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ESG Integration in Investment Banking
Build environmental, social and governance analysis into due diligence, valuation, labelled finance and deal documents
Apply ESG where it changes Ethiopian deals: due diligence and action plans, valuation and debt capacity, green and sustainability-linked instruments and disclosure, following one cement producer's sustainability-linked loan from start to finish.
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What you will be able to do
- Explain why ESG matters to investors, lenders and regulators in Ethiopian deals and apply the IFC, Equator, SASB and ISSB frameworks
- Identify material ESG issues for Ethiopian sectors and scope and read an environmental and social due diligence
- Integrate ESG factors into valuation and credit analysis without double counting
- Structure green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds and loans and the ESG terms of deal documents
- Prepare ESG disclosures for prospectuses and investor reports and monitor performance after closing
- For
- Investment banking, private equity, project finance and capital markets analysts, deal leads, ESG specialists, and compliance and risk managers in Ethiopian banks, investment banks and funds. Entry: Sustainable Finance and ESG (4.d) Level 1 or equivalent, and Level 1 of course 3.a.
- Study time
- About 6 hours online, in 5 modules (40 hours in the classroom version)
- Each module
- Short lessons, animated visuals, Ethiopian examples, decisions to make, the laws and directives that apply and worked calculations, then a quiz
- Assessment
- A 20-question final exam; pass mark 70%
- Certificate
- Erudite Africa Center of Excellence certificate of completion
- Access
- Module 1 free for registered users; the full course, exam and certificate for subscribers
The 5 modules
- Module 01Free previewESG, capital and the frameworks investors useSee why DFIs, foreign investors and lenders price ESG into Ethiopian deals, and learn the frameworks they use to judge a transaction.6 lessons · 60 min · quiz
- Module 02Material issues in Ethiopia and ESG due diligenceIdentify the E&S and governance issues that decide Ethiopian deals and run a due diligence that ends in a costed, enforceable action plan.5 lessons · 65 min · quiz
- Module 03ESG in valuation and credit analysisBring ESG risks and opportunities into cash flows, discount rates and scenarios without double counting, and show their effect on value and debt capacity.5 lessons · 65 min · quiz
- Module 04Labelled finance and ESG in deal documentsStructure green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds and loans, calibrate KPIs and targets, and write ESG into term sheets and agreements.5 lessons · 70 min · quiz
- Module 05Disclosure, stewardship and the capstoneWrite ESG risk factors and ISSB-aligned disclosures, monitor and engage after closing, and bring the course together in the Entoto Valley structuring proposal.5 lessons · 70 min · quiz
- Officer simulationA deal cycle as ESG analyst at Bank A CapitalWork as esg analyst, investment banking: 12 real-life items, decisions with consequences and a hand-over note. Pass with 70% to qualify for the certificate.
- Final examFinal exam and certificate20 applied questions across all 5 modules. Pass with 70% to download your certificate.
Built on
- Erudite Africa course specification 3.k: ESG Integration in Investment Banking, Levels 1 and 2 (October 2026)
- Erudite Africa Training Module: Ethiopian Context, programme overview and regulatory register (October 2026)
- NBE Directive No. SBB/91/2024 (Bank Corporate Governance); ECMA Directive No. 1030/2024 (reported); Environmental Impact Assessment Proclamation No. 299/2002, Environmental Pollution Control Proclamation No. 300/2002 and Labour Proclamation No. 1156/2019, as cited in the course specification
- World Bank Group: Ethiopia Country Climate and Development Report (2024); A Review of Industrial Parks in Ethiopia (2022); Making Ethiopia's Financial Sector Work for Women (2024)
- IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles (EP4), ICMA Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles, loan market sustainability-linked loan principles, SASB, ISSB IFRS S1 and S2, TCFD and UN PRI (general market practice)
Examples and companies are fictional. Bank practices are shown as typical Ethiopian practice, not as any one bank's policy. Always apply your own institution's approved policy and the current NBE directives.