Sustainable Finance (MSB371)

The course in sustainable finance focuses on with the links between sustainability challenges and finance. The main task of the financial system is to provide funding for (positive NPV investments. Sustainable finance considers financial, social, and environmental issues. The goal is to embrace sustainability while still maintaining a financial perspective.

The course investigates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. To what degree do these issues enter financial decisions such as (financial market) investments, corporate decisions, lending decisions, etc?

Much of this investigation will be conducted in the context of business cases in which ESG issues play an important role.


Course description for study year 2024-2025. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

MSB371

Version

1

Credits (ECTS)

5

Semester tution start

Autumn

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Autumn

Language of instruction

English

Offered by
Time table

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Learning outcome

Upon successful completion of the course the student will have acquired

Knowledge

  • the ability to review the concepts involved in sustainability challenges, particularly those linked to finance.
  • understand sustainability risks and opportunities
  • Knowledge of metrics related to sustainability from a finance perspective.
  • Recognize the EU taxonomy and UN sustainability goals and their implications for finance and investments

Skills

  • the ability to measure and manage the exposure of corporations and financial assets to sustainability risk, such as climate change.
  • the ability to identify sustainability issues related to corporate finance issues, such as valuation, corporate transactions, and investment financing.
  • the ability to identify sustainability issues in specific corporate cases.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

MSB309 Corporate Finance

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Case solutions handed in in group 1/1 Letter grades

Evaluation of the course is based on case solutions handed in in groups.

Coursework requirements

80% Mandatory attendence

Method of work

Much of the course will comprise case discussions of specific business cases about ESG related issues, in which the students will work in teams.

Overlapping courses

Course Reduction (SP)
ESG Issues in Finance (MSB312_1) 5

Open for

Industrial Economics - Master of Science Degree Programme Master of Science in Accounting and Auditing Business Administration - Master of Science
Exchange programmes at UIS Business School

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital subject evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

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