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68986-01 - Lecture: Sustainable Finance (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Yuna Heo (yuna.heo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course provides a conceptual and theoretical framework of how sustainable finance and investment issues affect companies, investors, and other stakeholders. Capital market participants around the world are increasingly focusing on sustainability to manage risks and capitalize on new opportunities. It includes the incorporation of sustainable factors into stock valuation and selection processes, as well as shareholder engagement strategies. It also includes the practices to the management of environmental and climate change-related risks. The goal of this course is to provide students with a firm grounding in the range of issues in sustainability and the application of finance to address it. The course introduces how established practices, procedures, and tools from within the mainstream financial and corporate markets are being adapted to integrate a lens of sustainability in the pursuit of financial performance goals from both an investor and corporate perspective. This course explores the research, projected outcomes, multistakeholder collaborations, and signals of future actions to address them. This course will be useful for a wide range of finance and other professions. |
| Learning objectives | At the end of this course, students will be able to: - Explain environmental, social and governance policies their importance. - Demonstrate and apply the stages of sustainable finance and policy and technology uncertainties. - Critically analyze and the changing objectives of corporates in the context of market shorttermism. - Analyze why and how companies should connect sustainability to their competitive positions. - Connect and apply corporate sustainability performance with corporate financial performance. - Explain and connect business models, intangible assets, and strategies to incorporate environmental, social and governance initiatives. - Explain the benefits and limitations of traditional internal and external reporting in the context of environmental, social and governance. - Illustrate the importance of regulation, corporate ethics, and compliance. |
| Bibliography | -Lecture notes: I will place the lecture notes on ADAM. -Textbook: There is no required textbook for this course. The lecture notes and reading materials will keep you more than busy. In case you want to have an optional textbook, I would recommend “Environmental Finance: A Guide to Environmental Risk Assessment and Financial Products” (by Labatt and White). If you are looking for additional reading, there is a book published in 2020 “Grow the Pie. How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit” (by Edmans). -Further reading materials: The recommended reading materials such as research papers and cases will be added for each session. |
| Comments | The course will be taught "in class". |
| Admission requirements | Prerequisite courses: 65939 Finance or 68992 Advanced Corporate Finance |
| Course application | Registration: Please enroll in the Online Services (services.unibas.ch); Eucor-Students and mobility students of other Swiss Universities or the FHNW first have to register at the University of Basel BEFORE the start of the course and receive their login data by post (e-mail address of the University of Basel). Processing time up to a week! Detailed information can be found here: https://www.unibas.ch/de/Studium/Mobilitaet.html After successful registration you can enroll for the course in the Online Services (services.unibas.ch). Applies to everyone: Enrolment = Registration for the course and the exam! |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 14.15-16.00 | Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Auditorium |
Dates
| Modules |
Module: Core Competences in Economics (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Field Electives in Finance and Money (Master's Studies: Finance and Money) Module: Finance Field: Financial Markets and Asset Pricing (Master's Studies: Finance and Money) Module: Specific Electives in Finance, Controlling, Banking (Master's Studies: Business and Economics) Specialization Module Global Europe: Environment and Sustainability (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Specialization Module Global Europe: Globalized Trade and Business (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | written exam: 12.12.24; 14:15-16:00. WWZ Auditorium: A-Z. Exam rooms and start times will be published until 09 December 24. You can still withdraw from the examination by submitting a completed, signed form to our office from 15.10.24 until 25.10.24 / 12:00 o’clock. The deregistration form and the mail address can be found on the homepage of the Dean of Studies Office: https://wwz.unibas.ch/en/studies/examinations/de-/registration-of-examinations/ Prior to 14.10.24, please deregister only in the Online Services. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |