Climate Finance Initiative | Executive Courses

Climate Risk Management for Business Leaders
The physical manifestations of climate change such as wildfires and rising sea levels can have substantial effects on firms’ operations and overall economic activity. Similarly, regulatory responses to limit carbon emissions create both risks to carbon-intensive business models and opportunities for firms supporting the transition to a low-carbon world. As a result, investors, regulators, employees, and customers are increasingly requiring firms to understand, disclose, and manage the various risks from climate change.

This 2-day course provides participants with an introduction to the various types of climate risks as well as approaches to managing these risks. We will review the science behind climate change and discuss how physical and transition climate risks can be measured and managed across both financial and non-financial businesses. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how climate change will affect their organizations, and how to minimize the risks and maximize the opportunities from a transition to a low-carbon economy.

Corporate Sustainability: Pivoting Towards an ESG Mindset
Corporate leaders are confronting a growing list of environmental and social issues that pose serious risks and opportunities for their businesses. To succeed in today’s uncertain world, managers need the skills, knowledge and tools to build a future-fit organization that has broad stakeholder support and innovative solutions to challenges such as climate change and societal inequities. NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business has developed globally recognized research and training on corporate sustainability.

Participants will learn how to identify and tackle material ESG issues, understand how to develop business strategy related to climate change and other ESG issues, receive insights into ground-breaking research on consumer purchasing of sustainable products, develop the analytical tools to monetize financial returns on different sustainability practices, understand investor trends, and be conversant with the major reporting and disclosure standards. They will leave the course with the skills and tools needed to design and implement sustainable practices in their organization as well as improve their own career development.