HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

COURSE OUTLINE

1. COURSE TITLE

Global Sustainable Investing & ESG Integration in Asia Pacific

2. COURSE CODE

ECON7065

3. NO. OF UNITS

3 Units

4. OFFERING DEPARTMENT

Master of Science in Applied Economics

5. PREREQUISITES

Nil

6. MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

English

7. AIMS & OBJECTIVES

In this course, Environment, social, and governance (ESG) impacts on risk and return of
investment will be identified. Different ESG investment approaches and strategies will be
addressed and an understanding of ESG integration will be provided on how ESG will be
embedded in the investment process and in valuation models. Sustainable Investing
across asset classes will be discussed and different ESG Reporting standards will be
assessed.

Students that finish the course will be prepared for the "Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA)"
certification by EFFAS (The European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies).

8. COURSE CONTENT

I. ESG - an Introduction
II. Recent Developments of ESG integration
III. Responsible investing across asset classes
IV. Introduction to ESG Reporting
V. Investment Process Chain
 VI. Approaches of data analysis: Data availability, quality and usage
VII. ESG Integration in Analysis
VIII. ESG Integration in Valuation
IX. Investment decision in the context of the investment process chain
X. ESG Integration in the Asia Pacific Region

9. COURSE INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (CILOs)

CILO By the end of the course, students should be able to:

CILO 1 Identify the main drivers and barriers of ESG investing and explain the positive
correlations between ESG performance and financial performance.
CILO 2 Differentiate different ESG investment strategies and discuss the global market
developments with a focus on the Asia Pacific region und list the differences
between important ESG definitions
CILO 3 Validate different ESG considerations in different asset classes.
CILO 4 Evaluate different ESG issues of corporates via case study.
CILO 5 Identify the challenges of the integrating ESG factors in the investment process.

10. TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES (TLAs)

CILO Type of TLA

alignment
1~5 Lecture, Excercises and Problems
1, 2, 4 & 5 Case Study
2~5 Project

11. ASSESSMENT METHODS (AMs)

Type of Weighting CILOs to be Description of Assessment Tasks

Assessment addressed
Methods
Class 15 % 1~5 Individual Project/Paper, Exercises & Problems
Participation
/ Discussion
Assignment(s 25 % 1~5 Exercises & Problems
)
Project 20 % 1~5 Individual Project/Paper
Examination 40 % 1~5 Written Examination

Last Update: 2023-07-07

Published Date: 2023-07-11
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