Beyond Profit: ESG Basics for a Sustainable Future

• In the last few years, corporations' Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance has been a trendy topic.

• While traditional financial analysis has always considered various financial indicators, like revenues, liabilities, cash, inventory, machinery, and competitors, ESG, however, refers to additional non-financial information about companies.

  
  

• Following the emergence of ESG, a new type of investment called ESG investment was born.

  
  

• ESG investment is an investment philosophy that pursues long-term value growth, and it is a comprehensive, concrete, and down-to-earth governance method.

• In this course, we will discover ESG essentials for corporations and investors through the following plan:

01 Introduction & Context

02 What is ESG?

03 Why is ESG Important for Corporations & Investors?

04 How is ESG Evaluated?

05 What is ESG Investment?

06 What are ESG Investment Strategies?

07 What are ESG Investment Challenges?

08 Example of ESG Investment: Norwegian Pension Fund

09 Conclusion & References

• Don’t hesitate to check more courses on a variety of topics on our Udemy page, as we cover many topics such as desalination, climate change, plastic pollution, drinking water production, wastewater treatment

• Keywords: ESG, Sustainable Business, Sustainability & ESG, Community Engagement, Consumer Protection, Water Conservation in Business, Social Impact/ESG in Product Management, Employee's Guide to Sustainability & ESG

- (No artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Deepseek, generative AI, prompts ..) were used in the development of this course, I believe this is important for providing an original learning experience for students).