Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are increasingly becoming important considerations in many firms’ capital allocation decisions. ESG integration is a strategy that can be employed to conduct a more robust financial analysis and to get a more complete picture of a company’s valuation and its overall risk profile. This ESG Integration & Financial Analysis course examines how ESG initiatives and performance can influence a company’s income statement, cash flow statement, and balance sheet.
After covering the most important qualitative and quantitative factors that may impact a company’s financials, we dive into a case study where we interpret ESG information from an example company’s sustainability report, then model these various scenarios in Excel. We also work through several optional, advanced modeling techniques to support cleaner data visualization, including the use of Macabacus shortcuts.
Explain how ESG integration and ESG investing are different, as well as how they may complement one another.
Analyze how ESG factors (or company initiatives) may impact its financial results.
Translate company-provided sustainability information into model assumptions.
Integrate a company’s ESG initiatives into a financial model and see how they may affect company valuation.
Explore advanced modeling techniques to improve your Excel skills and to create more dynamic models.
Who Should Take This Course?
This ESG Integration & Financial Analysis course is perfect for investment professionals, management consultants, and financial analysts of all walks, as well as investor relations teams and senior managers at both private and public companies.
Why stop here? Expand your skills and show your expertise with the professional certifications, specializations, and CPE credits you’re already on your way to earning.
Great course
Happy to learn about ESG and its impact on company financial
Arvin winatha
Amazing Course
Really engages on both theoric and hands on aspects.
João Neiva
Very clear
Clear and easy to understand.
Daniel Czyzewski
Good analytics insight
Good to know information for the analyst!
Samantha Condo
Core Course of ESG Specialization
It is the most practical course of the ESG specialization; you understand all the relevant theories before doing this course.
The most informative and meets the intended purpose of the specialization.
Yaseen Ghori
recommended
knowledge oriented and practical vision
Ms Nisha
Comprehensive and detail
This course is comprehensive and detailed in content. But very essential for financial analysts to look out for the factors that are exclusively related to the success of a particular firm.
Atinafu Asefa
Exceptional Experience
Recommended for ESG and sustainability professionals
Irtaza Hussain
Great course
Great way to incorporate ESG Factors into financial model and its valuation
Hasan Rinaldi
Great course
Very practical, it was interesting to see how the different ESG considerations impact the Capex decisions, income and cashflows
Esther Mareka
Headstart to ESG Integration in financial analysis
This course provides a brilliant introduction towards ESG investing and integration and formally incorporating it in financial analysis. The content used is very useful in developing ESG related expertise and excel based knowledge for any analyst looking to incorporate ESG in financial analysis.
Syed Murtaza Nadeem
Great!
Extensive explanations with relevant examples
Muhammad Faisal Furkon
Greatly enjoyed the teaching method used for the financial model component of the course. Very anticipatory and impactful.
Irma Hajdari
I am glad to share that I learnt greatly in this course.
OPEYEMI OLALEYE
Great learning experience
Great tool to have in your toolbox.
Dennis Graham
Excellent course, highly recommended!
Very practical examples on how ESG initiatives reflect on a company's financial statement. Every financial institution should send their finance department staff for the course!
Sharon Urner
A great opportunity for further skill enhancement.
Thank you to the CFI Team.
Abhinav Anand
Good one
Nice explanation and content
Vasanth T
Good introduction to details of excel modelling
Appreciate the time taken and detailed explanation...however could have been slightly slower in few instances
Vikram Singha
Solid and crosscutting module
It is solid and cross cutting and fortifies modelling and financial analysis skills.
If you are rusty on modelling basics just quickly revise those before you undertake this module as that will save you on time.
Regis Tafadzwa Mukwapuna
Great
Interesting course, quite important in today's world
Sabra Saleh
Driving Risks & Opportunties through ESG.
It it pertinent to note that it is important not only be aware, but be part of the Strategy, Performance and management with clear forward looking disclosures on the risks and opportunties integreated into Business and with clear short-medium-long terms goals .
Vijayakumar Thelaprolu
ESG Integration & Financial Analysis
ESG is one of emerging trend in corporate world and financial reporting
Joseph Barasa
Probably best ESG finance training in the internet(!)
Knowledgeable tutors around ESG issues and great xls bonus content
Adam Bilski
fantastic course
Really great content
Neo Draxler
Well tailored content
The content of this course is well tailored. I love it!
CPA Ishmael Opande
World Class
World Class Course... Trust me
David Vasquez Abramowicz
Was a great intro into ESG!
Was most certainly useful to learn more about ESG!
Mate Toth
Engaging and practical
I'm glad to have completed this course.
Alvin Lumu
Superb learning experience
It was quite an interesting learning journey & I had great learning experiences
Mabote Lesego Luckie
Very insightful
CFI has the best content in the market thus far.
Busisiwe Mkhwanazi
INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE WITH THIS SPECIALIZATION :-)
Zanele Stokwe
Great Content
Very interesting course learned a lot
Scott LaBrec
Interesting
Is a interresting matter to study. I will be applying and advicing.
Dário Hirgi Meggi
Intense, and enlightening
Nice start to learn ESG Initiatives
Gerry Fronda
I take many time to review this course again and again. It hard for me , but I keep trying to complete this course.
It was the good course I love this course
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