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Investing 101: Your Journey into Sustainable Finance

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Description

A friendly, accessible introduction to the world of investing, designed for absolute beginners. Through interactive activities, and real-life scenarios, you’ll discover what investing really means, how it works, and why it can be an important tool for reaching your financial goals.

Across three modules, you’ll move step-by-step from the basics of investing to understanding how money shapes the wider world, before exploring the exciting field of sustainable finance. With no jargon, no complex maths, and plenty of relatable examples, you’ll finish with the confidence to start thinking about your own financial journey.

What you will learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the basic principles of investing in simple terms
  • Recognise the connection between time, risk, and reward
  • Identify the main ingredients of an investment portfolio (cash, bonds, shares)
  • Understand how investments influence companies, economies, and society
  • Describe what ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) means in the context of investing
  • Recognise the role you can play as a sustainable investor

 

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Practical info

Free online course

1-hour estimated study time

Learn at your own pace with no deadlines

Available in English

Designed by industry experts

Course Outline

Module 1 – The basics – what is investing?

Unit 1: What does it mean to invest?
Unit 2: Investing fact or myth?
Unit 3: Time, risk, and reward
Unit 4: What’s your risk appetite?
Unit 5: The investing menu
Unit 6: The ingredients of investing
Unit 7: The investment cookbook
Unit 8: Setting your investing goals
Module 1 questions

Module 2 – Your first steps into sustainable finance

Unit 1: The story of sustainable investing
Unit 2: The “E” in ESG
Unit 3: The “S” in ESG
Unit 4: The “G” in ESG
Unit 5: How sustainability fits into investing
Unit 6: Your role as a sustainable investor
Module 2 questions

Module 3 – Sustainable investing and financial performance

Unit 1: Does sustainable investing sacrifice returns?
Unit 2: The myth of underperformance
Unit 3: Measuring impact: Carbon footprints, ESG ratings, and labels
Unit 4: Explore an ESG rating card
Unit 5: Your sustainable investing toolkit
Module 3 questions

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