CASI Academy is an accessible online platform that aims to provide quality learning in green finance and sustainable investment.
We offers free Introductory Modules on environmental issues, climate science, and sustainable finance landscape. Also Certification course and Regional Courses.
Who Should Join
CASI Academy supporting capacity building for learners from diverse backgrounds, for example:
Finance practitioners, regulators, policymakers, corporate sustainability teams, project developers, and anyone—including students - interested in sustainable finance.
Learning on CASI Academy
Three introductory modules, the first set of Level 1 & Level 2 Certificate courses and Regional Courses have been launched and are now available on the platform. These modules cover 11 Topics key areas and are offered in multiple languages.
At CASI Academy, learners can access comprehensive, multi-tiered, and up-to-date content
CASI Academy aims to provide comprehensive coverage of topics related to sustainable finance and investment. To make learning more accessible, the content has been organized into the following areas:
These modules lay a solid foundation with a comprehensive introduction to sustainability issues and sustainable finance fundamentals, equipping learners with essential knowledge to pursue advanced certificate courses.
Keywords:
- Sustainable finance
- Sustainable finance framework
- Climate change and environmental sustainability
- Climate science
This course offers an in-depth understanding of green finance taxonomies. It highlights their development, role in classifying green and transitional economic activities and guiding investment allocation and decision-making.
Keywords:
- Taxonomy development and usage
- Non-official and official taxonomies
- EU, China, ASEAN taxonomies
- Common Ground Taxonomy
- Interoperability, “do no significant harm” (DNSH)
This course offers an overview of sustainable finance and capital market products. It highlights the key features of various financial instruments, implementation metrics, standards, and real-world case studies.
Keywords:
- Use of proceeds financing
- Green loans and bonds
- Sustainability bonds, blue bonds and sukuk
- External review
- Transition finance
This course offers an introduction to climate-related financial risk. Using empirical findings equips participants to effectively identify, assess, and manage climate risks in financing and investment.
Keywords:
- Physical and transition risk
- Climate risk transmission to financial risk
- Financial significance of climate risk
- Variability of climate risk
- Climate risk analysis and models
This course offers insights into navigating the complexities of sustainability disclosure and provides a solid foundation in carbon accounting.
Keywords:
- Demand for disclosure
- Case study (investor, supply chain, regulators, civil society)
- Carbon disclosure framework
- Carbon emission calculation
This course offers a framework for understanding and applying policy incentives in green finance from a regulatory and fiscal policy perspective.
Keywords:
- Fiscal incentives
- Green budgeting
- Market incentives
- Trade-related regulations
- Contradictory incentives
- Effectiveness of incentives
This course offers participants with the critical knowledge and skills needed to originate green projects. It provides opportunities to develop proficiency in strategic planning, financial sustainability, and environmental impact assessments.
Keywords:
- Technical and financial feasibility
- Project cycle, challenges, and success factors
- Project finance and ecology-oriented
development
- Risk, legal and ESG assessment
This course offers an in-depth exploration of ESG investing, highlighting how environmental, social, and governance criteria are transforming modern investment strategies. It offers participants insights into the drivers of ESG investing and practical approaches to integrating ESG factors.
Keywords:
- Fundamentals, evolution
and drivers
- ESG investment strategies
- Negative and positive screening
- ESG investment integration
- Thematic investing
- ESG stewardship
- Impact investing
This course offers a foundational understanding of transition finance, exploring its definition, key components, and importance. It also delves into the unique challenges and opportunities within the field of transition finance.
Keywords:
- G20 Transition Finance Framework
- Identification and reporting
of transitional activities
- Transition-related financial instruments
- Policy incentives
- Just Transition
This course explore innovative insurance products and strategies that address climate risks and support the shift to a low-carbon economy. They highlight insurers' key role in financing sustainable projects, managing environmental liabilities, and responding to climate-related disasters while advancing green finance initiatives.
Keywords:
- Innovative insurance products
- Insurance strategies
- Environmental liabilities
- Sustainable projects
- Insurers' role
- Climate resilience
Keywords:
- Carbon markets
- Emissions pricing
- Emissions trading
- Carbon credits
- Emissions reduction
- Low-carbon technologies
Nature Finance equips you with the instruments, frameworks, and practical strategies to mobilize capital for biodiversity conservation while assessing and managing nature‑related financial risks.
- Nature Finance Instruments
- Nature-based Solutions
- Nature-related Financial Risks
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