Program Overview

Sustainable Investing

Executive Education

Key Information

• Dates: 8 October 2025, 09:00 - 12:30; 15 October 2025, 09:00 - 12:30; 5 November 2025, 09:00 - 12:30; 12 November 2025, 09:00 - 12:30; 19 November 2025, 09:00 - 12:30; 26 November 2025, 09:00 - 12:30
• Duration: 6 sessions, each 0.5 days
• Format: Live online
• Fee: £2,985
• Faculty: Dr Itziar Castelló, Prof Jean-Pascal Gond, Colin Melvin

Programme Overview

The Sustainable Investing open programme, a collaboration between Bayes Business School and Arkadiko Partners, will equip senior executives and investment professionals with the knowledge and skills needed in successful asset management, including understanding the risks and opportunities arising from market developments and a shifting political climate. Participants will learn how asset owners, asset managers, and the companies in which they invest can create long-term wealth, grounded in fiduciary duty, embed sustainability in investment and business strategies, and achieve effective stewardship of client assets.

Who is the Programme For?

This programme is designed for a diverse audience, including investment professionals from both asset management firms, pension funds, charities, endowments, and foundations. It also caters to corporate leaders and investor relations staff, seeking to expand their knowledge and understanding in this field, and those aspiring to work in investment management.

Benefits for You and Your Organisation

By participating in this programme, you will:

• Gain a thorough grasp of the purposes and practices of investment and asset management firms.
• Learn how to align investment strategies with client objectives and time horizons.
• Develop advanced skills in integrating factors material to long-term investment success (including sustainability and ESG) into investment processes across different asset classes and investment styles.
• Understand how to achieve effective stewardship of capital across asset classes, including positive engagement and voting outcomes.
• Acquire practical approaches and best practices for addressing sustainability challenges in investment, including the use of data and reporting tools.
• Gain insights into global regulatory frameworks related to long-term investment, sustainability, and stewardship.

Focus and Structure

• Session 1: The purpose of asset management Explores the purpose of asset management and the evolving responsibilities of asset managers in a changing economic and political context.
• Session 2: Strengthening investment models Focuses on how investment professionals can develop their understanding of financial materiality, identify biases, and extend the set of risks and opportunities material to achieving long-term investment success.
• Session 3: Asset stewardship and corporate engagement Introduces strategies for effective stewardship and corporate engagement, with a focus on managing risks and optimising returns in alignment with asset owners’ investment horizons and objectives.
• Session 4: The impacts of investment Discusses the positive and negative influence of investment on the economy, society, and environment.
• Session 5: Navigating an evolving regulatory environment Explores key regulations in major markets and their implications for investors and investment.
• Session 6: Practical tools for long-term investors Discusses tools and frameworks available to investors in advancing transparency and accountability.