{"id":105,"date":"2024-01-09T20:24:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankfin.unipi.gr\/greenfinlab\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2024-01-19T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:07:32","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bankfin.unipi.gr\/greenfinlab\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"105\" class=\"elementor elementor-105\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c16119 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c16119\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1ab7e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a1ab7e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd24c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"efd24c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc04c91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc04c91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2906369 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2906369\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8af76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a8af76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c194fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c194fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Green Finance courses<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f116f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f116f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environmental Finance UG course<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f69b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f69b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>This course is a thorough introduction to the fast-evolving and expanding subject of environmental finance. In particular, it:<\/p><ul><li>introduces the environmental and social risks for firms and banks and highlights the difficulty of their measurement;<\/li><li>describes the risks for banks and investors who do not take sufficiently into account the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) performance of the entities they finance;<\/li><li>analyzes the on-going effort for the development of accounting standards for ESG measurement;<\/li><li>discusses the fast-changing institutional environment and the additional challenges it poses to all economic agents;<\/li><li>analyzes the economics of \u2018green\u2019 banking, \u2018green\u2019 investments and pollution markets;<\/li><li>explores how banks, and the financial system in general, can contribute towards addressing environmental and social problems.<\/li><\/ul><p>After completing the course, the students are expected to understand:<\/p><ul><li>\u2018green\u2019 financial products and their risk-return trade-offs;<\/li><li>the role and the incentives of major players, such as, financial institutions, institutional investors, NGOs and governments;<\/li><li>the risks (rewards) of banks that provide financial services to firms with weak (strong) ESG credentials;<\/li><li>the difficulties of measuring ESG performance and the accounting standards under development;<\/li><li>the carbon footprint of corporations and institutions, and ways to reduce it;<\/li><li>carbon credits \u2013creation and usage\u2013 and related investment opportunities in pollution markets.<\/li><\/ul><div><a href=\"https:\/\/bankfin.unipi.gr\/mathimata\/environmental_finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Banking and Financial Management website<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f526f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55f526f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environmental Finance PG course, MSc in Banking and Finance, FT or PT <\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e70a80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e70a80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This course is a thorough introduction to the fast-evolving and expanding subject of environmental finance. In particular, it:<\/p><ul><li>introduces the environmental and social risks for firms and banks and highlights the difficulty of their measurement;<\/li><li>describes the risks for banks and investors who do not take sufficiently into account the ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) performance of the entities they finance;<\/li><li>analyzes the on-going effort for the development of accounting standards for ESG measurement;<\/li><li>discusses the fast-changing institutional environment and the additional challenges it poses to all economic agents;<\/li><li>analyzes the economics of \u2018green\u2019 banking, \u2018green\u2019 investments and pollution markets;<\/li><li>explores how banks, and the financial system in general, can contribute towards addressing environmental and social problems.<\/li><li>discusses reporting issues and regulation related to environmental matters<\/li><\/ul><p>After completing the course, the students are expected to understand:<\/p><ul><li>\u2018green\u2019 financial products and their risk-return trade-offs;<\/li><li>the role and the incentives of major players, such as, financial institutions, institutional investors, NGOs and governments;<\/li><li>the risks (rewards) of banks that provide financial services to firms with weak (strong) ESG credentials;<\/li><li>the difficulties of measuring ESG performance and the accounting standards under development;<\/li><li>the carbon footprint of corporations and institutions, and ways to reduce it;<\/li><li>carbon credits \u2013creation and usage\u2013 and related investment opportunities in pollution markets.<\/li><li>basic reporting issues and regulation related to environmental matters<\/li><\/ul><div><a href=\"https:\/\/bankfin.unipi.gr\/en\/mathimata\/perivallontiki-xrimatooikonomiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Banking and Financial Management website<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aab87c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aab87c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15edbfa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15edbfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555a7fd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"555a7fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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