CFA Institute ESG Investing Certificate in ESG Investing Online Training
CFA Institute ESG Investing Online Training
The questions for ESG Investing were last updated at Apr 21,2025.
- Exam Code: ESG Investing
- Exam Name: Certificate in ESG Investing
- Certification Provider: CFA Institute
- Latest update: Apr 21,2025
The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is best described as an interactive mapping tool allowing decisionmakers to:
- A . assess companies’ preparedness for biodiversity risk
- B . manage biodiversity and social risk in project finance
- C . identify biodiversity risks and opportunities within a project boundary.
The divergence of ratings among ESG providers most likely.
- A . enhances the credibility of empirical research
- B . ensures that ESG performance is reflected in asset prices.
- C . hampers the ambition of companies to improve their ESG performance
Regrowing previously logged forests is most likely an example of climate:
- A . resilience
- B . change mitigation
- C . change adaptation
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are particularly aimed at
- A . investors
- B . corporations.
- C . governments
Which of the following is an environmental megatrend that has a severe social impact?
- A . Urbanization
- B . Globalization
- C . Mass migration
What type of provider of ESG-related products and services is CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project)?
- A . Nonprofit
- B . Large for-profit
- C . Boutique for-profit
The investor initiative FAIRR focuses on screening out companies
- A . mining ancestral lands.
- B . using suppliers that do not pay a living wage.
- C . exhibiting poor antibiotic stewardship in animal farming
An ESG scorecard for sovereign debt issuers has the following information:
Country 1 No carbon policy and high corruption risk
Country 2 High-level carbon policy and low corruption risk
Country 3 Detailed carbon policy and low corruption risk
Based only on this information, the country with the lowest ESG risk is:
- A . Country 1.
- B . Country 2
- C . Country 3
Avoiding long term transition risk can most likely be achieved by:
- A . investing in companies with stranded assets.
- B . divesting highly carbon-intensive investments in the energy sector.
- C . reducing exposure to companies exposed to extreme weather events
Increased investment crowding into more ESG-friendly sectors is most likely to increase
- A . valuations
- B . expected returns.
- C . materiality thresholds