Socially Responsible Investing

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Critique the risks and opportunities that the sustainability agenda creates for investors and lenders
  2. Apply the tools for evaluating socially responsible investments
  3. Critically reflect on how socially responsible investments can create positive social and environmental impacts
  4. Appraise high-profile international guidance pertaining to socially responsible investing and lending
  5. Collaborate with other professionals/practitioners to communicate recommendations relating to socially responsible investing and lending to a range of stakeholders

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-SBS-GCE-2024 - Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business

Elective

• TAS-FIN-MAS-2024 - Master of Finance
• TAS-MPA-MAS-2024 - Master of Professional Accounting

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Pre-recorded lecture, up to 2 hours (3-5 short lectures of maximum 20 minutes each), 13 weeks. Online students will attend workshops with on-campus students via Zoom, 50 minutes x 12 weeks.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.