Curriculum "Sustainable and Impact Finance"

Semester 1 

• Strategic thinking
• Financial performance
• Data management
• Generative bootcamp (artificial intelligence)
• Public speaking
• Visual communication & sustainable impact 

Semester 2 

• Business & socio-ecological transitions
• Sustainable environment for organisations
• Team management
• Business & sustainability
• Human & AI collaboration
• Business & climate change
• Open Innovation Challenge (corporate project)

Pre-specialisation courses

• Capital market
• Sustainable & impact finance certificate
• Fundamentals of corporate finance

Additional content

• 4- month internship (in France or abroad) or academic partnership

  Block 1 – Ecological, Economic and Financial Realities 

• Living in the Anthropocene - opening conference
• Energy & climate issues
• Biodiversity challenges
• Anthropology of finance
• Emerging markets finance

Block 2 – Promoting Ecology and Impact in Financial Realities 

• Sustainable governance
• Sustainable reporting standards & norms
• Climate-related financial risks
• Sustainable fund strategies
• GSS bonds - buy-side perspective
• GSS bonds - sell-side perspective
• Microfinance institutions and social performance
• Capital investment and impact investing

Block 3 – Imagining Desirables Ecological Futures

• Improbable
• Ecological accounting
• Sustainable monetary systems
• Alternative ecological money
• ''Make Your Impact'' challenge
• Financing biodiversity
• Technological change & climate change

• Sustainability research methods
• ''Prepare your master thesis'' seminar
• ''Meet your master thesis tutor'' seminar
• Study trip
• 4- to 6-month business internship

Degree requirements:

All degree requirements must be successfully completed. The awarding of the diploma will be confirmed by the examination board.

Assessment methods:

Evaluation methods may include a variety of approaches such as case studies, presentations, practical exercises, written tests, group projects, and oral assessments. These diverse methods allow for a comprehensive and in-depth evaluation of the skills and knowledge acquired.