Undergraduate Course: Sustainable Finance (BUST10169)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is designed for undergraduates to critically understand the economic and financial implications of incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) into business decision-making, revealing both the challenges and prospects it poses for businesses and investors. With heightened scrutiny from regulators and the financial community, understanding the impact of sustainability on financial markets is more critical than ever.
This course is tailored for those students eager to understand and analyse the impact of sustainability/ESG on our environment, economy, and society and for those who seek to capitalise on the shift towards sustainability by consumers, businesses, and society at large. |
| Course description |
The course will initially present evidence regarding the economic and financial implications of ESG, followed by an examination of the resultant policy and regulatory measures. A critical review of empirical research exploring the impact of ESG on financial markets will prompt students to contemplate innovative perspectives on how changing views of ESG influence established financial markets.
Outline content
- Introduction to the Sustainable finance and ESG.
- The Impacts of sustainability on economy
- ESG measures and divergence
- ESG and corporate finance implications
- ESG and asset pricing implications
- Impact Investing
- ESG disclosure
- Regulatory Approaches and Responses to ESG
- Opportunities and Drawbacks for Sustainable Finance
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 80 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
70% Written Exam (Individual) - 2 hours - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes
30% Presentation (Group) includes 20% peer evaluation -15 minutes - Assesses all course Learning Outcomes |
| Feedback |
Formative: Feedback will be provided throughout the course.
Summative: Feedback will be provided on assessments within agreed deadlines. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically analyse the impacts of ESG on the economy and finance sector.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of methodologies for quantifying and managing ESG risks.
- Conduct a critical examination of various theories and actual practices within the realm of sustainable finance.
- Assess and appraise the necessity for regulatory frameworks.
- Develop the capability to formulate plans and suggest strategies for enterprises and asset managers that emphasise generating impact in addition to financial returns.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Practice: Applied Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Work with a variety of organisations, their stakeholders, and the communities they serve - learning from them, and aiding them to achieve responsible, sustainable and enterprising solutions to complex problems.
Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Be self-motivated; curious; show initiative; set, achieve and surpass goals; as well as demonstrating adaptability, capable of handling complexity and ambiguity, with a willingness to learn; as well as being able to demonstrate the use digital and other tools to carry out tasks effectively, productively, and with attention to quality.
Knowledge and Understanding
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of contemporary organisational disciplines; comprehend the role of business within the contemporary world; and critically evaluate and synthesise primary and secondary research and sources of evidence in order to make, and present, well informed and transparent organisation-related decisions, which have a positive global impact.
Identify, define and analyse theoretical and applied business and management problems, and develop approaches, informed by an understanding of appropriate quantitative and/or qualitative techniques, to explore and solve them responsibly.
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| Keywords | Sustainable finance,ESG,Climate finance |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Yupu Zhang
Tel:
Email: yzhang40@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | |
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