Online Course – Certified Professional Specialization in ESG Investing: Financial Decisions in Flux by Interactive Brokers

Make informed investment decisions influenced by ESG. At the end of the internship, students with a basic knowledge of traditional financial products will be able to make more informed investment decisions in light of the changing landscape and the impacts of ESG.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת ב-ESG Investing: Financial Decisions in Flux של Interactive Brokers

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Knowledge of ESG investment principles
  • Understanding of government frameworks in the field of investments
  • Ability to analyze big data in a fundamental analysis
  • Skills in data science, including machine learning and natural language processing
  • Understanding the ESG investment workflow
  • Integrating ESG factors into fundamental analyses
  • Offering insights for building a sustainable investment portfolio
  • Conducting assessments of green assets
  • Asset valuation analysis based on sentiment signals and ESG ratings
  • Drawing conclusions about ESG views and transparency

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • ESG Investment Analyst
  • Sustainable Investment Portfolio Manager
  • Environmental and social investment advisor
  • Financial Data Analysis Specialist
  • Sustainability Project Manager
  • Researcher in the field of data science and investments
  • Developer of algorithms for analyzing sentiment in the capital market
  • Risk Manager in the Field of Green Investments
  • Strategic advisor in the field of sustainable investments
  • Expert in global investment standards

Internship – 4-part course series

As ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investments evolve towards a global standard, initiatives such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on climate change have brought about significant changes in capital markets.

At the end of the internship, students with basic knowledge of traditional financial products will be able to gain a background in the principles of ESG investments, government frameworks, and analytical strategies developing in the capital markets.

Main topics:

  • Advantages and disadvantages of big data in fundamental analysis.
  • Developments in data science: machine learning, natural language processing, and sentiment analysis algorithms.
  • Explanation of the ESG investment work process and expected future developments.

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Hands-on Learning Project

  • Integrating ESG factors into fundamental analyses.
  • Offering insights into approaches to building a sustainable investment portfolio.
  • Carrying out assessments of green assets.
  • Introducing how to analyze asset valuation based on sentiment signals and ESG ratings.
  • Drawing conclusions about ESG views and unresolved issues regarding transparency.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

ESG Investments: Setting Standards and Performing Analysis

Course 1
26 hours
4.5 (56 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • An overview of how environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles emerged and how related practices have evolved in capital markets.
  • Identify global initiatives that have helped drive and continue to support the structure of ESG investments.
  • Distinguishing between the risks that the company may face when it is analyzed according to the “E”, “S” and “G” factors.
  • Providing details on specific trends in business sectors such as water and waste management, clean transportation, and energy.

Skills you will develop

  • ESG integration
  • ESG Investment Strategy
  • History of ESG
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
  • ESG Factor Analysis

ESG Investing: Industry Impacts and Changes

Course 2
24 hours
4.6 (18 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Identifying certain market changes, including milk, tobacco, energy and forest products.
  • Discussion of changes in strategies of certain companies that align with ESG-related concerns.
  • Explore how to assess the potential impacts on the credit ratings of certain high-yield companies amid increasing attention to ESG-related risks.
  • Explain the potential role of certain commodities as industries like the automotive industry halt change.

Skills you will develop

  • goods
  • forestry
  • tobacco
  • ESG risk analysis
  • The transition to green energy

ESG-focused financial products

Course 3
22 hours
4.8 (12 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • A description of various features of green assets, including the supply, demand, and performance of green bonds.
  • A discussion of how ESG fund flows have changed.
  • Evaluation and comparison of several ETFs with ESG themes.
  • An explanation of the principles and frameworks behind the issuance of various ESG-related financial products.

Skills you will develop

  • Green Asset Analysis
  • ICMA Principles and Guidelines
  • ETFs
  • Green bonds
  • Social bonds

ESG data and responsibility

Course 4
20 hours
4.4 (28 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Conclusions on how big data and artificial intelligence can help analyze ESG investments, and a description of the challenges inherent in this.
  • Distinguishing between different types of deceptive business practices, including “greenwashing”, “social washing” and “pink washing”.
  • Details how interest from certain investors may be driving increased attention to ESG investing.
  • Explain why ESG remains a work in progress and list some expected developments.

Skills you will develop

  • Data collection and analysis
  • ESG investment disclosures
  • Greenwich
  • ESG ratings
  • Mood signals

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