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About the Course

In this course, you will analyze the importance of assessing stakeholder interest or salience in different ESG factors and industry variances. You will also evaluate the importance of ESG factors in your investment decisions, including how you can use them to create socially responsible portfolios with better-than-average returns. You will also examine the risks associated with ESG investing and how they can affect the corporation’s profitability. Next, you will review the concepts of positive and negative screening and identify the ESG factors that cause investors to divest from or negatively screen certain assets. You will review ESG risks associated with climate, diversity, executive compensation, governance issues, and evaluate how corporate performance and stock prices correlate to ESG scores. You will also examine how ESG adoption could accelerate the growing trend of fossil fuel divestment, its minimal impact on returns, and what this means long term. Finally, you will analyze quantitative and qualitative measurements and explore different protocols, such as MSCI, to evaluate and provide ESG ratings that can affect stakeholder and investor interest. By the end of this course, you will have explored how ESG investing has grown, assessed the variety of ways it has been integrated into the market, and analyzed the complex indexing and measurement techniques employed in the ESG space today....

Top reviews

XL

Apr 10, 2022

This is a very insightful and well-structured course. It discusses the essential elements that investors need to know in the ESG area. The professor is super engaging and clear about his content.

FG

Mar 3, 2022

The instructor was really good and inspiring and the slides were complementary to his talking. You could really tell that he had made an effort in compiling the course information

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By Hannah T

Jun 29, 2022

I found this really tough to follow. It felt apart from the other courses in the specialization. Whilst some modules were hard to grasp because it felt as though a lot of terms and much of the context around a certain point had been omitted, other modues felt very basic and were frankly quite tedious. Unfortunately I didn't find the speaker very engaging like in other courses in the specialization. I also found it difficult to pass the quizzes because i didnt think they accurately reflected the learning content. I also find much of what was said hasn't sunk in becasue of this.

By Fanny G

Mar 4, 2022

The instructor was really good and inspiring and the slides were complementary to his talking. You could really tell that he had made an effort in compiling the course information

By Chad f

Aug 31, 2022

Power point slides are very unorganized. Week 3 appears to have an incorrect answer in the quiz that is giving multiple people problems.

By Madalyn A

Jun 29, 2022

Only reason I'm docking stars is because the transcription is poor & I rely heavily on written-word over audio to learn.

By Kristy D

Oct 31, 2023

Very poorly explained, assumes you have a good deal of financial knowledge.

By Vijaykumar T

Aug 30, 2022

This course gives indepth visibility on the ESG Components, how all practical aspects that we come across at organizaitons related to aspects of Envinronmental, Social & Governance risks & opportunties are consolidated under the broader umbrella called ESG. One will get a sense of direction as why organizations are trying to integrate ESG strategy and organizational goals keeping in mind the stakeholders and Shareholders in large.

By Suraj T

Nov 15, 2022

ESG Impact: Investor Perspective, explores how responsible investment approaches are gaining traction and becoming increasingly mainstream. The course considers how institutional investors can engage with companies on key environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

By Pablo G

Dec 1, 2023

You could screen learning by level of technical knowledge. Although the subjects are very well selected, I often felt Id like the professor to dig deeper into (1) Results from research studies (2) How the indices are constructed and the volumes and premiums they command

By Ramakrishna P

Jul 11, 2024

Prof. Witold Henisz lucidly explains the aspects of ESG Risks and Opportunities with well structured presentations. Recommend to everyone who want to learn about risks related to ESG and how the same risks provide opportunities too.

By Sumesh K G

May 7, 2022

It has been a great learning. Carbon reduction on the planet is the most important task at hand. Initiating actions and measuring the impact is of real cosequence. Problems listed by Prof Geczy on impact measurement are significant.

By Lu Y

Jul 1, 2022

This course guides us to learn some knowledge, concepts or debates in the ESG areas from investing perspective, not just some financial related skills. It teaches me to think the advantages and disadvantages of ESG for business.

By Xueqian L

Apr 11, 2022

This is a very insightful and well-structured course. It discusses the essential elements that investors need to know in the ESG area. The professor is super engaging and clear about his content.

By NIDHI K

May 25, 2023

A detailed explanation of ESG concepts and issues as a beginner. How it has been evolved and become the need of the hour for sustainability and investing with a purpose?

By SZILVIA D D

Oct 2, 2024

Very complex topic that is not my area of expertise. Exactly for this reason I appreciated this insightful course that helped me to gain new perspectives.

By Adelina D C

Sep 5, 2022

Very useful course. The material is recent and easy to analyze. I recommend this for anyone, even without a financial background.

By Rahul S

May 17, 2022

Provides an excellent overview on investor perspective, insights into differnet underlying parameters and rating methodology

By Poornima G

Jun 16, 2022

Great course! Prof. Geczy has explained the concepts using many examples, making it interesting and easy.

By Thais H

Sep 22, 2022

Excelent explanations, the professor is amazing. They also always provide the source of presented data.

By Hugo M d F

Feb 13, 2022

Cogent, holistic yet detailed on the exciting points. It's a fantastic intro to the topic!

By Nkululeko N

Jul 11, 2024

Awesome course, very informative relevant and knowledge can be applied in my line of work

By Aaron “ W [ M

Mar 6, 2022

This was a great refresher on how to use sustainability as a competetive advantage

By Anayancy D

Apr 23, 2023

Excellent course!- recommended for anyone who does not have financial background.

By Erika A K

Apr 2, 2022

Gostei muito! Conteúdo rico, muito bem explicado e com ótima dinâmica das aulas.

By CHENG H F

Mar 21, 2023

thx you professor, very detail and full of case study material, appreciated

By Anushka S

Sep 13, 2024

Fantastic Prof! Would still love correct answers provided after the fact.