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Week 8 of eight in the Green Finance Professional Certificate, 108 contact hours for finance professionals, taught at the University of Twente and published by the Erasmus+ GREEN FINANCE project under CC BY 4.0. The project's second programme, the micro-credential, is five modules and 30 lessons worth 4 credits in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).

Week 8: Integration and future trends

Learning Goals

  1. Construct climate-aligned portfolios using benchmark methodologies
  2. Analyse corporate transition strategies and engagement approaches
  3. Explore green fintech innovations and emerging trends

Topics Covered

  • Net-Zero portfolio alignment
  • Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB/CTB)
  • SBTi framework for financial institutions
  • Engagement vs divestment strategies
  • Green fintech landscape
  • AI/ML applications in sustainable finance
  • Course integration and synthesis

After week eight

The final integration project and its presentation close the course and carry 30% of the mark. A participant who reaches 70% over the four assessed parts receives the professional certificate from the university, with a merit at 80% and a distinction at 90%.

A reader who came to these pages for the material and sat no assessment keeps everything on them: the eight decks, the syllabus and the figures are free to use, copy and adapt under CC BY 4.0, with attribution to the GREEN FINANCE consortium and the grant number 101237817.

Two further routes lead out of this course. Module 4 of the micro-credential takes the climate risk material of week 4 further, into stress testing and into the exposure of Southeast Asia, and its full teaching set is published at Module 4 materials. The consortium’s training week in Enschede, 13 to 16 October 2026, teaches three of the five modules to the partner universities.

Materials

(c) Joerg Osterrieder, University of Twente

The project's published teaching material is free to use under CC BY 4.0. Attribute it to the GREEN FINANCE consortium and name the grant, 101237817.

Co-funded by the European Union - Erasmus+ Programme

Erasmus+ Programme | Capacity Building in Higher Education
Project 101237817 - GREEN FINANCE
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