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Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance

An Interactive 10-Day Training Course

Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance

Harnessing Financial Strategies for a Sustainable Future

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Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
30 Mar - 10 Apr 2026 Dubai $ 11,900
28 Sep - 09 Oct 2026 Dubai $ 11,900
29 Mar - 09 Apr 2027 Dubai $ 11,900

Course Summary

Business performance and long-term value creation increasingly depend on how organisations address global sustainability challenges such as climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality. The Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course is designed to equip professionals with the principles, tools, and insights necessary to integrate sustainability into financial strategies that benefit organisations, their stakeholders, and wider society. Participants will explore current financial practices, emerging trends, and the role of finance in fostering sustainable business models and low-carbon transitions.

The course emphasises how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are reshaping business strategies and financial systems, and how finance professionals can identify opportunities that create both business value and societal impact. Delegates will gain understanding of sustainable and green finance mechanisms — including green loans, bonds, investments, and risk modelling — and how to apply this knowledge to drive organisational change. The Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course prepares professionals to lead sustainability-focused financial decision-making and contribute to the global transition toward a more resilient and equitable economy.

Skills & Competencies

From this Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course, participants will develop the following key skills and competencies:

  • Sustainable finance strategy integration
  • ESG impact analysis
  • Green financial product understanding
  • Risk assessment in sustainable finance
  • Sustainable reporting proficiency
  • Financial modelling for sustainable opportunities

Modules

This training course is split into the following modules:

Module I - Sustainable Finance

Module II - Green Finance

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course, you will learn to:

  • Gain a deep understanding of sustainable finance principles and objectives.
  • Assess the impact of sustainability on business and financial strategy.
  • Develop tools for reporting and integrating sustainability in finance.
  • Evaluate sustainable finance opportunities and related risks.
  • Explain the role of financial technology in advancing green finance.

How You Will Learn

Learning develops through structured exploration of sustainability and finance principles, real-world financial challenges, and analysis of emerging opportunities. Participants examine current practices, sustainable finance tools, and risk frameworks that support practical decision-making. Emphasis is placed on translating knowledge into applied financial strategies that support organisational value and sustainable outcomes.

Who should Attend?

This training course is designed for finance professionals and organisational practitioners who want to integrate sustainability-focused finance into their strategic decision-making.

This Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Financial reporting professionals
  • Banking and investment professionals
  • Strategy and risk management team members
  • Finance and budget managers
  • Commercial and capital investment stakeholders
Course Outline

Module I: Sustainable Finance

Day 1

Fundamentals of Sustainable Finance

This day introduces the core principles of sustainable finance and environmental, social, governance, and ethical considerations impacting finance. Participants explore how to define organisational scope for sustainable finance. The topics covered will include:  

  • Principles and foundation of sustainable finance
  • Environmental issues and concerns
  • Social issues and concerns
  • Governance issues and concerns
  • Ethical issues and concerns
  • Defining organisational scope for sustainable finance
Day 2

Sustainable Strategic Management

This day focuses on stakeholder value, corporate governance, and strategic business model adaptation for sustainability. Participants explore strategy maps and key performance indicators. The topics covered will include:   

  • Concepts of stakeholder value
  • The purpose of competitive companies
  • Principles and practice in corporate governance
  • Redefining competitive business strategy
  • Understanding business models and their disruption
  • Identifying key success factors
  • Using strategy maps to identify key performance indicators
Day 3

Accounting and Reporting Sustainable Finance

This day explores sustainable finance reporting and financial analysis tools. Participants learn to design internal sustainability reports and apply principles of Integrated Reporting (IR). The topics covered will include:   

  • The traditional financial analysis toolkit
  • Conventional measures of stakeholder value
  • Selecting the right key performance measures
  • Designing internal reports on sustainable finance
  • Principles of Integrated Reporting (IR)
Day 4

Business Investment and Sustainable Finance

This day examines sustainable investment challenges and decision factors. Participants explore scenarios for business model reinvention and investment appraisal adaptations. The topics covered will include:   

  • The challenges of sustainable investment
  • Scenarios for business model reinvention
  • Key decision factors for sustainable financial investment
  • Traditional tools of investment appraisal
  • Factoring in the environmental and social dimension
  • Limitations of conventional investment appraisal methods 
Day 5

Risk and Scope of Sustainable Finance

This day focuses on risk perspectives under sustainable finance conditions and how to navigate sustainability risks in financial decision-making. The topics covered will include:   

  • Traditional approaches to understanding business risk
  • Risk aspects from a sustainable finance perspective
  • Sustainable finance developments in banking
  • Sustainable finance developments in financial investments
  • Financial modelling of risk under sustainable finance conditions
  • The way forward in sustainable finance

Module II: Green Finance

Day 6

Sustainable Finance and Green Finance

This day introduces foundational concepts in sustainable and green finance, outlining climate change implications and building sustainable financial systems. Participants explore responsible banking products and how green finance flows are measured and reported. The topics covered will include:

  • Climate change and our changing world
  • Building a sustainable financial system
  • Greening finance, financing green, and transition finance
  • Responsible retail, commercial, and corporate banking products and services
  • Measuring and reporting impacts, alignment, and flows of green and sustainable finance
  • Risk management
Day 7

Green Loans Financing Sustainability

This day focuses on understanding green loans, including their principles, reporting of impact, and relationship with green bonds, and how to identify suitable green projects for financing. The topics covered will include:  

  • What makes a loan a green loan
  • Types of green loans
  • Green loan principles
  • How does a green loan report its impact
  • The connection between green loans and green bonds
  • Green project for a green loan
Day 8

Green and Sustainable Bonds

This day explores the debt capital markets, development of the green bond market, and principles of sustainable bond instruments. Participants examine listings, indices, and securitisation. The topics covered will include:

  • Debt capital markets, and the development of the green and sustainable bond market
  • Green, social, sustainability-linked, and other forms of sustainable bonds (e.g. blue bonds, transition bonds)
  • Green bond principles, social bond principles, sustainability-linked bond principles
  • Green bond listings, indices, and funds
  • Securitisation
  • Green project for green bonds
Day 9

Responsible and Sustainable Investment

This day addresses sustainable investment foundations, ESG-related investment concepts, responsible investment strategies, and growth drivers and challenges. The topics covered will include:  

  • Foundations of investment and the role of equity markets in the financial system
  • Sustainable investment, ESG and similar terms – definitions and comparisons
  • Principles for responsible investment
  • Sustainable investment strategies and themes
  • Growth of sustainable investment, factors driving this (risk, regulation, returns) and challenges to further growth (especially greenwashing)
  • Sustainable investment products, including funds (mutual, index, ETF, etc), indices, private equity, venture capital, angel investing
Day 10

Insurance – Impact Underwriting

This day focuses on impact underwriting in the insurance sector related to climate risk, sustainable product trends, and commercial and corporate insurance principles. The topics covered will include:   

  • The insurance sector and the physical impacts of climate change
  • Sustainable finance product issuance trends
  • Principles for sustainable insurance
  • Impact underwriting: personal insurance, including green home insurance and green motor insurance
  • Impact underwriting: commercial and corporate insurance, including commercial property, renewable energy
  • Climate risk insurance, including sovereign catastrophe risk pooling and index insurance
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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Customisation & In-House Delivery

Delivering this training course in-house enables organisations to contextualise sustainable and green finance principles within their own strategic frameworks and financial operations. Customisation ensures teams gain the knowledge and tools necessary to apply sustainable finance approaches to real organisational challenges and priorities.

Why Choose Saudi GLOMACS?

Saudi GLOMACS is the official Saudi Arabian division of GLOMACS International (glomacs.com), delivering internationally recognised training courses both within Saudi Arabia and across international locations. Our training courses are aligned with the highest professional and institutional standards, supported by a strong understanding of the professional landscape in Saudi Arabia and access to global expertise.

Saudi GLOMACS enables professionals and organisations to strengthen leadership, capability, and long-term excellence through consistently high-quality learning experiences.

Official Saudi Presence

Official Saudi Arabian division of GLOMACS with established global credibility.

International Benchmarks

Internationally benchmarked training courses aligned with professional best practices.

Trusted Across Sectors

Trusted by professionals and institutions across public and private sectors.

Flexible Delivery

Training courses delivered within Saudi Arabia and across international locations.

Additional Benefits of this course for Organisations and Professionals in Saudi Arabia

Organisations & Professionals in KSA will have the following additional benefits from this Certificate in Sustainable and Green Finance training course:

  • Increased strategic financial planning with sustainability focus
  • Improved capability to respond to ESG-related risks
  • Enhanced sustainable investment decision-making
  • Stronger alignment with global sustainability standards
  • Increased ability to innovate sustainable financial solutions
  • Greater stakeholder confidence in sustainable practices
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No. Saudi GLOMACS delivers courses in Saudi Arabia and internationally, including delivery across Europe and Asia. This allows organisations and professionals to access training both locally and abroad.

No. While governance and leadership are part of the portfolio, Saudi GLOMACS delivers training across the entire business and professional lifecycle, including administrative, technical, legal, regulatory, and sector-specific training.

No. Our training courses are delivered globally through international locations and online platforms, enabling participants from Saudi Arabia and around the world to learn together. This global delivery approach ensures exposure to diverse perspectives, international best practices, and cross-cultural insights while maintaining strong relevance to regional and organisational needs.

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Yes. Saudi GLOMACS designs and delivers bespoke in-house training tailored to organisational objectives, sector requirements, and workforce needs. Training can be delivered in Saudi Arabia or internationally, depending on requirements.

Yes, in-house and customised strategy training courses are available to support organisations seeking tailored strategic capability development. These courses can be aligned with your industry context, organisational challenges, and long-term strategic objectives.

For further details or to discuss customisation requirements, you may call or WhatsApp +966 (54) 286 8546 or email [email protected] . You can also submit a detailed enquiry through our in-house training page at: https://sa.glomacs.com/in-house-seminars

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GLOMACS has been delivering professional training for over thirty years, with courses delivered across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other international markets.

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Saudi GLOMACS is a Saudi-based professional training provider delivering courses tailored to the Saudi market and applicable internationally. It operates within the global GLOMACS framework and draws on more than three decades of international training experience.

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