Duration

6 months

Starting Date

February, September

Tuition Fee

€ 1,900

Location

Online

About the programme

This Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing Certificate from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management gives you a comprehensive foundation in ESG and Impact Investing and empowers you to become a changemaker in sustainable finance:

  • Explore ESG and Impact Investing fundamentals, understanding their links to mainstream finance.
  • Become familiar with key strategies for ESG quality assurance and learn how to embed them across the investment process.
  • Gain hands-on insight into sustainable financial instruments, legal constructs, disclosure standards, and reporting practices.
  • Learn to apply regulatory knowledge and navigate issues such as greenwashing to drive meaningful, trusted impact.
  • Gain an accredited certification (6 ECTS credits)

Key facts:

In this Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing programme from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, you’ll progress through carefully structured units designed to equip you with both theory and real-world application. You’ll begin by understanding ESG criteria and Impact Investing within traditional finance. 

Then explore the historical and theoretical context, before mastering quality assurance approaches across the investment cycle. The course also takes you through integrating ESG and Impact into financial instruments and finishing with practical insights into disclosure and reporting standards, including emerging regulations.

Courses included

  • Historical and Theoretical Context
  • A Quality Assurance Approach to Managing ESG Issues and Impact
  • Integrating ESG and Impact Management in the Investment Process
  • Integration of ESG & Impact Features into Financial Instruments
  • Disclosure and Reporting of ESG & Impact

Interested? Get started today!