integration of sustainability risk in investment fund risk management

• Main ESG and Sustainability risk concepts
• Economic and regulatory context on sustainability risk in investment funds
• Characteristics and types of sustainability risk
• Financial vs non-financial risks, transmission channels and impacts of sustainability factors on investments
• The EU sustainable finance framework for investment funds
• Governance and organization of sustainability risks
• Integrating sustainability risks within fund risk management framework
• Methodologies for sustainability risk management
• Trends in ESG and sustainability risk for funds