Curriculum
Courses in Sustainable Investing @ SIPA
SIRI has launched several new courses in sustainable investing. The following courses are currently being offered at SIPA:
PhD-level Courses
Financial Economics of Climate and Sustainability | Instructors: Patrick Bolton, Ben Caldecott, Caroline Flammer, Stefano Giglio, Geoffrey Heal, Marcin Kacperczyk, Stefan Reichelstein, Laura Starks, Peter Tufano.
Organizing the Climate Transition | Instructors: Tima Bansal, Rodolphe Durand, Fabrizio Ferraro, Caroline Flammer, Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Ioannis Ioannou, Desiree Pacheco, Paolo Quattrone, Juliane Reinecke, Sara Soderstrom, Jeff York.
Masters-level Courses:
SIRI Career Pathways Curriculum Guidance
The SIRI Career Pathways Curriculum Guidance is intended to provide guidance in course selection. To help you plan your curriculum, we have developed several career pathways with suggested courses.
SIRI Minor in Sustainable Investing
SIPA students from across programs and concentrations may be interested in pursuing careers in the broader field of sustainable investing, ranging from sustainable finance, impact investing, project finance, impact measurement and management, ESG reporting, DEI, corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, etc. The Minor in Sustainable Investing is for students who seek positions in the broader sustainable investing space, bringing diverse experiences and aspirations to their career development efforts.
SIRI has developed several Masters-level elective courses in the sustainable investing space. Here is an overview of SIRI-developed courses:
CEEN IA7750 - Social Impact: Business, Society, and the Natural Environment | Instructor: Caroline Flammer
CEEN IA7799 - SIRI Practicum | Instructor: C. Sara Minard and Matt Rusk
CEEN IA7705 - Past, Present and Future of Sustainable Investing | Instructor: David Wood
CEEN IA7700 - Sustainable Finance I: Foundations of ESG Investing | Instructor: Lukasz Pomorski (Spring) and Frederic de Mariz (Fall)
CEEN IA7702 - Sustainable Finance II: System-level Investing | Instructors: William Burckart and Jon Lukomnik
CEEN IA7730 - Climate Finance, Policy, and the Just Transition | Instructor: David Wood
CEEN IA7780 - Capital Market Mobilization for Mitigating Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss | Instructor: Frederic Samama
CEEN IA7775 - Investor & Corporate Stewardship: Influencing Climate & Nature Policies | Instructor: Tanya Khotin
CEEN IA7735 - ESG and Corporate Political Strategy | Instructor: Dylan Minor
CEEN IA7733 - ESG and Fiduciary Duties | Instructors: Ingrid Dyott and Elizabeth Belanger
CEEN IA7755 - Sustainability Reporting | Instructor: Neri Bukspan
CEEN IA7740 - Quantitative Valuation of the Environment: Firms’ Economic Valuation of Nature and its Ecosystem Services | Instructor: Lorie Srivastava
CEEN IA7715 - Impact Measurement and Management | Instructor: C. Sara Minard
CEEN IA7710 - Impact Investing I: Foundations | Instructor: Preeti Battacharji
CEEN IA7712 - Impact Investing II: Blended Finance | Instructors: Harry Guinness and Greg Levin
Read about the Students' Reflections on their SIRI Practicum Experience.
Student Opportunities
Our students regularly take part in sustainable investing case competitions such as the IEN Student Corporate Engagement Challenge, Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge, Turner MIINT, and the Net Impact Sustainable Cities Impact Investing Challenge. If you are a current Columbia student and interested in participating, contact us at [email protected]