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Certificate in ESG, CSR and Compliance for Financial Sector

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What's included in this Course

 

Course Description

You already work in finance. You already care about doing things right. What this programme does is give you the language, the frameworks, and the practical confidence to act on that care — in a regulatory environment that is moving faster than most teams can keep up with.

 

Whether you are a compliance officer trying to make sense of SFDR and CSRD, a risk manager wrestling with climate scenario analysis, an investment professional navigating ESG fund rules, or a senior leader who needs to speak credibly at board level about sustainability — this programme was built with you in mind. Every module connects directly to the decisions you face in your role, the conversations you are already having, and the gaps you may quietly feel when the regulation changes again.

 

By the time you reach the final module, you will have moved from navigating ESG as a checklist to owning it as a genuine competence. You will know how to build the systems, challenge the assumptions, prepare the disclosures, and lead the conversations that sustainable finance now demands.

"You do not need to be an ESG expert to start. You just need to be someone who works in finance and wants to do this well. That is exactly who this programme is for."
Where you start
Informed but uncertain
You know ESG matters and the regulation is real — but the landscape feels complex, overlapping and hard to navigate with confidence.
As you progress
Building clarity and confidence
Each module adds structure to what you already know, fills genuine gaps, and connects regulation to real practice inside financial institutions.
Where you arrive
Ready to lead
You can design frameworks, prepare disclosures, challenge greenwashing, and speak with authority at any level of your organisation.

Programme roadmap
Your learning journey — step by step

The programme builds in five natural phases. You will always know where you are, where you are going, and why what you are learning matters right now.

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Phase 1 — Get your bearings (Modules 1–3)
Start with the fundamentals and let them land properly. You will build a clear, confident understanding of what ESG and CSR actually mean in a financial context — not jargon, but substance. Then you will map the full regulatory landscape: the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, SFDR, CSRD, the EU Taxonomy, and the French frameworks that sit alongside them. By the end of this phase, the regulatory alphabet will make sense as a coherent system, not a confusing list.
ESG fundamentalsEU TaxonomySFDRCSRDTCFD · TNFDArticle 29
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Phase 2 — Understand your institution (Modules 4–6)
Now the lens turns inward. How does ESG responsibility actually work inside a bank, insurer, asset manager or fintech? You will explore governance structures, board accountability, how the three lines of defence apply to ESG, and the full range of climate and nature risks that financial institutions are now expected to identify and manage. This phase helps you see your own organisation through an ESG lens — and start to see what needs to change.
Corporate governanceCSR practiceClimate riskScope 1·2·3PCAFBiodiversity risk
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Phase 3 — Explore the market (Modules 7–8)
Step into the product and investment side of sustainable finance. Green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, ESG funds, impact products, carbon markets — you will learn how these instruments work, how they are structured, and how the rules around them are tightening. You will also work through responsible investment in depth: what ESG integration really means in portfolio construction, how stewardship and proxy voting work, and where fiduciary duty and sustainability intersect.
Green bondsESG fundsImpact investingStewardshipESG ratingsCarbon markets
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Phase 4 — Control, disclose and protect (Modules 9–13)
This is the compliance heart of the programme — and where a lot of professionals tell us they feel the most gap. You will build your command of ESG risk frameworks, scenario analysis, due diligence and monitoring. You will work through the full disclosure cycle for CSRD, SFDR and the EU Taxonomy, understand how greenwashing happens and how to prevent it, and explore how financial crime and ESG governance are increasingly connected in the eyes of your regulator. By the end, these will feel like things you can actually do — not just read about.
ESG risk registerScenario analysisGreenwashingAMF · ESMAAML · KYCESG data tools
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Phase 5 — Lead and deliver (Modules 14–17)
The final phase is about putting it all together and making it real. You will design an ESG strategy roadmap, work through double materiality assessment, set KPIs, and align sustainability objectives with financial goals. Then you will build five practical deliverables you can use from day one: a compliance framework, a risk register, a greenwashing prevention framework, a disclosure calendar, and a board-level ESG dashboard. You will finish this programme having made things — not just having learned them.
ESG strategyDouble materialityBoard dashboardJust transitionACPR · AMF5 capstone tools

Why this matters
Why financial professionals everywhere are prioritising ESG right now
If you have felt the pressure of ESG growing in your role, you are not imagining it.
The regulatory environment across France and the EU has shifted fundamentally — and it is not shifting back. SFDR, CSRD, EU Taxonomy, MiFID II sustainability preferences, ACPR climate supervision, AMF greenwashing enforcement: these are not future concerns. They are current ones, landing on real people in real institutions every day.
The regulation is already here
SFDR, CSRD, EU Taxonomy and the AMF's fund naming rules are not on the horizon — they are active. Understanding them in depth is no longer optional for anyone in a regulated financial institution.
Your institution needs people like you
Across compliance, risk, investment and leadership, teams are stretched by ESG demands that arrived faster than expertise could be built. The professionals who step into that gap are genuinely valuable right now.
ESG fluency opens doors
Whether you want to deepen your current role, move into a dedicated ESG function, or simply be taken more seriously in cross-functional conversations, this competence has become a genuine career differentiator.
France has particular expectations
The AMF, ACPR and Banque de France have high and specific expectations of financial institutions on ESG. This programme gives you a clear view of what those expectations are and how to meet them.
Your work can genuinely matter
Getting ESG right in financial services is not just about compliance. It is about directing capital toward a more sustainable economy. That is worth doing well — and this programme helps you do it well.
The window to get ahead is now
ESG expertise is still unevenly distributed across the financial sector. The professionals building it now are not catching up — they are getting ahead. That advantage is real and it compounds over time.
Regulatory coverage
The regulations and frameworks covered in this programme

This programme covers the full regulatory landscape that matters for financial professionals in France and Europe — not isolated topics, but an integrated picture of how everything connects.

SFDR EU Taxonomy CSRD · ESRS MiFID II / IDD ESMA fund naming AMF guidelines ACPR supervision Article 29 (LEC) Banque de France TCFD TNFD GRI · SASB IFRS S1 · S2 OECD guidelines UN PRI · SDGs PCAF AML · CTF KYC · CDD Carbon markets Scope 1 · 2 · 3
EU regulation · French regulation · Global standards · Industry frameworks

What you will be able to do
Real capabilities, not just knowledge

Every module is built around what you can do with what you learn. Here is what you will walk away able to handle — confidently and independently.

Navigate the full EU and French sustainable finance regulatory landscape with clarity
Prepare SFDR, CSRD and EU Taxonomy disclosures that hold up to scrutiny
Spot and prevent greenwashing in products, marketing and client communications
Build an ESG risk register with clear controls, KRIs and escalation paths
Apply ESG criteria to investment analysis and client suitability assessments
Run climate scenario analysis and communicate physical and transition risk findings
Design a CSR and ESG strategy roadmap aligned to your institution's objectives
Deliver a board-level ESG dashboard that is credible, clear and actionable

Certification

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