Curriculum "Ecological and Impact Finance"

Semester 1 

• Strategic thinking
• Financial performance 
• Data management
• Excel certification (TOSA)
• Business & ecological transition
• Business & social change
• Sustainable environment for organisations
• Public speaking
• Visual communication & sustainable impakt

Semester 2 

• Team management
• Business & sustainability
• ChatGPT leadership lab 
• Coding skills 
• Open Innovation Challenge (applied corporate project)

Pre-specialisation courses

• Corporate finance
• Capital markets (Bordeaux)
• Management control (Marseille, Paris)
• Sustainable finance certificate

Additional content

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

 Block 1 – Ecological, Economic and Financial Realities (Semester 1)

• Living in the anthropocene
• Energy & climate issues
• Biodiversity challenges
• Anthropology of finance
• Emerging markets finance

Block 2 – Promoting Ecology and Impact in Financial Realities (Semester 1 and 2)

• Sustainable reporting standards & norms
• Sustainable governance
• ESG data & risks
• Climate-related financial risks
• ESG fund strategies
• Green banking
• Microfinance institutions and social performance
• Capital-investment and impact investing

Block 3 – Imagining Desirables Ecological Futures (Semester 2)

• Ecological accounting
• Sustainable monetary systems
• Alternative ecological money 
• 'Make your impact' challenge
• 'Double materiality' experience
• 'Financing biodiversity' seminar
• Technological change & climate change
• The KEDGE 'Debunking degrowth & postgrowth' conferences
• Study-trip

• Research & Networking - All along semesters 1& 2

  • Sustainability research methods
  • The KEDGE sustainable finance recruitment fair
  • 'Prepare your master thesis' seminar
  • 'Meet your master thesis tutor' seminar
  • Chair conference

  Internship

  • To be completed between May 26 and March 2027
  • 4- to 6- month

  Research thesis

  • To be completed between January 2026 and January 2027

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.