Education
Swiss Sustainable Finance Academy
With sustainable finance having grown in importance over the years, education on sustainable finance is becoming key for all financial market players. Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) seeks to support and promote sustainability within finance education through various means and provides resources for both individuals and institutions.
SSF Academy combines eLearnings on sustainable finance developed by SSF, and an overview of existing courses available in Switzerland on sustainable finance. We have aggregated these courses and made them available on this platform to help you find the education path that best fit your learning goals and needs.
Visit the SSF Academy website here, hosted on the Swiss continuous education platform 'Eduwo'
Swiss Sustainable Finance eLearnings
- What is sustainable investing and what are the typical sustainable investment approaches?
- What is the role of Asset Owners in shaping sustainable finance?
- How do ESG ratings work, and why do they sometimes differ from one rating agency to the other?
- What is greenwashing?
Curious to learn about the above? As part of the overarching SSF Academy, we have developed a series of eLearnings, all entirely free-of-charge (some of them give access to a continuous education certificate). SSF eLearnings provide quality digital education on sustainable investments tailored specifically to the needs of investment professionals.
Visit the SSF eLearnings page on the platform 'Learnworlds' and start your eLearning journey!
Swiss Sustainable Finance Video platform
SSF has created a number of videos on topics around sustainable finance. You can jump directly to the respective collection by clicking on the images or link below.
Visit the SSF Youtube channel directly to view recordings of many of our public webinars.
The short introductory video “Why should you consider sustainability criteria in your investments?” produced by Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) is available in four languages and explains the different objectives of sustainable investments, thereby preventing misunderstandings of clients. It gives banks and financial advisors a useful tool at hand to inform their clients about the characteristics of sustainable investment products before discussing client preferences with them. It can be used independent of a banks sustainability approach as it explains mechanisms and objectives in a generic way.
A briefing document gives guidance on how to use the video in client communication and provides concrete suggestions for social media communication. Read briefing here
Read the press release in English, German, French or Italian.
Financing the Low-Carbon Economy short video series: For the launch of its report on financing the low-carbon economy, we prepared a series of short videos that provide insights into different climate-friendly finance instruments.
Video on Sustainable Investing - a unique opportunity for Swiss private wealth management: SSF outlines key arguments for combining Swiss strengths and clients’ demand for investments with a positive social and environmental impact.
Guidance on Sustainable Finance educational content
As part of a joint project with the Swiss Association for Quality, Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) defined guidelines for educational experts providing training in the field of sustainable finance. The document is intended as guidance for education providers designing education and training opportunities tailored to specific profiles. The guidelines should be seen as recommendations, and have been implemented in the education curriculum of SAQ.
Access the EXCEL here.
Conituous Self-Learning resources
In addition, SSF supports “self-learning” through various sources:
- SSF Publications: Market studies and other thought leadership publications.
- SSF Newsletter: Monthly news on market developments, new studies, regulatory updates, and more.
- SSF Digital Library: Collecting relevant reports regarding sustainable finance
- Swiss Market Essentials: News and reports from the Swiss Government, Parliament and Regulator
- Introductory video for retail clients that banks can use in client dialogue around sustainable investments
SSF Annual Forum for Sustainable Finance Education 2021 and 2022
The Second Annual Forum for Sustainable Finance Education was held on 8 November 2022 in Zurich and on 9 November 2022 in Geneva. The special focus of the event was on the current and future needs of for sustainable finance education. Please find all slides from both events in the past events section of the SSF website.
The first Annual Forum for Sustainable Finance Education event was held on 5 November 2021 in Geneva in French at the Warwick and on 12 November 2021 in Zurich in German at the Kongresshaus. The aim was to bring together professionals from the sustainable finance education field and featured many members of the SSF team highlighting SSF work within the field of Education. Please find the presentations from Geneva and Zurich in the past events section of the SSF website.
