Sustainable Management and Finance (Taught)

Sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management present a landscape rich in intricacies and perpetual evolution. Various industries, including finance, insurance, real estate, consultancy, and many others, have a growing demand for professionals well-versed in ESG matters. Effective work in the ESG domain necessitates a blend of skills, including the ability to analyse complexity, employ critical thinking, demonstrate high-level interpersonal aptitude, and apply analytical proficiency. These competencies are vital for success in an environment that is rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly intricate.

We offer you a competitive yet challenging 1-year study program to develop skills across different disciplines: Management and Finance.

You will acquire a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and how to employ analytical and ethical skills and tools to address systemic issues. This includes, for example, challenges related to climate change, poverty, discrimination, and corruption.

While the programme is practical and hands-on, the fundamental aim of the MSc course is to deliver graduates both a solid theoretical underpinning and the ability to apply knowledge to practical problems immediately.

Why choose this course?

• Shape the future of sustainability and ESG management and finance

• Become forward-looking, courageous, and conscious

• Work with the people that are asking new questions on how to lead responsibly in academia, in business in politics and in society

• Lead a new way of doing business: nature and people centred

• Guided by a Steering Group, which will assess and provide guidance on the program's direction, and will assist students in actively participating in the latest industry discussions

• Members include: ESG rating agencies, asset owners, advisory firms, professional associations, NGOs, and think tanks which are at the forefront of shaping discourse on ESG and sustainability in management and finance.

Core modules
Term 1

• The Challenges and debates of sustainability and ESG
• Principles of Sustainable Finance
• Sustainable Management
• Engagement, Communication and Governance

Term 2

• Metrics, Asset Management and Modelling in Responsible Investment
• ESG Regulation, Accountability and Reporting
• Business Strategies, Climate-tech, and Innovation
• Applied Research Methods in ESG

Term 3

• In your third term you'll work on a compulsory and supervised industry-led project alongside a choice of three elective modules.

• Industry project
  To train you to undertake individual research within the context of an industry-related problem or issue and to provide you with an opportunity to specialise in a contemporary business or finance topic related to your future career aspirations.

• Elective modules

• Sustainable Finance with ESG

• Emerging Global Risks

• Operational Risk Management

• Advanced Company Valuation

• Country and Geopolitical Risk Management

• Strategy Consulting Skills

• Storytelling for Business

• New Market Creation

• Sustainability in Real Estate

• Real Estate Portfolio and Fund Management

• Venturing for Social Impact – (in Kenya)

• Shipping Risk Management

• Corporate Entrepreneurship

• FinTech - Financial Services in the Digital Age.

The list of electives offered in a given year will be confirmed by February.

Course work

Tests

Individual Presentations

Group Projects