Business, Studio Art and Liberal Arts - Winter 1 2010 Environmental Finance
45 Language Level: Taught In English
Environmental Finance[BU AF EF 380]
Language of Instruction: English Course taken with: International Students Florence University of the Arts and Apicius International School of Hospitality (Florence, Italy)
There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.
Overview
Environmental Finance is an emerging field of applied finance that covers all marked based instruments designed to deliver environmental quality and to transfer environmental risk. In the last years the financial service industry has introduced new products, like green mortgages,
tradable pollution permits, weather derivatives, catastrophe bonds, etc. that help their corporate customers protect their profits against environmental damages. the increasing concern of the financial community to these issues is a clear signal of a radical change of direction in the way banks, insurance companies, investors operate.
From this course the students will gain an understanding of main concepts and tools used by the financial institutions.