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Impact Investing: Profit and Purpose 

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Overview

Learn about impact investing, and how the power of finance can generate financial returns and tackle today's global challenges.

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

Credential

Certificate

Future job roles

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Impact Investing: Profit and Purpose
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Highlights

  • Access to this course for 6 weeks
  • Jointly offered by O.P. Jindal Global University and Asha Impact
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Impact Investing: Profit and Purpose
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Course details

Skills you will learn
Who should do this course?
  • This course is for financial and social sector professionals, and anyone interested to learn more about the promise and potential for impact investing.
What are the course deliverables?
  • Identify a range of investing and funding approaches used by leading impact investors
  • Investigate different financial instruments and techniques used to fund social enterprises
  • Explore current market trends and key players of the impact investing ecosystem
  • Identify the different components of impact measurement
  • Explore the relationship between risk, return and impact
More about this course
  • Understand an investment approach that intentionally seeks to create both financial return and measurable positive social or environmental impact. By gaining an overview of the current landscape of impact investing, you will learn how you can play a role in the emerging sector. You will also gain a deep understanding of the subject by analyzing the range of investing and funding approaches used by impact investors.

Impact Investing: Profit and Purpose
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

The financial instruments and techniques used to fund social enterprises

Impact measurement components, tools and frameworks

The current market trends and key players of the impact investing ecosystem

The current challenges in impact investing and how to unlock opportunities to invest in social and environmental impact

The relevant skills required to get a job in the impact investment industry

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