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Overview

The 21st century has brought with it profound challenges to our economic, social, and planetary wellbeing. We now face an accelerating pace of change and disruption to our social and political institutions, as well as growing global systemic-level threats, from global warming to pandemics and poverty. 

To respond to the increased expectations and pressures by their various constituencies, to leverage opportunities, and to build shareholder value, investors, corporate executives, and directors alike need to understand how to address these system-level challenges and respond to the increased expectations and pressures faced by their various constituencies.

SIPA's Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) offers two new Executive Education Academies -- the Sustainable Finance Stewardship Academy (SFSA) and the Sustainable Business Stewardship Academy (SBSA) -- which are designed to help inform and train corporate directors, executives, and senior managers from large financial and corporate institutions to develop and implement effective stewardship strategies to help lead their organization through these turbulent times. 

Become a leader in developing financial and business strategies to drive systemic change and create a more sustainable future for generations to come. Join the SFSA to master system-level investing--the new frontier in sustainable investing--and the SBSA to become an expert in business stewardship, aligning corporate social, environmental, and policy initiatives with your business strategy.

Tuition

• $5,950 (full price)
• $4,760 (discounted price for Columbia alumni, groups, and corporate partners)

Professional Benefits

Participants of the SBSA will learn how to integrate and align their corporate social, environmental, and policy engagements with their business strategies to sustain their competitiveness and firm value. Moreover, they will discuss whether and how corporations can act as stewards of systemic change by actively engaging with policymakers to improve industry-wide business practices that level the playing field and mitigate systemic challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, social inequality, poverty, and others. 

Following the completion of the course, participants will earn a Certification of Participation awarded by Columbia University as well as given the opportunity to join an alumni peer learning network. 

Who Should Attend

Corporate directors, executives, and senior managers of large financial firms and corporations.

Curriculum

Schedule

The SIRI academies will run in parallel. The first 6 sessions (90min each) are held online over a two-month period, followed by a 1.5 day in-person meeting on the campus of Columbia University. The in-person meeting will bring both academies together to foster dialogue, learning, networking, and collaboration across the financial and corporate sectors.

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