ESG/Climate
finance courses
Sapience creates bespoke training courses for professionals who need to see ESG and Climate loans and capital market products in action. Sapience focuses on providing participants with training experiences that focus on due diligence, monitoring, reporting and structuring knowledge and skills.
ESG AND CLIMATE BOND DUE DILIGENCE FOR PRACTITIONERS
Length: 1-1.5 days
This course is designed for issuers and investors, market participants, advisors in Green, Social, Sustainable and Sustainability-linked bonds and focuses on developing advanced due diligence and bond product structuring knowledge.
The emphasis is on practical and implementable skills which will enable each delegate to confidently engage in this rapidly growing asset class. The course will use case studies from the financial institutions and corporate sectors.
Participants should already be familiar with the concepts and features of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked bonds.
ESG AND CLIMATE FINANCE LOANS STRUCTURING FOR PRACTITIONERS
Length: 1 day
This course is designed for investors and lenders in ESG loans and focuses on developing due diligence and loan product structuring knowledge.
The emphasis is on practical and implementable skills which will enable each delegate to confidently engage in this rapidly growing asset class. Participants should already be familiar with the concepts and features of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked loans.
SOCIAL BONDS IN PRACTICE
Length: 3 hours
Social bonds are a strongly growing asset class. For many investors investing in impactful social outcomes are an important part of a Just Transition. A recent survey of 720 European institutional investors by Goldman Sachs revealed that 36% were prepared to allocate more investment into social finance in the near-term.
This 3-hour practical will provide participants with specific insights into the opportunities and challenges of these instruments. The absence of an EU Social Taxonomy, no science-based data on social measurement and assessing long-term impact creates unique challenges for many social bond issuers and investors.
Participants will learn how these bonds are structured, the mechanics of impact reporting and how to perform due diligence on their own social finance investments.
GREEN BOND AND GREEN LOAN
DUE DILIGENCE
Length: 3 hours
Green Financing Frameworks (GFF) are compiled by corporates and institutions who issue green bonds or take green loans. These strategic documents should embody ‘best practice’ in the Sustainable Finance arena.
It is crucial for investors to understand and utilise these documents are as part of due diligence on green debt investments. This course enables participants to be able to recognise ‘quality’ and identify weaknesses in GFF.