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Biodiversity

Description

While biodiversity has been shown to be essential for the functioning of the planet’s ecosystems, it is facing a massive crisis. From conventions to regulations, the business and financial world is getting in order to provide an appropriate response to mounting risks linked to biodiversity loss.

What you will learn

This module’s ambition is to provide you with all the essential notions that will make you a biodiversity-aware sustainable investor. Though this module, you will learn:

The ABC of Biodiversity: its various definitions and their origin, its complexity, the services it provides.
The analysis of the current biodiversity crisis: the main indicators pointing to nature loss, the key drivers of this biodiversity loss, the link and differences between biodiversity and climate.
The concept of double materiality and “impacts and dependencies” that are the foundations of any nature-related analysis, together with the various types of risk that companies face in relation with nature.
An overview of the landmark reports and global conventions that shaped the way the global community is addressing biodiversity, as well as the main frameworks and regulatory developments.
The way corporates can address biodiversity
The role investors can play to integrate biodiversity in their investments, and act as stewards of nature through engagement

After this module you will be armed with a deeper understanding of the multiple facets of the biodiversity issue, and will feel confident to translate this knowledge into action by being one of its stewards.

Practical info

Free online course

4 hours estimated study time

Learn at your own pace with no deadlines

CFP Austria accredited for 4 CPD-Credits

FPSB Deutschland: All modules must be completed to generate a certificate of participation. The estimated completion time is about 4 hours. You can earn 2.0 CPD credits, as the first three modules are not part of the FPSB’s continuing education curriculum, but they provide a valuable supplement to understanding the topic.

Valid for 3.5 hours of training for the EFPA Spain re-certification

Valid for 4 PL credits for the Chartered Financial Analyst qualification and 4 CPD credits for the Certified Advisor CAd qualification, of which 4 are SER credits

CPD UK accredited

Available in English

Course Outline

Module 1 – What is biodiversity & why does it matter?

Unit 1: What is biodiversity?
Unit 2: The 3 levels of biodiversity
Unit 3: Biodiversity is about interaction
Unit 4: Why does it matter? The notion of ecosystem services
Unit 5: Are we on the verge of the 6th biodiversity crisis?
Module 1 questions

Module 2 – Biodiversity loss

Unit 1: Measuring biodiversity loss
Unit 2: The five drivers of biodiversity loss
Unit 3: What’s the link between biodiversity and climate?
Unit 4: The ethical question
Module 2 questions

Module 3 – Impacts & dependencies

Unit 1: Nature-related risks
Unit 2a: The concept of double materiality?
Unit 2b: Double materiality – Sector examples
Unit 3: Three main risks, plus One
Module 3 questions

Module 4 – From reports to regulation

Unit 1: A bit of history
Unit 2: Reports
Unit 3: Biodiversity disclosure frameworks
Unit 4: Regulation – EU
Unit 5: Regulation – UK, China, US
Module 4 questions

Module 5 – Biodiversity from a corporate standpoint

Unit 1: Addressing biodiversity may be challenging for companies
Unit 2: Risk and opportunities
Unit 3: How to do – Life cycle analysis
Unit 4a: How to do – The Global Biodiversity Score
Unit 4b: How companies use the GBS
Unit 5: How to do – Ecological accounting
Unit 6: Case studies
Module 5 questions

Module 6 – Biodiversity and investors

Unit 1: The financing gap
Unit 2: The challenge of integrating biodiversity in investments
Unit 3: Engaging on Biodiversity
Module 6 questions