Applying Nature-Responsible Banking is set within the context of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – the world’s leading sustainable banking framework.
This course builds on the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) Academy’s Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking course. While the introductory course aims to enhance knowledge and understanding of nature and why its health is so important for our people, planet, and profit, Applying Nature-Responsible Banking aims to help you apply a nature-responsible approach to banking, reducing negative impacts on nature and moving towards positive contributions.
What can banks do to reduce their negative impacts on nature and move towards having more positive impacts? And how should they do it? A key objective of this course is to equip learners with some of the skills they need to navigate this change, and create win-win scenarios for their bank, its customers, and the environment.
Note: You don’t need to have completed the introductory course before doing the applied course, although you can if you want to! Find more details here.
We rely on nature for our well-being, including our food, water, medicines, and air. Despite this, nature is in decline, driven by human activities. Natural capital has dropped by 40% in two decades, with significant land degradation and numerous species facing extinction. This biodiversity loss poses one of the top global risks, threatening economic growth, political and financial stability, and business sustainability. Recognising the urgent need for action, this course aims to guide banks in adopting a nature-responsible approach to halting the decline of nature and helping to restore it.
The aim of this course is to help you apply a nature-responsible approach to banking, reducing negative impacts on nature and moving towards positive contributions. You will learn to:
Applying Nature-Responsible Banking consists of seven eLearning units:
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
To support achievement of the course learning outcomes, a fictitious bank is used as a case study and learners are invited to immerse themselves in the role of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expert. The role involves exploring nature-related issues that are relevant for the bank, such as identifying and assessing impacts, dependencies and risks arising from a fictitious loan portfolio, before making recommendations for developing a nature-related strategy.
Your learning resources include:
Upon completing this course, the user will be awarded a digital certificate and badge.
Getting Started In Responsible Banking
Getting Started in Responsible Banking is the PRB Academy’s introductory course. It is aimed at all bank employees who would like to learn more about the Principles and practice of responsible banking so that they can support implementation of their bank’s strategy, serve their customers well, and reflect on what they personally can do to contribute to a more responsible banking profession and support the transition to a more sustainable world.
Clients And Customers
Clients and Customers is a specialist course designed to raise your awareness and knowledge of sustainability, what it means to be a responsible bank, and how you can encourage and support your clients and customers to take responsibility for understanding their positive impacts and limiting their negative impacts on the environment and society; and how the PRB provide a framework for ensuring that banks’ strategies, activities and operations align with society’s goals as expressed in the UN SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement.
Climate Change
Climate Change is a specialist course designed to raise your awareness and knowledge of climate change, the impact that climate change has on society and banks, the impact that society and banks have on climate change, and of the PRB which provide a framework for ensuring that banks’ strategies, activities and operations align with society’s goals – including the management of climate change - as expressed in the UN SDGs, the Paris Climate Agreement, as well as other international agreements.
Responsible Banking For Board Members And Executives
Responsible Banking for Board Members and Executives has been designed for those working at the higher levels of the banking world. Those with the power to make high-impact decisions hold a unique position in our collective journey towards responsible banking on a global scale.
Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking
Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking is set within the context of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – the world’s leading sustainable banking framework. The aim of this course is to raise learners’ awareness of nature, the importance of our natural world, and how society and businesses rely on nature for their production needs and supply chains. This course shows why nature loss is a critical issue for a responsible bank, outlining key frameworks that banks can use to help assess their nature-related impacts and identify opportunities to have a more positive impact on nature.
Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking - French
Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking is set within the context of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – the world’s leading sustainable banking framework. The aim of this course is to raise learners’ awareness of nature, the importance of our natural world, and how society and businesses rely on nature for their production needs and supply chains. This course shows why nature loss is a critical issue for a responsible bank, outlining key frameworks that banks can use to help assess their nature-related impacts and identify opportunities to have a more positive impact on nature.
Please note that this course page is for the French version of the course, by filling in the application form you are applying to study the course in French.
Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking - Spanish
Introduction to Nature and Responsible Banking is set within the context of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) – the world’s leading sustainable banking framework. The aim of this course is to raise learners’ awareness of nature, the importance of our natural world, and how society and businesses rely on nature for their production needs and supply chains. This course shows why nature loss is a critical issue for a responsible bank, outlining key frameworks that banks can use to help assess their nature-related impacts and identify opportunities to have a more positive impact on nature.
