Embedding sustainability in the financial sector
This training provides a comprehensive overview of sustainability-related challenges, from climate change and biodiversity loss to geopolitical uncertainty, broadly covered under “ESG” (Environmental, Social, and Governance) concepts, and their growing relevance for the financial sector. The session also covers the challenges of balancing profit and purpose, the difference between impact and resilience goals, the management of ESG-related risks, the implementation of transition and impact goals into strategy and risk appetite, and the role of double materiality in decision-making. Key trends in regulatory frameworks, such as CSRD and SFDR, will be discussed, alongside climate commitments from the financial industry, including the SBTI. Finally, we will examine global disclosure standards, the role of financial institutions, and the tools available for navigating the sustainability landscape.
The objectives of this training are to:
- understand ESG Fundamentals: gain a comprehensive understanding of ESG concepts, key regulatory frameworks, and the global sustainability goals shaping the financial sector;
- embed sustainability goals and resilience into strategy and risk appetite, balancing profit and purpose in an evolving ESG landscape and a polarized world;
- manage ESG risks and impact: learn how to manage ESG-related financial risks and implement impact goals, including the concept of double materiality;
- navigate ESG Standards and the role of financial institutions: explore global disclosure frameworks and the crucial role of financial institutions in driving the sustainability transition.
Total price *
Members: € 550
Non-members: € 650
Partners/ BZB: € 550
Incompany: tailor-made, prices on request
* Price: service in the context of continuing professional training, exempt from VAT
CPD Hours
Banking: 6h general
Insurances: 6h general
Compliance:
6h
Continuing Professional Development
Please let us know you're interested in this training should there be no date available, the planned date does not suit you and/or this session is full. As soon as about 5 people are registered on the interest list, we will propose a new course date. Your registration on the interest list is free of charge and without any obligation.
Target group
The training course can be followed by various target groups:
- relationship, sales and portfolio managers in banks, insurance companies and investment firms;
- staff in risk, compliance, internal audit and legal departments;
- front and Middle office middle management, both commercial and supporting functions.
Required prior knowledge
Advanced level training: this training requires a general basic knowledge of the subject.
Programme
CONTENT
- Introduction to ESG and Global Sustainability Goals
- Irreversible Megatrends: changes impacting the ESG agenda
- Overview of ESG: Concepts, origins, and importance
- Global Sustainability Goals: progress and trends in the 17 SDGs and in the European goals
- The economic commitments of climate change and biodiversity loss
- Implementing ESG impact goals and Double Materiality
- Implementing Impact and Transition Goals: connecting purpose, strategies, and objectives
- Double Materiality: understanding its role in sustainability resilience
- Balancing profit and purpose in a polarized world
- The journey of managing a transition plan with clients
- ESG-Related risks and managing financial impact
- Incorporating ESG into risk appetite
- Managing resilience to ESG-Related Financial Risks: climate, nature, society, security and governance risks
- ESG in Banks’ Prudential Regulations: impact on CRR3/CRD4 and prudential disclosure
- Global Disclosure Standards, tools, and the role of financial institutions
- Global Disclosure Frameworks and Standards: GRI, TCFD/TNFD, and IFRS/ISSB
- Role of Banks and Other Financial Institutions: responsibilities and opportunities in the transition
- Main knowledge tools and data sources
- Regulatory Frameworks and financial industry commitments
- Climate commitments from the financial industry: Financial Alliances and Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTI)
- Key Regulatory Frameworks: CSRD, VSME, SFDR, EU Taxonomy, Omnibus I
- Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Duration: 1 day of training (6 class hours)
- Hours: 09:00 to 17:00
- Location: Febelfin Academy: Phoenix building, Koning Albert II-laan/Boulevard du Roi Albert II 19, 1210 Brussels
- Language: This training will be given in English
Methodology
You follow a ‘Classroom training’ face-to-face in a group. You, the other participants and the teacher are all present in the same classroom at an agreed time. There is an opportunity for interaction and feedback, both from the participants to the teacher and vice versa. The teaching material consists as a basis of a presentation via the MyFA learning platform, supplemented with various other items (such as digital syllabus, presentation, audiovisual fragments, etc.).
Teachers
Tamar Paris
Risk, finance & treasury
