Programme overview

2024 Course Completed

This course has now been successfully completed. If you’re interested in participating in the next edition of this training in 2025, please express your interest by completing the registration form. We will keep you updated with all the relevant details as soon as they become available.

Course Introduction

Sustainable Finance Skillnet are delighted to offer Nature Finance training for finance sector professionals looking to understand this important and evolving topic. This training will be delivered by KPMG Sustainable Futures, Ireland’s award-winning sustainability advisory centre of excellence.

The course will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the Nature Finance agenda and the challenges and opportunities for financial services within the Irish, EU and Global contexts.

Delivered by

Led by Thomas Ball and Ellen Cunningham, the facilitators will draw on their extensive experience supporting finance, corporate and public sector clients on nature and climate-related engagements.

Key topics covered

Participants will be introduced to key nature and biodiversity concepts such as ecosystem services, natural capital, and nature-based solutions and understand the intersections between climate change, nature loss, and the implications for the finance sector and the wider economy. We will look at the evolving regulatory and market drivers and frameworks such as the Global Biodiversity Framework, Ireland’s National Biodiversity Action Plan, EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Taskforce on Nature Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Science Based Targets for Nature and how they are shaping how we do business in Ireland and globally and the challenges and opportunities arising for financial services.

Dates

9 & 10 October 2024. 2 x ½ days

Apply for a funded place

To apply for a funded place please contact skills@isfcoe.org.