Sustainable Finance
PostgraduateTAS-BEA7042026
Course information for 2026 intake View information for 2025 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 15 Feb 2026
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $3,284
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Sustainable Finance
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Appraise the role of sustainable finance in making investment and financing decisions.
- Assess and apply analytical decision-making techniques to the valuation of green finance instruments.
- Critically evaluate the techniques applied to sustainability in making financial decisions.
- Communicate evidence-based sustainable finance solutions.
- Module 1: An introduction to sustainable finance
- Module 2: Externalities: internalising externalities
- Module 3: Governance and behaviour
- Module 4: Coalitions for sustainable finance
- Module 5: Business models in sustainable finance
- Module 6: Investing for long-term value creation
- Module 7: Green bonds - ESG integration into government bonds
- Module 8: Equity markets and investment funds
- Module 9: Banking - new forms of lending
- Module 10: The future of sustainable finance
- Module 11: Indigenous sustainable finance
Global sustainability challenges – including climate change, natural resource depletion, and rising inequality – are affecting the commercial environment in a way that presents both risks and opportunities for the financial sector. This subject studies the evidence of how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors matter and explains in detail how to incorporate these in company financial models and strategies, equity investing, bond investing, and bank lending. The subject equips students with knowledge, understanding and ability to apply the key principles and core practice of green and sustainable finance. Specific aims are to increase the student’s knowledge and understanding of:
• climate change and its impacts
• climate risks and emerging environmental and sustainability risks
• the evolution of green and sustainable products and services in the banking, investment, and insurance sectors
• increasing awareness of the role of the finance sector and finance professionals in supporting the transition to a low-carbon world.
- Group Assignment (40%)
- Individual Assignment (30%)
- Case Study Analysis Report (30%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-MPA-MAS-2026 - Master of Professional Accounting
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Professional Accounting
PostgraduateTAS-MPA-MAS