Sustainable Investing Courses and Certifications

Impact Investment Finance

46 ratings at Coursera

Learn how the impact investing marketplace works: asset owners and managers, capital flows, investor motivations and vehicles, and mistakes enterprises make when raising aligned capital.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Creating an Impact Investment Ask

Assess a venture's readiness for impact capital: use a seven-element growth diagnostic, unit economics, and a four-step impact management framework to justify your capital ask.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Negotiating with Impact Investors

Craft a cohesive investment narrative for impact investors: align emails, executive summary and pitch deck, navigate due diligence, and negotiate common impact deal terms.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Financing for Impact Entrepreneurs

Compare 12 types of impact capital and choose the right fit for an impact venture's mission, growth stage, and financial strategy.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Corporate Finance Institute

Introduction to ESG

391 ratings at Coursera

Analyze ESG risks and opportunities: break down environmental, social and governance factors, stakeholder pressures, and assess company ESG performance from public information in a case study.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

How Sustainability is Changing The Financial Sector

5597 ratings at Udemy

New Risks, Challenges and Business Opportunities for Banks and Investors under Environmental and Social Responsibility

• Udemy
• 5 hours 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Foundations of ESG and Sustainable Finance for 2025

2211 ratings at Udemy

Master the fundamentals of ESG and sustainable finance. Learn sustainable investing, reporting and more!

• Udemy
• 8 hours 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Saïd Business School Career Certificate

The Intersection of Finance, Strategy, and Sustainability

159 ratings at Coursera

Learn the fundamentals of sustainability and ESG, build the business case for ESG, and explore sustainable finance products, instruments, and future trends.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

The Finance of Climate Change

132 ratings at Coursera

Learn how climate change reshapes finance: shadow carbon pricing, green bonds, project finance for clean energy, investor-led decarbonization, greenwashing checks, and how banks manage climate risk.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Saïd Business School

Foundations of Sustainability and ESG

96 ratings at Coursera

Learn the three pillars of sustainability and the ESG framework: environmental, social and governance factors, ESG metrics and ratings, and the growth of ESG investing.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Saïd Business School

Sustainable Finance: Products, Instruments and Future Trends

61 ratings at Coursera

Compare green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, ESG funds and impact investments, then develop a high-level sustainable finance strategy weighing an organisation's risks, opportunities and stakeholder expectations.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Climate Aware Investing

53 ratings at Coursera

Measure and manage climate transition risk in equity portfolios: climate policy tools, carbon exposure methodologies used by asset managers, and designing a low-carbon tracking-index portfolio.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

ESG Essentials: Sustainable Business Strategies

Build a foundational understanding of ESG: origins, standards and frameworks, environmental resource management, sustainable finance, social risks, and governance, through practical case studies.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

Sustainable Business Strategies

11 ratings at Coursera

Learn the strategies businesses use to cut environmental impact: calculate carbon footprints, assess supply chain sustainability, apply ESG criteria to investment, and read sustainability reporting frameworks.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Sustainable Infrastructure Project Financing

Learn to structure and finance sustainable infrastructure projects: private-sector capital mobilization, innovative financial instruments, concessional financing, and pipelines of bankable projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course